'Pretend' drunks catch out Conwy and Denbighshire pubs

Trading standards officers used "pretend" drunks to catch out pubs in an undercover operation.

Of 49 pubs visited in Conwy and Denbighshire, only seven refused to serve the pretend drunkards.

The volunteers pretended to be so inebriated they fell into tables, carried bottles out of bars and slurred their words.

One was dressed to resemble Frank Gallagher, the often-drunk character in Channel Four drama Shameless.

Serving alcohol to intoxicated people on a licensed premise is a criminal offence.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-11733406

Not much point in using 'pretend drunks' as the landlord/staff could always claim that they could see he was only acting...
They have to start using real drunks immediately!! I can just see the job advert now....& the queue of applicants as well...

Many years ago I used to visit Pubs on an ad hoc basis, both in Uniform and civvies, most Pubs kept tight houses and were good at dealing with their own local drunks. But then bartenders and landlords thought of the job as almost a profession, a good well run pub was well served and a lot of clientele. Now I am afraid it is just a job, pride in the job has gone the way of the dodo, like so mush else no-one has pride anymore. Just look at the dress code non-existent, 40 yrs ago, no-one would dream of going out looking like the left-overs from a bring and buy sale.
Standards bloody standards gone up the swannee