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Alahna Kindred & Neil Shaw

Pub unplugs customer charging three devices for 4.5hours

A pub owner unplugged a customer's extension lead after finding they were charging three devices at the same time. The customer ordered a drink at Oscars Cafe Bar in Dublin and took out an extension lead to charge a laptop, phone and a tablet for four-and-a-half hours, reports The Mirror.

Owner Ronan Flood said he unplugged the extension lead when the customer went to the toilet. He told Newstalk's Lunchtime Live show: "I plugged the extension out at the wall - thinking that the guest would take the hint.

"I headed off to one of the other bars, and I came back... and the same guest was still sitting there with the devices plugged in. In fairness, he had got a second drink - but it was like 'Ah here, 4.5 hours this is a bit much'."

Mr Flood spoke to the customer over the "excessive use" of electricity during an energy crisis. He said: "I went down to the customer and just said to him that 'This is excessive use of our electricity, you're kind of taking the proverbial with the plug board'.

"I just asked him to put the plug board away".

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