Children in bars

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.

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.

dont get the food distinction

don't bring yr kids where there is food either imo

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.

I miss when the parents were the grownups and didn't insist on parading around their spawn as if they split the fucking atom

Society is in the gutter

my previous statement only refers to yuppified brooklyn. please disregard if you are from anywhere else, i'm sure you are very nice

Those identical twins in the stroller parked under the jukebox split the fucking embryo tbf

pls just never talk about brooklyn

I just got home from taking my baby to a bar.

Did you parade your baby around as if you were Ernest Rutherford?

No, but I breastfed her at the table while drinking a beer.

Sounds more difficult than splitting an atom imo

fusing an atom however

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?

Is there balm in Bethlehem? Dud

smarm and wit? ooh, guys, the locals probably loved having you at their establishment

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?

you are a great good in the world, go in peace

it's as if a heavy yoke's been lifted off my shoulders

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, 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.

OTM. Tweaking and coke are my secret weapons when I see babies at my watering hole

please just let the human race go extinct

"please just let the human race go extinct"

Don't worry it is happening thankfully, just a bit too late.

lighten up fellas! *queues walk of life 5 times in a row*

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.

How do you feel about your kid being locked in a closet for three hours?

BTW, I was amazed to learn how many states allow kids to drink in bars as long as a parent is present.

How many? Don't make me google.

At least 8 or so outright. Others with various exceptions (like for religious purposes, or medical purposes, etc.)

OK, I think it's 10 states. 45 states, I think, allow underage drinking under certain circumstances.

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.

http://www.revenue.wi.gov/faqs/ise/atundrg.html#undrg2

Woah

thank u

Ivy, we're going to Kenosha to get wasted.

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.

"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.

i'm sorry they asked.

If people traded in their kids for a TV, we'd all get along.

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

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

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

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

It's less the kids and more the fuckin noise

Its ok that you dont get it

xp

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.

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

Saying u dont like kids is like saying u dont like short people or people w red hair or big feet or something, imho

that is completely ludicrous imho

All otm

but even for regulars it's not a normal thing in the South in my experience.

otm

John at the bar is a friend of mine
He buybacks my drinks for free

(See? It makes no sense, and New York ers are gaslighting me. As usual.)

having been forced to think about this:

I bought four drinks from bartender WmC, so he bought me one back

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

xp 🤯

i think you cracked it, i'm terribly impressed.

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.

idk what buybacks are, I prefer takebacks, which is where I help myself to a beer I didn't pay for

YMP wait’ll you hear about how Run D.M.C. is using the word “bad” these days

Friday night is like “parents take your screaming offspring to the bar” night

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.

Brutal

phones are good actually

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.

I'm a parent and it drives me mad when parents ignore the behaviour of their child like this