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Kit Roberts
Topics: News, UK Food, Restaurants and bars, Celebrity
Jeremy Clarkson has opened up about one of the grosser elements of owning a pub, making it clear it's not all glamour for this entrepreneur.
Many of us may have idly mused something along the lines of 'God, I wish I could quit my corporate job and go run a pub, that'd be the good life' at some point in our lives.
But while many landlords can have long, fulfilling careers, the fact is that running a pub does not mean that you get to actually just go to the pub all the time.
Running a pub is a 24-hour-a-day job, with little free time - especially at weekends - and few opportunities for holidays, as well as razor thin financial margins.
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There's a lot of physically demanding labour, as it turns out that a barrel of beer is actually really heavy, not to mention often having to manage people when they've had a drink and are feeling in a less-than-pleasant mood.
But there's one gross part of being a pub landlord which Clarkson simply cannot abide.
Spare a thought for the person who is presented with the aftermath of someone who's gone to spend a penny - or worse - after a few drinks.
Anyone who has ever worked in a bar or pub has a toilet-related story, and it seems that the star of Clarkson's Farm is no different.
Complaining about customer behaviour in the toilets of The Farmer's Dog, Clarkson said: "The the thing that baffles me most of all is, forgive me for this, but people go to the lavatory, sit on it, and then somehow miss the bowl, and I cannot understand how they're doing it."
He then joked: "And apparently, you're not allowed to put CCTV in the cubicle, so we'll never know."
Clarkson then went on to express how baffled he is at people's ability to somehow create such a mess in a cubicle.
He said: "But it's just I think 'how have you got it all over the floor and up the walls?' There's a lot to infuriate me."
It's not the first time that he's complained about customer behaviour in the toilets either.
Previously, it wasn't a number one that had drawn the despair of the former Top Gear presenter, but a catastrophic number two.
Clarkson described how nothing on earth could have left him adequately steeled for the 'horror of what had been produced at the Farmer’s Dog'.
He went on to describe how the mess was 'everywhere and in such vast quantities' that 'no ordinary plumbing or cleaning equipment' could rectify the problem.
Of course, Clarkson is far from alone on this - and unlike the average Wetherspoons employee, is not dealing with all this literal sh*t for minimum wage.