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22-05-2020, 16:59
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Earlier this week, I blogged about a Twitter poll I was running about people’s attitude to returning to pubs post-lockedown (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/05/front-or-back-of-queue.html). This has now finished, with the following outcome:
POLL: As the lockdown is gradually eased, how do you feel about returning to pubs and restaurants?
— Curmudgeon (@oldmudgie) May 18, 2020 (https://twitter.com/oldmudgie/status/1262316755634081792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Ye Olde Fleece Inn in Kendal ran a similar poll with perhaps surprisingly different results:
We are interested to see how #coronavirus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has change your attitude to #pubs (https://twitter.com/hashtag/pubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) a big part of British Culture.@GoodPubGuide (https://twitter.com/GoodPubGuide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@caskaleweek (https://twitter.com/caskaleweek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@FeatureCumbria (https://twitter.com/FeatureCumbria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@CAMRA_Official (https://twitter.com/CAMRA_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
— Ye Olde Fleece Inn, Kendal (@fleecekendal) May 16, 2020 (https://twitter.com/fleecekendal/status/1261549568531009536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The figure for “I would go now” is 43% in my poll, but only 32% in theirs. However, if you take the first two options as being equivalent, it’s 64% in mine but a full 81% in theirs. Even so, if two-thirds of customers are willing to return, it should provide a reasonable foundation for business.
I speculated on whether attitudes varied according to how often people went to pubs, which could potentially distort the result. This prompted me to create a two-dimensional poll on SurveyMonkey breaking down the answers according to frequency of pubgoing. However, the result was that it made virtually no difference, with 71% being willing to return to pubs in July, with or without the weighting. Realistically, pubs aren’t going to open before then anyway.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ssWOQGtbQk/Xsft7rkoVaI/AAAAAAAAHXU/6T6Fr6fhPgI7N2R3Ncr_KSjcdqQPJMHXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/lockdown%2Bpub%2Bsurvey.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ssWOQGtbQk/Xsft7rkoVaI/AAAAAAAAHXU/6T6Fr6fhPgI7N2R3Ncr_KSjcdqQPJMHXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/lockdown%2Bpub%2Bsurvey.jpg)
(It should be pointed out that the free version of SurveyMonkey limits the total number of responses)
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/05/if-you-reopen-it-will-they-come.html)
Earlier this week, I blogged about a Twitter poll I was running about people’s attitude to returning to pubs post-lockedown (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/05/front-or-back-of-queue.html). This has now finished, with the following outcome:
POLL: As the lockdown is gradually eased, how do you feel about returning to pubs and restaurants?
— Curmudgeon (@oldmudgie) May 18, 2020 (https://twitter.com/oldmudgie/status/1262316755634081792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) Ye Olde Fleece Inn in Kendal ran a similar poll with perhaps surprisingly different results:
We are interested to see how #coronavirus (https://twitter.com/hashtag/coronavirus?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) has change your attitude to #pubs (https://twitter.com/hashtag/pubs?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) a big part of British Culture.@GoodPubGuide (https://twitter.com/GoodPubGuide?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@caskaleweek (https://twitter.com/caskaleweek?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@FeatureCumbria (https://twitter.com/FeatureCumbria?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)@CAMRA_Official (https://twitter.com/CAMRA_Official?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
— Ye Olde Fleece Inn, Kendal (@fleecekendal) May 16, 2020 (https://twitter.com/fleecekendal/status/1261549568531009536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) The figure for “I would go now” is 43% in my poll, but only 32% in theirs. However, if you take the first two options as being equivalent, it’s 64% in mine but a full 81% in theirs. Even so, if two-thirds of customers are willing to return, it should provide a reasonable foundation for business.
I speculated on whether attitudes varied according to how often people went to pubs, which could potentially distort the result. This prompted me to create a two-dimensional poll on SurveyMonkey breaking down the answers according to frequency of pubgoing. However, the result was that it made virtually no difference, with 71% being willing to return to pubs in July, with or without the weighting. Realistically, pubs aren’t going to open before then anyway.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ssWOQGtbQk/Xsft7rkoVaI/AAAAAAAAHXU/6T6Fr6fhPgI7N2R3Ncr_KSjcdqQPJMHXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/lockdown%2Bpub%2Bsurvey.jpg (https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-9ssWOQGtbQk/Xsft7rkoVaI/AAAAAAAAHXU/6T6Fr6fhPgI7N2R3Ncr_KSjcdqQPJMHXQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/lockdown%2Bpub%2Bsurvey.jpg)
(It should be pointed out that the free version of SurveyMonkey limits the total number of responses)
More... (http://pubcurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2020/05/if-you-reopen-it-will-they-come.html)