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Oisin Rogers

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357 total appearances

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

I see loads of people, you know, between 18 and 25 still piling in and, you know, having pints and having fun in the same way as I did when I was that age.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

And yeah, maybe they are overall drinking a little bit less and maybe being a bit more healthy, which is a great thing, but they certainly enjoy a few beers.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

And I think if you start off in business thinking, oh, young people don't drink anymore, so I'm not going to look after them.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

They certainly are not going to come in.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

I think we need to look after those guys and make sure that they feel comfortable and safe and keep the pub as a centre of community for them so that they can use it in the same way we did.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

The hardest part, I think, is deciding you're going to do it.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

Because if you do it and you do it well, it's a real vocation and you do it all the time.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

It's not a part time job.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

I never turn off.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

So I spend six or seven days a week in the pub.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

I'll be there at least a few hours a day, sometimes the whole day.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

And to do it well, I think you've got to be there.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

Yelling at people, Gordon Ramsay style.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

We don't yell.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

But no, it does.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

We've got 165 staff.

Odd Lots
What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

So just meeting and looking after them and making sure they're feeling good is a really great thing.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

I obsess about details, about making sure that everything is clean and there's no visual noise around the place and that people know to keep that stuff correct.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

I'm always looking at, you know, paintwork and finishes and where stuff is placed and making sure things are like that.

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What It Takes to Run One of London's Most Popular Pubs

But to me, it feels a little bit now I've moved on in my career.