Is This A Case Of The Responsible Suffering For The Irresponsible?

[Bobbisox1]

https://www.dailypost.co.uk/whats-on/food-drink-news/wetherspoons-slaps-two-drink-rule-17622413

[Bobbisox1]

TD, does it really matter which way my OP reads ( in the grand scheme of things) I think most have got the gist of what I was saying :0)

[TheDevil]

What you've asked implies, that the tolerance you have on alcohol should affect how much you should be able to drink when looking after children in weatherspoons.

I'm saying.. If you're looking after kids you shouldn't be at all drunk so regardless, you would be considered irresponsible for having more than one whilst looking after a kid anyway.

[TheDevil]

So to answer the OP, no. They're all irresponsible.

[retrocop]

When my local Spoons opened there was a eating area at the back for families with kids.All children had to leave with parents at 1900hrs. A sign was placed to indicate this. All was well until the sign went and yummy mummies and their friends took over the whole pub throughout the day.Many a time I had nearly tripped over a crawling baby just let free to crawl under tables and chairs.I also object to screaming and howling spoilt brats who disturb the peace. They should be taken outside by the parents until they have calmed down. A good idea to restrict alcohol to parents with children but they will just drink copious amounts of free tea and coffee (after paying for the first) which does not alleviate the problem of kids running around playing 'chase me'. Apparently the Spoons in question has now taken down the sign with the alcohol restriction.
Unfortunately I doubt that ruling would of stayed long or be adopted by all the other houses in that large chain.
About fifteen years ago there was supposed to be a strict ruling about bad language in the Spoons. It was publicised in the National press.Any one swearing after an initial warning would be barred.That rule was never enforced in our local and we have a host of builders and scaffolders in it who would make a vicar blush.

[ludwig]

// Well considering you never go in that's a jump to conclusion. //

The last time I went in one was about five years ago. It was in an old high street bank with a huge floor space and really high ceilings. Nice building actually, but the effect was indeed that of a big and rather rowdy canteen.

[retrocop]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/3315869/Pub-chain-wants-to-call-time-on-bad-language.html

[TheDevil]

Well I guess because it is order from bar it kind of is a canteen in the respect that there are no waiting staff. It is the perfect blend of pub and restaurant. Love a good spoons especially at breakfast time.

[teacake44]

@11.55 yes I have been in a w/spoons, and since wouldn't go in another, dirty, unkept, and smelt like a WC, as for the people in there the less said. But I don't believe they can all be like the one I went in, I think maybe it depends on the area its in, but it just put me off for good ever going in another.

[Bobbisox1]

TD if you if you’d like to backtrack and reread, I said I never go in them......but did a few years ago and found them to be like a canteen

[Bobbisox1]

TC, if there were two BAs, I’d give you both for this one^

[youngmafbog]

You dont have to order from the bar though The Devil, use the app - then you get waitress service.

I'm with TTT. Saucepans should not be allowed inthe rub a dub, it is not a good place for children to be.

[Bobbisox1]

@12-34

[retrocop]

A licensee has the right to decide who is or is not drunk or incapable of being in charge of kids.The licensee has the right to refuse service even if the drink is a beverage or a soft drink.
Any pub manager in the spoons, if they have the bottle, can ask parents to keep their kids under control and stop running around and bashing hell out of the fruit machines or they will be asked to leave.
Unfortunately some of the managers in our local have been young slips of girls just out of school.

[youngmafbog]

"dirty, unkept, and smelt like a WC"

Well maybe you picked the wrong one. I have been in 'Spoons around the country and only a handful are like that.

Spoons are extremely good value. Paid £1.68 for a pint the other day in Dorchester one.

[teacake44]

Your a star Bobbs :0) what would you like to drink :0)

[youngmafbog]

"bashing hell out of the fruit machines "

And that is anotehr reson apart fromthe alcohol that children should not be allowed in pubs. Seeing those disgusting things and treating them lie toys is totally the wong upbringing

[teacake44]

@12.39 I did say depends on the area. But as they say, you only get one chance to impress, that they didn't do. what happened to area manages? maybe the problem is there, allowing standards to hit bottom in some areas.

[Bobbisox1]

Anything cakes, as long as it’s not from a Spoons :0/

[Zacs-Master]

Placing rules on the irresponsible does not make the responsible suffer. Quite the reverse.

[chelle7272]

This rule has been in place in spoons for years. I never see it applied when it should be in my local though...