adam, beware of the smarm patrol on this thread. remember. you must LOVE kids and WORSHIP everyone who's a parent...they're so special!
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 12 April 2014 18:54 (ten years ago) link
I am fine with babbies in bars and anywhere else UNLESS they are crying, in which case I am gonna be irritated if a parent does not remove said child until such crying ceases.
I make exceptions for moving trains, airplanes.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Saturday, 12 April 2014 19:05 (ten years ago) link
everywhere that has good reasonably priced food by me is a semi-bar at least, so hell yes we bring our infant to bars. this is not even a thing really in MN to be honest, kids in bars go back to the state incorporation as far as i can tell.
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Saturday, 12 April 2014 19:07 (ten years ago) link
but yeah, not into anything that would be just booze plus a pizza oven or anything, although there are hardly any of those around, and the ones that are are pretty shitty whether you have a kid or not.
― Corpsepaint Counterpaint (jjjusten), Saturday, 12 April 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
Bars that won't let me and my son sit at the bar and watch a ballgame = MASSIVE DUD. Fortunately I do in fact live in Wisconsin, where everybody brings their kid to the bar, so this is seldom a problem.
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Saturday, 12 April 2014 19:10 (ten years ago) link
dont get the food distinction
don't bring yr kids where there is food either imo
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 April 2014 20:39 (ten years ago) link
I miss the old days when parents with children were locked in their homes at 6 PM and we godless hordes of childless adults could rule the streets, like the bad guys in The Crow.
― Assholes on Boats: A Billy Zane Retrospective (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:22 (ten years ago) link
I miss when the parents were the grownups and didn't insist on parading around their spawn as if they split the fucking atom
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:24 (ten years ago) link
Society is in the gutter
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
my previous statement only refers to yuppified brooklyn. please disregard if you are from anywhere else, i'm sure you are very nice
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
Those identical twins in the stroller parked under the jukebox split the fucking embryo tbf
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:26 (ten years ago) link
pls just never talk about brooklyn
― call all destroyer, Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:46 (ten years ago) link
I just got home from taking my baby to a bar.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:51 (ten years ago) link
Did you parade your baby around as if you were Ernest Rutherford?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
No, but I breastfed her at the table while drinking a beer.
― carl agatha, Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:56 (ten years ago) link
Sounds more difficult than splitting an atom imo
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 21:58 (ten years ago) link
fusing an atom however
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:00 (ten years ago) link
I once played John Grant - GMF on the jukebox at a bar. I later saw that there were two children in that bar. Have I sinned?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:06 (ten years ago) link
Is there balm in Bethlehem? Dud
― make flowers on me (rip van wanko), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
smarm and wit? ooh, guys, the locals probably loved having you at their establishment
― Iago Galdston, Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:10 (ten years ago) link
I once queued Dire Straits - Walk of Life 5 times in a row at a bar. I don't recall if there were any children present. Have I sinned?
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:17 (ten years ago) link
you are a great good in the world, go in peace
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:20 (ten years ago) link
it's as if a heavy yoke's been lifted off my shoulders
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 22:27 (ten years ago) link
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, April 12, 2014 4:06 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
clearly if you bring a child to a bar you accept that they will be exposed to adult language and adult behavior. it is likely they may see twerking, or cocaine. the parent accepts this.
― real myst opportunity (sleepingbag), Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:11 (ten years ago) link
OTM. Tweaking and coke are my secret weapons when I see babies at my watering hole
― calstars, Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:36 (ten years ago) link
please just let the human race go extinct
― flatizza (harbl), Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link
"please just let the human race go extinct"
Don't worry it is happening thankfully, just a bit too late.
― xelab, Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:51 (ten years ago) link
lighten up fellas! *queues walk of life 5 times in a row*
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link
short notice I realize but can any of you guys fill in for my sitter tonight? she had to bail. 15 an hour, three hrs max.
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:57 (ten years ago) link
How do you feel about your kid being locked in a closet for three hours?
― Assholes on Boats: A Billy Zane Retrospective (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Saturday, 12 April 2014 23:59 (ten years ago) link
BTW, I was amazed to learn how many states allow kids to drink in bars as long as a parent is present.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
How many? Don't make me google.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:00 (ten years ago) link
At least 8 or so outright. Others with various exceptions (like for religious purposes, or medical purposes, etc.)
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:03 (ten years ago) link
OK, I think it's 10 states. 45 states, I think, allow underage drinking under certain circumstances.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:05 (ten years ago) link
Wisconsin:
Can children be in a bar with their parents?Yes. Persons under age 21 may be on licensed premises, if they are with their parents, guardians, or spouses of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee.Can an underage person possess and consume alcohol beverages on licenses premises?Yes. Persons under age 21 may possess and consume alcohol beverages if they are with their parents, guardians or spouses of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee. The licensed premise may choose to prohibit consumption and possession of alcohol beverages by underage persons.
Yes. Persons under age 21 may be on licensed premises, if they are with their parents, guardians, or spouses of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee.
Can an underage person possess and consume alcohol beverages on licenses premises?
Yes. Persons under age 21 may possess and consume alcohol beverages if they are with their parents, guardians or spouses of legal drinking age; but this is at the discretion of the licensee. The licensed premise may choose to prohibit consumption and possession of alcohol beverages by underage persons.
http://www.revenue.wi.gov/faqs/ise/atundrg.html#undrg2
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
Woah
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:17 (ten years ago) link
thank u
Ivy, we're going to Kenosha to get wasted.
