Wetherspoons: Pub chain tells parents to stick to two drinks...

[Fred Secrets]

Yeah. It's about knowing how to act in a public space. I see parents out with a pint with kids in tow with a weekend meal all the time in meal pubs. Cheap drink is just more likely to attract folk who take a lend. I suppose it says something that a two drink limit has become a story. Normally folk don't have two never mind more than two on a family meal out in a pub.

Mind I've eaten in Spoons a few times and the atmosphere has always been canny even when there's been kids in. Never been too loud never mind raucous.

I have at least 2 pints on a family meal out. My Mrs is the slowest eater I know & I'll quite happily sit & have a few scoops while she doesn't devour her meal.

 

[Gucci Massive]

The point of actually going out on the drink is to tap the flap and that .So I disagree with the WMC thing in general tbh

Tap the flap

Class.

 

[Secret Visage]

I'd rather parents were having three or four pints with their kids than leaving them alone in a hotel while going out on the piss

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[JonMc]

I have at least 2 pints on a family meal out. My Mrs is the slowest eater I know & I'll quite happily sit & have a few scoops while she doesn't devour her meal.

Fair enough. I did say most people and there's nothing really wrong in having a few beers with the kids in tow as long as things stay under control. I think it good that kids see that drink can be appreciated and not become a problem on occasion. But most people you see out in a pub with young family won't have even that.

 

[Pink Panther]

We went to the one in Dumfries a few years ago and this practice was already in place. We had the kids with us and sat in the two drink family area and it was great.

 

[Marty Moose]

I think there's some wriggle room between having two pints and being mortal on a session with kids in tow like.

 

[Amnorrageordie]

I'd rather parents were having three or four pints with their kids than leaving them alone in a hotel while going out on the piss

Especially if you're out of the uk, like Portugal or summat.

 

[Suspender Sue]

Sometimes go in the Peterlee one if I’m off during the week.

horrific viewing watching the kids going straight there after school mind.

This is Peterlee man, Wetherspoons has to look after its future trade.

 

[ajthemackem]

I think there's some wriggle room between having two pints and being mortal on a session with kids in tow like.

I think this is squarely aimed at the lackadaisical arseholes who let their kids run riot annoying other folk.

 

[Jacksnuts]

Heard this on the radio yesterday in the car and the boy said straight after “we’ll not be going there dad will we”

 

[cornish mackem]

It has been a crime since 1902 to be drunk in charge of a child under the age of seven in a public place. The offence can be punished by a fine or up to a month in jail.

I’ve had 2 sets of parents arrested for being pissed with kids.
Safeguarding kids with parents with alcohol on board is taken very seriously by the flatties