Eat out to help out plus a dose of Covid-19

The UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak came up with this brilliant idea: Go out and eat in a restauant and we, the Treasury, will cover 50 per cent of the bill. It was a way of encouraging people to leave their homes and eat in a restaurant desperate for customers. It might as well have been called Save Our Restaurants. Instead he thought up "Eat out to help out". It sounds a great idea. But there's a big drawback. Many of the restaurants don't seem to care a hoot about the social distancing guidelines and the masks. It's just put as many bums on seats as possible and get that lovely money back from the Government. Take Brighton for example, a very popular seaside resort with tons of young people. The meal deal lasts from Monday to Wednesday and I can tell you that every restaurant and cafe in the centre of Brighton tonight was crammed full of people. Every table was booked and every table was filled with people. There was no social distancing. I visited about eight restaurants trying to find somewhere to eat and was met with shaking heads and rooms sizzling with people cheek to cheek. It was like a mass rave party. No sign of the police though. So here's the big drawback to the Chancellor's good idea. The chances are that the Monday to Wednesday 50 per cent off have a a meal out dictat will cause Covid-19 spikes around the country becau se none of the guidelines are being followed. It's a free for all eating bonanza.Nobody cares who is sitting at the table a foot away from them. It's cheap food!! I hope I'm wrong.