Pub Limits Parents' Drinks
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- mattbrawn
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The new rules have been introduced as the company are uncomfortable with children being on the premises for long lengths of time due to a lack of playing facilities.
The rule may also stretch as far as parent's even being refused soft drinks or coffee to curtail their stay.
This seems a little over the top to me, if adults are sitting in pubs all day with their kids then they should have their kids taken away, not just having their drinks curbed.
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dbocaz
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I'm glad they're taking a stand... people really shouldn't be drinking and driving their kids around anyway.
- 3 years ago
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dbocaz
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tower1972
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Well, I'm happy that they realise that caring - or the appearance thereof - will affect their sales. PLCs in general will only be properly incentivised to be socially responsible if they accrue a fiscal benefit as well as a altruistic one.
In the case of alcohol, the onus of legal responsibility lies very clearly at the door of the retailer, not the manufacturer, or the drinker. Taking any steps to stop a generation of children becoming less acclimatised to boozers falls under the mantle of that responsibility (in my view).
- 4 years ago
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tower1972
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Simon_S
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Most pubs aren't kid-friendly though. Some don't allow them in at all, whilst others don't allow kids after 6/7pm. Many pubs now seem more like restaurants than pubs, in which case this rule seems silly. It's about parental responsibility.
I personally don't like being in a pub near loud, braying morons, but I doubt any pub is going to put a ban on bellowing idiots. - 4 years ago
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Simon_S
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richjm
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I totally agree about the moral responsibility and I'd have more support if Wetherspoons had said "We're not going to serve any obviously drunk people who have children with them".
I think putting a limit on the number of drinks, including soft drinks and coffee, is too nanny state. Plus I think they're trying to come across as a caring company when really they just don't want kids in their pubs because it effects sales.
- 4 years ago
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richjm
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tower1972
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Au contraire, pubs have a legal responsibility of care towards those they sell alcohol to. This is normally taken from the obligation of the licensee not to serve alcohol to those who are drunk. In my view, it is perfectly acceptable that they should have a moral responsibility too - 'binge drinking Britain' wouldn't exist without the explicit encouragement of city centre bars and clubs.
- 4 years ago
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tower1972
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richjm
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Surely it's the parents' responsibility? Nobody wants screaming kids in pubs so I'm fine with them being kept out but I don't think it's the pub's place to be telling parents how much they should drink.
- 4 years ago
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richjm
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mattbrawn
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Controversy seems to come hand in hand with Wetherspoon pubs. Check out this sign that they erected with a new pub opening...apparently oblivious to it's likeness to a certain German
- 4 years ago
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mattbrawn
