I Love Los Gigantes very much and it seems that the hoards of people visiting us also love it here.
This is great for all the businesses and for the economy in general. It is however a bit different as many people have been keen to point out. while some have embraced the changes there are always those who aren't in favour and are keen to voice their opinions!
What we have to remember is that we are still in the middle of a "Pandemic" and there are restrictions! We have all had to simply change what we do. It isn't what we had planned but its what we have to do, we've all just had to adapt.
Speaking from a hospitality point of view we've had to change where we seat people, how we seat people, how and where we can serve them, albeit from the bar or table service only. We've also had to change how we can and cant entertain them and still it changes all the time....One week it might be six to a table and then the following week it could be four or eight, it might be table service only and we may or may not be able to provide live music, karaoke, or any other form of entertainment
we have to sanitize the seating area and table between customers, this can be difficult because the minute you turn your back to pick up the cleaning materials, someone else has already sat there.
We have to ask people to wear masks when they are moving about the place and believe me it isn't because we want to, and when people roll their eyes at you or worse still utter something under their breath to you its not nice, its almost like they think we've made the rules.
A new rule has been brought in now that we have to ask if people have their Covid certificate with them. This, in my humble opinion is taking things a little too far. Its all well and good asking for these certificates but whether or not people are "Jabbed" or not they could still unknowingly be bringing their certificate along with the virus itself and who would know? Anyone of us could have the virus and not know.
We also have capacity restrictions and we can only allow a certain percentage of people in. Again all well and good but how are we supposed to turn away loyal customers that have supported us through thick and thin, before and since Covid. We've had people come in and tell us we have plenty of room for them but when we turn around and say we are at our legal capacity its not received well and its not a nice thing for us to do.
We all feel like we need to be split in to two or three so that we can do our jobs to the best of our ability. We smile, were upbeat and we love our jobs but times are hard. We don't want to enforce all these rules, regulations and restrictions but we currently have no choice.
That said, rules or no rules, I love my job, I love our little 60s Bar and we will continue to do what we have to do under these challenging circumstances!
Happy new year to you all, I'm unsure whether 2022 will be any better but we will get through it!
Stay safe and be kind to each other
H x
Been to 4 restaurants since the 24th and none have asked for a covid certificate, or reduced their seating capacity and I saw a table of 8 people today. So I think most businesses around LG and PS are ignoring it. I think people have had enough.
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