Children In Pubs wtf

[Triggaaar]

This pub allowed kids in but the problem was that in the bar was a succession of strippers dancing around and doing very naughty things on the carpet. All the mums and kids were outside in a grotty garden but some still came in to use the toilet to see all the dads at the bar letching at the girls who were inserting paraphernalia into their persons.

 

[daveinprague]

Thankfully, whilst they struggle here with banning smoking in bars..... it wont be easy, as ive never seen so many young women on mainland Europe smoking as there are here, you tend not to see kids in the bars. Probably different in the villages, but in Prague, they are very rarely seen.

 

[Durlston]

Back in the 80's I lived in West London and one Saturday lunchtime I was in an awful place called West Drayton.
In the high street was a pub so I popped in for a pint.
This pub allowed kids in but the problem was that in the bar was a succession of strippers dancing around and doing very naughty things on the carpet. All the mums and kids were outside in a grotty garden but some still came in to use the toilet to see all the dads at the bar letching at the girls who were inserting paraphernalia into their persons.

Sounds great. More info needed please.

 

[fat old seagull]

I don't have any problem with children in pubs, as long as they are confined to being on the Buffet or BBQ.

 

[fat old seagull]

Back in the 80's I lived in West London and one Saturday lunchtime I was in an awful place called West Drayton.
In the high street was a pub so I popped in for a pint.
This pub allowed kids in but the problem was that in the bar was a succession of strippers dancing around and doing very naughty things on the carpet. All the mums and kids were outside in a grotty garden but some still came in to use the toilet to see all the dads at the bar letching at the girls who were inserting paraphernalia into their persons.

Some paraphernalias have all the luck!

 

[CherryInHove]

I hate kids in pubs! I once ordered a round of six drinks standing at the bar. They were placed on a tray. I paid. Stepping backwards no more than a foot a child was behind me. I staggered, drinks everywhere, carpet and kid soaked. Did the parents pay for the new drinks. Did they 'Effff', they in turn demanded I pay for dry cleaning their kids clothes! Sense of entitlement and arrogance and the threat of violence was astounding! I raised kids I know what I am talking about. Todays parents (sometimes) are the pits.

So you stepped backwards without looking where you were going, spilled the drinks and then wanted someone else to pay for drinks that you'd spilled due to not paying attention? You're right about the sense of entitlement being astounding.

 

[BBassic]

It's scandalous!

It's not like there might be young couples who have kids and like to have a drink at the weekend with their friends, right?

Oh, wait, that's exactly what it is.

 

[Bold Seagull]

I hate kids in pubs! I once ordered a round of six drinks standing at the bar. They were placed on a tray. I paid. Stepping backwards no more than a foot a child was behind me. I staggered, drinks everywhere, carpet and kid soaked. Did the parents pay for the new drinks. Did they 'Effff', they in turn demanded I pay for dry cleaning their kids clothes! Sense of entitlement and arrogance and the threat of violence was astounding! I raised kids I know what I am talking about. Todays parents (sometimes) are the pits.

Yeah, ban all small things in case someone who can't handle a tray of drinks safely doesn't spill them again. Footstools, dogs, kids, wheelchairs...

Or maybe just look around before you step backwards...

 

[Raleigh Chopper]

Sounds great. More info needed please.

Ok, although it was a long time ago, I clearly remember it.
One of the strippers was prancing around the pub threatening to pull her drawers down, a 'customer, shouts out "is it shaved" she said "no, but it can be if you want".
So you could not argue at the high level of customer service in the pub which is sadly lacking in many establishments these days.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

Yeah, ban all small things in case someone who can't handle a tray of drinks safely doesn't spill them again. Footstools, dogs, kids, wheelchairs...

Or maybe just look around before you step backwards...

Yep.

If the person he had tripped over was an adult dwarf........

 

[Billy the Fish]

It happens a lot in Brighton because so many pubs do food, and in turn everywhere does roasts on a Sunday. People want to go out for a roast dinner with their family.

If they banned kids most of these pubs would go bust because the only people left would be piss heads who want to prop up the bar all day banging on at any poor sod within earshot about their missus, what they read in the News of the World or to simply moan about how good it was in 1989 when kids weren't allowed in pubs!

It's a different culture now, the pubs had to evolve to stay open as most of the blokes who filled the pubs in the 70s/80s/90s have died of drinking or smoking related illnesses.

