Stupid regulations again
Just read this story on the BBC website. Apparently, a restaurant owner is in trouble because he’s selling his beer by the litre rather than by the pint. Seems that all draught beer must be sold in either half-pint or pint glasses only.
The problem with this story is that the UK is supposedly a metric nation. Shop owners have been prosecuted for selling fruit and veg by the pound rather than the kilo, pubs must serve wine and spirits in millilitres, so why the complete opposite for beer? I know it’s traditional for beer to be sold in pints but why can’t it also be sold in litres if that’s what the owner wants to do? As long as he makes it clear what measure he’s using, why not?
Unfortunately, this is yet another example of the British inability to decide whether we’re one thing or another. Are we metric? Yes, sort of. Are we in Europe? Yes, sort of. Are we a sovereign nation? Yes, sort of. Hey guys, why don’t we make up our minds and just pick one?
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