Some queues are so long that they span the length of the establishment, with regulars saying it has become a new 'epidemic' while others think it is a great idea. Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters Get the latest top news stories sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter We have more newsletters UK pub-goers have been thrown into a state of bewilderment by an emerging trend that sees the time-honoured practice of freely standing at the bar being abandoned. In a decidedly British manner, punters have begun to form orderly, single-file queues in boozers while waiting for a drink , stretching across some establishments from front to back.
Regular visitors have given voice to their frustration over this new 'epidemic', Birmingham Live reports. Notable public houses where queues have been observed include The Pear Tree in Edinburgh, The Woolpack in historical Norwich, and Perranporth's beachside bar, The Watering Hole. This queueing phenomenon appears to be a hangover from pandemic times when social distancing was the law of the land.
Commenting on the change, a spokesperson for the Waterloo Tap in London commented: "I miss the days of gathering around the bar in terms of access for other customers, keeping the atmosphere inside alive." They elaborated: "It never happened pre-Covid but once things started opening up after lockdown and we were made to keep 1m away from each other, the single fil.