 

[Igzilla]

It happens a lot in Brighton because so many pubs do food, and in turn everywhere does roasts on a Sunday. People want to go out for a roast dinner with their family.

If they banned kids most of these pubs would go bust because the only people left would be piss heads who want to prop up the bar all day banging on at any poor sod within earshot about their missus, what they read in the News of the World or to simply moan about how good it was in 1989 when kids weren't allowed in pubs!

It's a different culture now, the pubs had to evolve to stay open as most of the blokes who filled the pubs in the 70s/80s/90s have died of drinking or smoking related illnesses.

Well, this really. As we only have the one, I don't see what the problem is about taking my family out to lunch at a pub (generally a nice country one) where the food is good, a kids menu is available and he is also content to take a book/kindle/3ds to keep him amused so he doesn't run around "screaming" (he wouldn't, and didn't when he was younger) if the weather is bad or if they don't have a play area outside. Why should I be banned from doing this (and spending MY money in a small, LOCAL business, leaving tips for hard working, LOCAL people, ffs)? Seems to me the people wanting to ban kids are the selfish ones.

 

[daveinprague]

People used to take their kids to restaurants/cafes rather than a pub. Restaurants still sell booze dont they? Thought you had to be a certain age to enter a pub in the first place.

 

[mejonaNO12 aka riskit]

One of my favourite things as a child was doing a pub walk with my parents and enjoying, from a young age, the appreciation for british pubs and proper beer.

I wasn't an annoyance to anyone else as my parents were responsible and would have refused to take me and let me have my steak and ale pie which I so desperately wanted after a walk.

 

[Bold Seagull]

It happens a lot in Brighton because so many pubs do food, and in turn everywhere does roasts on a Sunday. People want to go out for a roast dinner with their family.

If they banned kids most of these pubs would go bust because the only people left would be piss heads who want to prop up the bar all day banging on at any poor sod within earshot about their missus, what they read in the News of the World or to simply moan about how good it was in 1989 when kids weren't allowed in pubs!

It's a different culture now, the pubs had to evolve to stay open as most of the blokes who filled the pubs in the 70s/80s/90s have died of drinking or smoking related illnesses.

Are you trying to say that pubs prefer a family ordering 4 or so meals and drinks, spending £50 in under an hour and half, over some old codgers nursing a pint of mild through the afternoon!?

 

[daveinprague]

Maybe the range of cheaper restaurants here means that people wouldnt normaly take a kid to a pub. Its all very well for pubs to sell food, but I would imagine this hurts a restaurant business elsewhere.

 

[The Clamp]

Luckily where I live, there is one pub that is known for tolerating kiddies. It has a big garden and some climbing frame things in the back. Friends with children always arrange to meet there if they are bringing their kids and that suits me as I wouldn't get to socialise with them in pubs if that place wasn't there. Everyone knows it's the kids pub and I think that's fine. The other 8 pubs are pretty much the sole domain of adults and the odd dog (insert joke here). I think that works.

 

[Raskolnikov]

Three pushchairs all lined up in Brewdog the other day stopping me getting to the bar from my table. Bye bye Brewdog.


Well that and reserved tables..... F uck off.

and the fact it is now a brewdog and no longer the Blind Tiger? (no, I still haven't got over it)

 

[LlcoolJ]

If kids are well behaved then I can't see any problem with them being in pubs in the daytime. There are things that annoy me way more in boozers than some sprog sat there reading a book, eating lunch or playing on a tablet. Plus there are still plenty of pubs that don't allow children in if it's an issue for you.

If they're running around screaming then it's a different matter and their parents should be given a slap and kicked out.

 

[Shropshire Seagull]

Times are a changing and public house closures are still occurring at a high rate.
Have to feel for landlords and franchise breweries who are trying to meet customer demands.
Food has become their profit line as the cost [and margins] on beer are taxed so heavily.

Back in the 60s / 70s most pubs had a Saloon and a Lounge bar - saloon bar for the serious boozers and the Lounge bar where you took your new girlfriend. Maybe, pubs could make the Lounge bar the kids friendly family bar and the saloon bar be adults only?

Like other's I took my kids to the pub but they had to behave themselves - sit and eat their food, WALK to the play area and don't be TOO noisy!
Parental control is the key ....