Plans to replace the traditional pint glass with one made of shatter-proof plastic will not be accepted by drinkers, the pub industry has warned. The Home Office has commissioned a new design, in an attempt to stop glasses being used as weapons.
Official figures show 5,500 people are attacked with glasses and bottles every year in England and Wales. The British Beer and Pub Association said it did not want the new plastic glasses to be made compulsory. Neil Williams from the association said he was concerned that drinkers would notice a drop in quality. “For the drinker, the pint glass feels better, it has a nice weight and the drink coats the glass nicely. That’s why people go out for a drink, to have a nice experience.”
He said there was a danger that pubs with no record of trouble would be penalised.
He said: “I would ask, is it necessary to replace the much-loved pint glass for safety reasons in the vast majority of pubs where there is no problem? “Pubs shouldn’t be put under pressure to stop using glasses if they are safe places to drink. Why on earth ask them to do that?
“They shouldn’t be corralled into using plastic glasses. Anything that would move us towards a plastic product would not be welcomed.” Nick Verebelyi, the designer in charge of delivering the new pint, said they were looking at two approaches.
“One is to coat the glass with a substance that will make sure the glass doesn’t shatter into pieces when it is broken – that could be a plastic material for example. “But it would have to feel like an existing pint glass to the consumer.”
This is heresy!!! There must be a special Ministry in Britain that is assigned to make this crap up.
Why not? You’ve already set a precedent – six times.
No offense meant. I have a very dark sense of humor not everyone appreciates.
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Most Americans recognize that Bud, Coors, papst blue ribbon, ect are just watered down beer so bad they don’t deserve the title. Saying that American beer is beer is kinda like saying hot dogs are made of meat. It’s half true.
I suppose ink pens and pencils are going to be outlawed next.
Imagine if it were the USA. They’d outlaw toy glasses and kids would be suspended from school for drawing pictures of glasses.
Cost: benefit, please.
Is this covered under the carbon caps?
If bars are such dangerous places, shouldn’t Britain just outlaw them?
The day I drink beer from anything but glass, Satan will be skating to work.
And this is why since leaving the British Army over Six years ago, I optioned to remain in Germany, where I don’t have to put up with this sort of crap. And having to be PC about everything. It Also bears thinking I haven’t lived in the UK since 1997, just before those Idiots got into Power.
While I agree that drinking beer from plastic just isn’t right, “glassing” is a big problem in Australia too – it’s not people throwing the glasses, rather it’s the smashed half-a-glass or bottle end being used as a knife, usually slammed into someone’s face.
Happens in Aussie pubs and nightclubs fairly regularly, often to innocent bystanders in the wrong place at the wrong time, and creates massive damage to someone’s face, often it ruins their lives, or they’re up for months of reconstructive surgery.
Most nightclubs have switched to plastic anyway but it’s still happening.