Scotland

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/16138208

A sandwich business in St Andrews 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 currently 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.

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Kate and her husband, Sam, 39, have made various attempts to deter the gulls. From playing birds of prey noises, to buying a bird of prey kite on Amazon - the couple say they have exhausted almost every option, 'apart from shooting them'.

Kate admitted: "The bird noises were not the vibe we ideally wanted down at the beach, and the bird kite we bought didn't do anything - people will sit under them and the gulls will still keep attacking, we have been lost for what else we can do."