― Jeff, Sunday, 13 April 2014 00:23 (ten years ago) link
Bars in Georgia have a choice, either allow smoking or allow kids in the bar. If a bar allows smoking, then nobody under 21 can enter. It's a good compromise, the best bars in atl allow smoking ( I'm not a smoker) but u don't have to deal with kids.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 13 April 2014 04:12 (ten years ago) link
"i'm guessing you don't have kids" is def one of the most annoying things parents say to non-parents, esp in that superior tone it usually comes in
damn right i don't and there's a reason for that. i don't like them or being around them. i'm not going to be overtly displeased with kids in bars (well, kid-friendly bars, some bars would be just wrong) but i reserve the right to prefer them elsewhere and bitch about it privately afterwards. i don't think "enjoying the company of strangers' kids" should be a general expectation. i don't like the company of obnoxious adults either and pick the places i socialise to avoid them where possible and basically 90% of kids have the same effect.
kids that i actually know are slightly easier to tolerate, i guess.
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 11:26 (ten years ago) link
i'm sorry they asked.
― estela, Sunday, 13 April 2014 11:48 (ten years ago) link
If people traded in their kids for a TV, we'd all get along.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 12:02 (ten years ago) link
Im generally in favour of kids and that level of anarchy but damn right i reserve the right to enjoy a good eyeroll at the parents the nanosecond it begins to displease me lyfe is good
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 12:28 (ten years ago) link
mte
Suspect cultural differences factor in though. Found this which I did not know about
Before 1995 children under the age of 14 were not allowed in pubs in England and Wales
― gyac, Sunday, 13 April 2014 13:00 (ten years ago) link
every neighbourhood should have one big kid-friendly pub and then everyone without kids (and parents on a night out) would know exactly where to avoid. you're welcome.
fwiw i usually don't like other people's kids and i especially don't like other parents so i feel you non-parents on this one
― TracerHandVEVO (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 13 April 2014 14:42 (ten years ago) link
it's really less the kids themselves and more the expectation that everyone should be as delighted by their existence as their parents are, and that non-parents who object somehow "don't get it" or whatever
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:48 (ten years ago) link
It's less the kids and more the fuckin noise
― recommend me a new bagman (darraghmac), Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:51 (ten years ago) link
Its ok that you dont get it
xp
― How dare you tarnish the reputation of Turturro's yodel (Shakey Mo Collier), Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:52 (ten years ago) link
Unless these are nieces and nephews, I don't think I've ever met a parent that assumed my affection for his or her children.
― Belgian Flanders Albums Chart (Sufjan Grafton), Sunday, 13 April 2014 16:53 (ten years ago) link
well, not affection, but more the perspective (as on this thread) that anyone who objects to kids or dislikes their presence is being intolerant or somehow unreasonable
― lex pretend, Sunday, 13 April 2014 17:02 (ten years ago) link
*We
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:44 (eight months ago) link
I'd never heard buyback until I lived in NYC and it's still the only place I've heard it. Also, it seems much more hardwired into bar culture there, to the extent that people kind of expect it (although part of the dance is that you can never take it for granted). I've had comped drinks here and there elsewhere, but even for regulars it's not a normal thing in the South in my experience.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:45 (eight months ago) link
Also I have definitely had a buyback on the 5th drink when I had no intention of having a 5th drink. But what are you gonna do, say no?
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:47 (eight months ago) link
but even for regulars it's not a normal thing in the South in my experience.
otm
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:52 (eight months ago) link
John at the bar is a friend of mineHe buybacks my drinks for free
(See? It makes no sense, and New York ers are gaslighting me. As usual.)
― Steely Duran (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 15:53 (eight months ago) link
having been forced to think about this:
I bought four drinks from bartender WmC, so he bought me one back
― rob, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:02 (eight months ago) link
still miss dc’s frank v., who would basically just make up a number at the end of the night and we’d tip him the difference
― mookieproof, Wednesday, August 2, 2023 1:41 AM (nine hours ago)
this makes me fondly remember the days where I'd go to the same place regularly with a group of friends and the bartender was able to save time by not keeping track of my drinks or taking money, making change, etc. every time I ordered a drink. I'd either tell them at the end of the night what the tally was or they'd just say "you had three beers" while looking at me and I'd pay for three beers with a healthy tip
― mh, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:12 (eight months ago) link
xp 🤯
i think you cracked it, i'm terribly impressed.
― Deflatormouse, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:23 (eight months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/aug/01/i-dont-come-here-to-enjoy-other-peoples-children-should-pubs-and-restaurants-be-kid-free-zones
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 1 August 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Pointless, but very Guardian, piece.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 2 August 2023 16:49 (eight months ago) link
idk what buybacks are, I prefer takebacks, which is where I help myself to a beer I didn't pay for
― linoleum gallagher (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 19:30 (eight months ago) link
YMP wait’ll you hear about how Run D.M.C. is using the word “bad” these days
― Tracer Hand, Saturday, 5 August 2023 13:23 (eight months ago) link
Friday night is like “parents take your screaming offspring to the bar” night
― calstars, Friday, 3 November 2023 22:55 (five months ago) link
It is. Last night there was a large table and this little kid kept touching our silverware, messing with the folded napkins, playing with glassware while her parents did absolutely nothing to stop her. I asked her FIVE separate times to stop and eventually the cake came out and she was distracted. Free babysitting not part of the job.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Saturday, 4 November 2023 15:48 (five months ago) link
Brutal
― calstars, Saturday, 4 November 2023 17:01 (five months ago) link
phones are good actually
― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 4 November 2023 17:57 (five months ago) link
I agree — I’d rather deal with a group where half of them are nose deep in their devices than to have to ask someone “please stop touching our things” that many times. More than once.
― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Saturday, 4 November 2023 18:15 (five months ago) link
I'm a parent and it drives me mad when parents ignore the behaviour of their child like this
― kinder, Saturday, 4 November 2023 18:38 (five months ago) link