Wetherspoon sickness outbreak left customers ‘shooting out of both ends’

A Spoons in Lancashire has seen a nasty outbreak of sickness and diarrhoea, leaving customers feeling worse for wear.

An outbreak of norovirus at The Richard Owen left people ‘shooting out of both ends’, according to reports from people who recently visited the establishment.

The pub, located in Lancaster city centre, is now closed while it undergoes a deep clean – let’s hope it’s a very, very deep clean after all that.

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Local 21-year-old Laurence Johnson had visited the pub with mates before becoming very ill with the bug.

He told Lancashire Live: “So, I went to Spoons with two other mates on Sunday evening, we had a couple of drinks and a bit of food. Monday evening I threw up twice and had diarrhoea. One of the lads I went with has since been throwing up. Two other mates had been to Spoons over the weekend and were complaining of being very ill too.”

Another person, speaking to Lancashire Live anonymously, went even further: “I went at the weekend and ended up with it shooting out of both ends. It has not been a nice experience, so I’m not surprised this has turned out to be the case.”

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Wetherspoon spokesman Eddie Gershon gave a statement regarding the incident: “A customer was ill in the pub. We believe it was norovirus and that spread to staff. The pub was closed while it was fully sanitised and staff have remained off work to recover. The pub is set to reopen on Friday.”

So if you’re feeling brave tomorrow night and you’re in the Lancaster area, get yourself down  The Richard Owen…