#HMBlog: Patron alleges Pelican Pub benches gave her a massive skin breakout
In a public Facebook post, a St. Petersburg resident alleges what all of locals always new: Pelican Pub nasty as hell. Rachael Renn published a post on Facebook alleging that she contracted some sort of skin rash after sitting on the benches at the longtime St. Pete staple.
The comments are littered with other folks alleging the same thing happened to them and the post has been shared hundreds of times. I was there a few years back and I thought I was gonna diarrhea my pants, I walked into the bathroom and decided I would rather have a backseat full of doodoo then attempt to use that bathroom & I always assumed the rest of the place isn’t any cleaner. I’m happy to report that I didn’t poop my pants there or any other bars but I’m still young. ABC Action news were able to get a statement from the establishment:
“We’re are taking the claims made on social media over the past couple of days very seriously, and we are doing everything in our power to determine if something at our establishment might be causing this and if so, how to rectify it as soon as possible.
As a result, we have contacted the Florida Department of Health to ask for their assistance and we are working with them to provide them with whatever they might need. We are scheduled to meet with them at 1:30 p.m. today.
Our pub has been operating in St. Petersburg for 10 years, and the bench in question has been in place for nearly five years.
Last month, we received the first and only formal complaint that we are aware of from a patron related to a potential rash. The Florida Department of Health came out shortly thereafter, and we worked with them at that time to provide them whatever they needed. Following their visit, they gave us the all clear with no conclusive results or findings.
We wish Rachael and any others affected by this unfortunate situation a speedy recovery and we want to thank her for bringing this to our attention. If this matter is being caused by something in or near the environment of our pub, we will work as quickly as possible to remedy the situation and ensure this doesn’t happen again.
Thank you to all of our guests and patrons for their continued loyalty and support.”