Wowser watch: the plastic beer glass is pure evil

Matt Cleary says:

08:58am | 02/06/09

I no longer drink at pubs that serve their beer in plastic (and you know who you are Coogee Bay Hotel).

It’s like being given a fork with a cork stopper on the prongs because half a dozen eegits poke their eye out each year.

Please.

They can take these bullshit rules - driven by a shock-jock media and political hacks who are their servants, and publicans looking to cover their arses - and mash them into so much chocolate ice cream slurry.

Karla Pincott says:

09:23am | 02/06/09

Exhibit B:
Fly Qantas from Sydney to Melbourne—noted terrorist conduit—and struggle to eviscerate the bread roll with a plastic knife.
Fly Emirates in and out of the Middle-East and get metal knives, with so far little danger to anything. Except the bread rolls.

Aaron says:

12:02pm | 02/06/09

It’s true Beer in a plastic cup is a waste of money as it does taste rubbish!
And I always wondered why they only replaced the knife on most flight and still give you a metal fork? The fork was always sharper than the metal knife anyway… hmmmm!

BrettD says:

03:19pm | 02/06/09

Rory, while I agree with much of what you say, exactly how much cat’s urine have you consumed to make a valid comparison with beer out of plastic?

Shane-O says:

03:47pm | 02/06/09

Where will it end - There’s plenty of other weapons in the drink fridge behind the bar anyway. If these morons want to arm themselves - the arsenal of alcopops will do the trick just as swiftly.

Beer does taste like crap out of glass. but whats stopping me buying a stubbie.

This problem cant be solved with knee-jerk political wankery

The life ban on Licenced premises is a BRILLIANT idea.  Keep these psychos at home. The missus better watch out though.

Daniel says:

04:33pm | 02/06/09

Avoiding the pubs that use plastic is possibly (probably) an excellent idea but not just because the beer tastes like urine our of plastic (does it?).  I would also suggest that the early plastic adopting pubs are doing so because of the high level of violence of their patrons.  Also the high proportion of “today tonight” watchers on their customer list would make the idea an easy sell.
In any case that’s 3 great reasons to avoid pubs that serve in plastic.
The reality is that I personally know many people that could put a person deep into a coma if they so desired without glass - it’s certainly not going to keep people safe but rather entirely avoid dealing with the problem of random violence.  A little “thought experiment” would go a long way on many of these social problems.

Michael says:

04:35pm | 02/06/09

I can’t bring myself to drink beer out of any container, but i think your on the right track there, i worked security in pubs and clubs and the one thing i noticed was ppl regard pubs as law free areas, much like the football field, they punch on over the smallest crap get dragged out by security and they are back the next week to carry on again. Police should get off their asses attend pubs and charge people who commit crimes, we shouldn’t rely on security in pubs they belong to the publican who has no interest in arrests being linked to his business.

Chris says:

11:19pm | 02/06/09

The problem is the contents, not the container.

sarah (glassed) says:

09:45pm | 07/08/09

when you’ve been glassed, you can comment.

Your name: says:

05:03pm | 17/08/09

for a start there are harsher sentences for glassers. prevention is better than cure. If you go somewhere with a prevailence of glassing, you will appreciate plastic