to think the poor staff in M&S cafes shouldn't have to wear hideous hair nets?

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Having a reviving coffee in M&S with dd yesterday, and noticed the staff were wearing a horrible contraption like a baseball cap with a built-in hair net as part of their uniform. Why is this necessary? It isn't a bloody factory and anyway I can't imagine waiting staff or even food prep staff at the Ritz having to do this. Poor women, they just looked a bit gruesome I'm afraid. And infact they both had their hair tied back in pony tails inside the nets.

Aibu to think this is ott from a food hygiene pov? Neither were wearing gloves (again absolutely fine by me) and surely most "risk" comes from being served by people with dirty hands.

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

No one is being tortured? Hopefully!

[ouryve]

No need for the misplaced pity, then.

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

You can only feel for another person if they are being tortured?

[liz70]

I'd have everyone in Alice bands and snoods in funky colours and patterns.

[gaggiagirl]

I found my own hair in my shepherds pie last week. It was about a foot long. Grim. Couldn't eat me mash after that.

[gaggiagirl]

ouryve I can just see you sat there with your tuna teriyaki overlooking the Haymarket 😆

[ouryve]

It was Eldon Square on Saturday, gaggiagirl. More interesting buses (for DS1) and warmer seats :o

[Loftslag]

I had an ay-may-zing soss and bacon sandwich at M&S cafe on Edgware Road. Three sausages and five rashers of bacon. Plus a coffee. For hardly any money (can't remember how much, exactly - it was a few months back).

[CombineBananaFister]

I don't pity them, thats ridiculous but as others have said, legally you don't have to wear one . Costa, Starbucks, Nero et al - no-one wears that much gear so guess they just want to be cautious. I have seen men having to wear a beard net too if that hair is too long.

I think Food prep I would expect hairnets but not food service. M and S coffee beans are very good quality actually, Arabica from different continents.

[Dancergirl]

I think hair nets are the least of their problems

This with bells on.

Marks and Spencer - how on earth do you expect me to cut up roast beef served in a cardboard tray with flimsy plastic cutlery?? This was me yesterday. After repeated visits to the counter to get more supplies of cutlery I gave up and asked for a refund. The lovely lady refunded my money and gave me a free sandwich and said so many people had complained about this but Head Office refused to listen.

[Fluffyears]

I kid you not, in the waitrose cafe that MIL insists on going to a bearded young guy had a net over his lower face covering his beard!!! I couldn't stop staring at it, surely that's overkill.

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

Is it really "ridiculous" to feel for someone who has to wear a horrible uniform? I mean I know it is very first world but yes, I do think its miserable for people to be forced into ugly uniforms for no real good reason. The poor souls who work in Sainsburys in maroon polyester!

[TheCatsFlaps]

YABU for having coffee in Marks & Spencer's

Completely agree with this after frappe-gate for me.

[ouryve]

I have a cupboard full of lovely M&S coffee (including most of the local stocks of Christmas coffee) but pret make a nicer cappuccino :) (and in a fraction of the time)

[differentnameforthis]

You'd rather see all waiting staff in all food outlets and restaurants wearing a black nylon baseball cap with a hairnet attached?

I'd much rather have a lovely, perhaps greasy, perhaps sweaty, perhaps over-styled hair in my food any day!

Just what is missing everytime I eat out. Yum!

[StealthPolarBear]

" MotherKat

The rule when I started was if it was longer than an inch you netted and capped it, and this was in some pretty naice restaurants."

Why did hair shorter than an inch not need netting? Surely it has the same risk of falling out. Or are people less likely to notice and just eat it?

[TreadSoftlyOnMyDreams]

Yep - saw a guy with a nice neat beard wearing a hairnet over his entire face in Pret a Manger yesterday. I couldn't stop looking it was so ridiculous.

He was serving at the till. If he'd been in the back making egg mayo sandwiches I might have thought "Overkill but ok" but simply putting food in bags and taking payment...........

The best bit was the hairnet had a really large weave so practically pointless so I am guessing he was just making a point of "complying" subversively

[kali110]

mutton you do realse that m&s cafes are proper coffee shops? Drinks are made the same way as other coffee shops? ( bar costa i cannot stand how they make their mochas and chocolates even
Though they are soooo good).

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

So, do you avoid cafes where the staff aren't wearing hairnets differentnameforthis ?