Seagull insurance

To quote from a news report out of Scotland:

A sandwich business in St Andrews is looking to bring in a £1 ‘seagull insurance’ on all purchases – as the birds steal food from up to 30 customers a day.

The owners of the Cheesy Toast Shack say they give free replacements to dozens of customers each day, due to seagulls swooping in, attacking people and stealing their newly-purchased food.

The business says this costs them hundreds of pounds a day – and are “desperate” for a solution. The owners are now “seriously considering” adding the gull insurance on every purchase to try to cover the losses caused by the winged menaces.

Cafe owner Kate Carter-Larg, 35, said: “The gulls are super aggressive and actually terrifying. We are a family run business and I can’t just sit and watch a sandwich get stolen and not replace it, so I’ll always give another for free.

“But it has been costing us a lot of money. People are even left bleeding after the gulls swoop for the food. We get old women emailing us saying ‘I’ve nearly rolled my ankle because of seagulls’. We have children crying too from it.

“People will come to take photos of our sandwiches – and the minute they hold toastie up for a pic, all the seagulls dive bomb them. People are left bleeding, they really are a problem.”