was this legal?

[theolove]

My husband and i have a young baby and needed some where to take her for a feed. so we got a coffee in birds cafe and decided that since they didnt have anything for us to eat that my husband would pop next door to the cob shop and grab a couple of cobs. When he returned we were stoped and told that anything brought outside the shop wasnt aloud to be consumed on the property and asked to leave even though we' paid for coffee.
Was this legal? Should we have been moved on like that when we'd actually made a purchase!
Sorry if this isnt the right place for the post - new at this!
Cheers

[Postdog]

They were entirely within their rights - you were taking liberties expecting them to provide heating and seating but getting food elsewhere.

[sara3]

a cafe that had no food? at all??

[theolove]

The food unfortunately wasn�t suitable as my husband has diet requirements to meet and I am pregnant and unable to consume the sweet selection available. Where you say we were taking liberties of seating and heating, we'd made a purchase and were not aloud to even finish it. The cafe had no problem taking our money and shoving us out the door. My husband wasn�t asked to stop eating or any polite gesture such as that, we were rudely asked to leave point blank.

[sara3]

I don't think many premises would allow you to eat or drink goods purchased elsewhere.

[redcrx]

if you have dietry problems and cant eat what the cafe had to offer then why did you go in there?
and why couldnt you eat your food outside after drinking the coffee in the cafe.

[aniani]

If you go for tea at the Ritz you can't take a Subway in with you if you don't like the sandwiches they purvey

[sophie_1003]

I would say that they were within their rights but they just didn't handle it very well. You could have offered to put the food away and ask to be allowed to finish your drinks as a compromise.

[ajmmac]

what they did was entirely legal if bit of an over reaction--they might at least have let you finish the coffee but not eat the food--you say "My husband wasn�t asked to stop eating ..."--so he had started to eat i guess--like any premises, if you engage in "unacceptable" behaviour-- unacceptable that is to the rules of the establishent you can be asked/told to leave immediately--as i say they could have been more diplomatic about it--just don/t go back there--cheers

[tamborine]

Had you asked permission to use the cafe so, you would have known whether bringing in food was welcome.

[puddicat]

They are within there rights,we had this problem where i worked, when we had a swimming gala,the mothers gave there children packed lunches,and they would have a coffee and sit in the cafe eating there own food,i told them to leave as they were taking up tables that other paying clients needed,they argued your case like one mum had bought one coffee whilst 5 children sat around stuffing there faces,and leaving all there rubbish on the tables, i said you wouldnt go to a restuarant and bring your own food would you,snotty mare that she was, fair enjoyed telling to her to leave!!!

[JA]

Well yes I agree with them. If you were unable to eat the food that the cafe served, you could just finish the coffee and eaten elsewhere. Or taken the coffee out.

Once a friend and I were at a cafe drinking coffee, when my friend decided that she wanted to take the coffee accross to the terrace of the hotel next door, which was accessible through the rear. I refused to do so telling her that it was just not nice.