Food truck to sell "insurance" for when seagulls steal your lunch

[boingboing]

Originally published at: Food truck to sell "insurance" for when seagulls steal your lunch - Boing Boing

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[danimagoo]

Maybe they could put the truck inside of some sort of shelter. Like with walls and a roof and a door for people to enter and exit, but that the seagulls couldn’t open because they’re seagulls. What could you call this type of food truck? How about “Restaurant”!

In all seriousness, I think the proprietor is being really generous to replace everyone’s food if a seagull steals it, but maybe he should just rethink that policy. This is sort of a known hazard of eating outside in coastal areas.

[sqlrob]

[robertmckenna]

@danimagoo

Like with walls and a roof and a door for people to enter and exit, but that the seagulls couldn’t open because they’re seagulls.

Come to Dublin. The seagulls regularly shoplift here.

Guess they have to fit in with the rest of us!

[nosaj]

At the dockside restaurants in Freemantle, Western Australia, they have thin wires running from the rooftops to the walkway edge, spaced about 0.5 m (2.5 ft) apart. It creates a kind of outline of an invisible lean-to roof, and is a flight hazard to seagulls. They can’t effectively swoop / dive / peck at you. Instead, they’ll land on the deck edge and walk up to you and harass you verbally, but you can tell them to bugger off.