“It’s unethical to drink at Wetherspoons” says man with an iPhone

A local man with an iPhone has gone on the record stating that drinking at Wetherspoons is against his moral code.

“I can’t support a business that treats its employees so poorly,” said the man, believed to own an iPhone XR. “Labour isn’t just an exploitable resource. You need to have ethics when dealing with your workers.”

“Back before the lockdown, my friends and I went to Spoons frequently. It was the perfect place for a drink after a long day shopping. You’d cop some t-shirts from Primark, maybe some Nike trainers. You’d give the homeless people on the street a sympathetic look, but no actual money. And then you’d pop into Spoons for a couple of pints. That was the ideal Saturday.

“Now it’s different. It’s unethical to drink at Wetherspoons after the way Tim Martin treated his staff.”

On March 24^th, it was announced that Wetherspoons boss Tim Martin had told his employees to look for jobs elsewhere as they would not be paid until the government’s furlough scheme kicked in. This decision received unanticipated backlash from the general public and was reversed the following day. Spoons employees were then paid in full until the furlough scheme began, and there is no indication that any jobs were lost.

“I don’t care if he changed his mind,” the local man said. “The point of protest isn’t to bring about change. We need to punish people for their mistakes, forever, regardless of whether they ultimately do the right thing.”

The man declined to comment on whether boycotting his local Wetherspoons could potentially have a more dire impact on the job security of the employees there than it would on the personal wealth of Mr Martin, a multi-millionaire.

“It’s just disappointing,” the man concluded. “Before the coronavirus, there was absolutely no indicator that Tim Martin was a bit of a bellend. Well, now we know.”

Eat Out to Help Out sees Spoons app orders of pots of PEAs increase 1000%

After the government’s introduction of the Eat Out to Help Out scheme, scores of highly original practical jokers have taken to ordering hundreds of unwanted items to people’s tables in Wetherspoons. One self-proclaimed ‘student comedian’ said to us “if it’s half the price, it’s double the fun.”

When the ‘Spoons game’ went viral over two years ago, it was regarded by many as the peak of British comedy. Who doesn’t say the ultimate practical joke on a night-out is when someone miles away pays for a small amount of food to be brought to your table, only for it to go uneaten and eventually be thrown away?

Now even the most tight-fisted jokers can join in on the action too, thanks to the new government scheme to get us all out our homes, and into places with cash registers. Now, a pot of peas will set you back just 32p and a glass of milk is only 35p, whereas the tables and pint pots are all free.

However, after the recent surge in useless orders, one member of staff is pleading for the prank to finally come to an end. She said that she once had to clear “so many peas from table 69 it weighed as much as a four stone child.” Our quantitative analyst at The Toon Lampoon estimates that not even the Green Giant himself could carry that.

However, Tim Martin, as ever, has other ideas, and has allegedly been spotted rolling around smushing peas and milk everywhere and making a “really big mess.” We’re not really sure why that would be, but he might be celebrating the literal tens of pounds he is making from all of this.

But what’s your opinion? Should these kings of comedy commemorated with a big old statue, just like Martin was a month back, or should they just be shot at dawn?