Bar 'encourages abuse from patrons'

A Spanish bar is encouraging customers to abuse its staff with bad language.

Casa Pocho in Cullera near Valencia is offering free drinks to patrons who insult staff with funny or unique abuse, Reuters reports.

Polish-born owner Bernard Mariusz told news agency EFE that drinkers need to offload their frustrations during the ongoing economic recession.

Mariusz said: "When you come in after work, you can say swear at them and call them bastard or imbecile.

"That way they won't let it out on their family."