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Diners at a city pub left in anger after spotting MICE scurrying across the floor.
Customers at The Central Bar in Windsor Place, Cardiff, spotted the furry rodents running throughout the premises but had no idea where they are coming from.
Tim Farr, 30, of Pentyrch Street, Cathays, Cardiff, holds regular meetings at the JD Wetherspoon pub with members of Timeless - a Doctor Who appreciation society.
On Tuesday night Mr Farr, a VAT advisor for the Inland Revenue, was there with three other members of the group.
He said: 'We were sat at a table upstairs and I saw something little shoot across the floor, away from me under another table.
'I didn't think anything of it until a friend said, 'Did you see that? It was a mouse'.'
Other customers in the pub then reported more sightings of the creatures to staff.
Mr Farr said: 'You could see people moving away from tables elsewhere, saying a mouse or rat just ran past.
'To be honest, it didn't bother me. I was more concerned the food was taking so long to come out - that's why we moved on to somewhere else.
'If they were coming from the kitchen I'd have been more concerned, but I don't think they were.'
One customer, who did not wish to be named, said: 'I was horrified. A lot of people eating there had seen them.'
Eddie Gershon, spokesman for JD Wethermice, said he was aware of the issue.
'We've had a problem with rodents in recent months,' he said.
'Environmental Health is fully aware of that but there's no problem with the kitchen.
'We've tried to solve it by contacting pest control and we're not certain where they're coming from.
'The problem is definitely far less problematic than it has been in the past.' - So its a problem but not as much of a problem as it has been before, nice bit of pr fluff their from Eddie at J D Wethermice. One point that has not been mentioned was that of the poor people who whilst having to endure rodents with their meals(not saying a thing about what passed for curry in their pubs) had no real apology from JD Wethermice, also the reaction of the management of The Central was to ban the people who reported said problem to them.
A very stalinst attitude methinks, still that seems to be par for the course with JD Wethermice, below is a copy of a mail about the ban: Note the bits about rude staff and snide remarks, nice to see that its not just the TTL in Newport where that happens but seems to be a company wide policy of abuse towards the very people who pay their wages.
My last article about the poor standards in JD Wethermice pubs.
>Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2006 11:40:05 +0000
>
>The mice in the Central were first reported publicly last Thursday in the
>Echo: http://tinyurl.com/y2wqqp
>
>I have not seen them myself and have not contacted Health & Safety.
>
>The situation with me being banned is this: The mice were brought to the
>attention of the public by TIMELESS, a Dr Who appreciation society which
>met Tuesdays in the Central. One member of that society (a "ginger-haired
>person") is alleged to have taken a photograph of a mouse; the general
>manager of the Central, Mr Andrew Harries, banned the whole TIMELESS group
>from the pub as a result.
>
>I'm a member of the Cardiff University Sci-Fi Society, a separate group
>with no affiliation to TIMELESS; indeed, until yesterday we were unaware of
>that society's existence. We've met in the Central on Mondays at 7:30 for
>two years, almost without interruption, and this year have been bringing
>about 20 people to each meeting. As we were gathering at the Central last
>night for our meeting, one of the members of staff misidentified us as the
>banned society and we were refused service.
>
>We were treated with an odd degree of rudeness by the staff. The first taff
>member I spoke with, a supervisor, initially refused identify who had
>banned us or why. The duty manager was more useful but, when we were making
>arrangements to meet with Mr Harries, she made an odd wisecrack about us
>being "too hung over" to make a 9 o'clock meeting.
>
>Mr Harries was unavailable yesterday; we were told he would be at work
>today to talk with the president of the society, We went to meet him and he
>was not there, but "come back tomorrow". If he proves to be as effective
>tomorrow I'm going to the Wetherspoons regional director; if someone has
>contact information for him I'd be grateful.
>
>The Cardiff Sci-Fi Society has not formally asked for CAMRA's help yet and
>I'm not making that request at this time; this is, however, quite an odd
>turn of events; the fact that the Central has a rodent infestation is now a
>matter for public discussion, and their response to it is concerning, and
>whatever happens with Sci-Fi, it may require some scrutiny.
>
>--Edmund
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