BREWERY DICTATES MUSIC VOLUME TO PUB (can't hear--> talk less --> drink more)
taken from the letters page of the Independent | 23.01.2005 17:38 | Analysis
The relaxing of the licensing laws may cause more problems for a while, but unless the laws are changed then many more people will grow up drinking against the clock. If the changes are dealt with sensibly and pubs are encouraged (or forced) to serve their customers, rather than the other way round, then maybe our future generations will grow up with a healthier attitude to alcohol.
But perhaps we are looking at this problem from the wrong end. Why do so many feel the need to get so plastered? Would someone living a rich fulfilled life feel the need to drink themselves into oblivion twice a week? If modern life seems only to offer a succession of insecure, badly paid jobs, or a life of stress and self denial then it's no surprise some of us choose to hit the bottle(s) instead.
Davey Jones
Letchworth, Hertfordshire
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Comments:
Compare this with another situation with a similar lack of autonomy for small business.
Now that Interflora (national flower offering service, run as a co-operative trade organisation between small flower shops) is going to be sold off to a big corporation, the new management will be doubtless bringing in all kinds of "requirements" that florists will have to observe in their shops, for instance.
For more on the Interflora story see:
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taken from the letters page of the Independent