Children in bars

used to be bars scattered a layer of crushed children on the floor to absorb spilled beer. can't do that anymore of course (thanks obama) so i don't know what they're doing there now.

modelo and tecate are both fine choses. if unavailable, my next go-to is a sixer of werewolf killers.

children in bars? not really a huge problem for me.
i did, however, leave a bar a month or so back because the children were loud and making it difficult to read. this was mid-afternoon on a weekday, and it's a bar/restaurant/grocery store, apparently where parents come to chat after they pick up their little kids. the kids got into some yelling, but mostly it was the relentless screeching of metal chairs against a stone floor that drove me out.

choses e_WEO

I haven't read at a bar for a while, noticed someone reading at the bar on the weekend during Saturday busy hours. I thought, man, who reads at the bar when it's really noisy, the only person I know who would do that is.... and then I noticed it actually was my ex-girlfriend from a decade ago

HA.
i read at bars with some regularity. usually late afternoon on my day off when places are pretty quiet. especially if there's a backyard. i can't read at home without getting distracted by the internet or records or whatever else. and i don't wanna chill in any of the coffee shops near me/can't drink that much coffee late in the day.

heck yeah, that is a good plan imo

it is so nice outside here today, I really want to kick back at a bar patio and read some books

hope you can find some toddlers to join you.

only chill ones plz

I love reading in crowded bars

I love reading the newspaper in a somewhat busy pub having a couple of pints and little whisky around 1pm. maybe some pub food if im hungry. Miss living in Glasgow :/

Dear Miss Manners,
I live in California, where it is legal and typical for children to
sit in the bar area of restaurants with their parents. I am constantly
surprised by the number of families in the bar area (where there are
big screen TVs), when rest of the restaurant dining area is wide open.
Is an adult obligated to change their language if a child is seated
behind them in a bar?

I recently had a "girl's night out" on a Friday night at a local
restaurant/brewery in their separate bar area. The mother of the
family seated behind us asked us to "tone it down" because her young
children could hear our adult conversation. (Think "Sex and the City"
on cable; not HBO.) Because the bar was mostly empty and they were
right behind us, the family could hear us regardless of volume.

What is the proper etiquette? Should we have moved or should the
family have moved? While I understand her position about our
conversation, I'd like to think I can go to a bar and discuss adult
topics. If she wanted to have a "quiet" family dinner, she could
simply have sat in the quiet, dining area.

Gentle Reader,
When Miss Manners entered this august profession, she did not imagine
that she would be called upon to protect salacious talk in barrooms.
But she doesn't suppose she can convince you to hold ladylike
conversation, not just for the benefit of any stray barhopping
children, but for the sake of decorum.

So she will require only one ladylike moment from you before you get
back to your adult conversation. And that is to seem sympathetic when
you say, "Well, we'll try, but you know, this is a bar, and this sort
of thing is bound to keep happening. The children will be better
protected in the family section." Or you can just say, "Of course,"
and move away.

^ thank u usenet

also, drinking and reading in the afternoon is typically a shortcut to a nap/wasted day. but such is life. these are hedonistic times.

"MIss Manners is full of shit. Typical breeder.

"It's a bar what do you expect? We were here first, it's a bar, and the
world does not revolve around your vermin. You don't like it, cowboy up
and MOVE!"

Pretty easy solution, esp when you consider the breeders were so
typical...Pete"

alt.support.childfree seems like a chill place to hang.

old milwaukee

this used to be one of the best shit beers, at least in the late 90s. Look! http://www.djc.com/news/general/10010416.html

I haven't read at a bar for a while, noticed someone reading at the bar on the weekend during Saturday busy hours. I thought, man, who reads at the bar when it's really noisy, the only person I know who would do that is.... and then I noticed it actually was my ex-girlfriend from a decade ago

This is a wonderful story

"(Think "Sex and the City"
on cable; not HBO.)"

Fool, everyone knows Sex and the City was on HBO. Complaint invalidated

I haven't read at a bar for a while, noticed someone reading at the bar on the weekend during Saturday busy hours. I thought, man, who reads at the bar when it's really noisy, the only person I know who would do that is.

I read in bars all the time -- either waiting for friends or if I lunch alone.

maybe she meant the edited versions from tbs reruns?

xp

i read at bars with some regularity. usually late afternoon on my day off when places are pretty quiet. especially if there's a backyard.

― ian, Wednesday, June 29, 2016 1:58 PM (1 hour ago)

One of the main things I look forward to in getting out of a dry county is finding a local and doing the hell out of this.

It's bizarre to me how staring intently at your phone for minutes is cool but reading a mag or novel gets me a couple of second looks from staff and guests

have never understood the stigma of reading in bars

maybe I'm not interested in your stupid conversations!

Agreed, that makes no sense at all anymore

i read at bars with some regularity. usually late afternoon on my day off when places are pretty quiet. especially if there's a backyard.

― ian, Wednesday, June 29, 2016 1:58 PM (1 hour ago)

One of the main things I look forward to in getting out of a dry county is finding a local and doing the hell out of this.

― pleas to Nietzsche (WilliamC), Wednesday, June 29, 2016 4:29 PM (5 minutes ago)

yeah that sounds like heaven right about now

i really don't do this enough.

reading a book in a crowded bar is madness. there aren't any quiet bars where i live because the only thing for people to do around here is eat and get drunk.

anyway i don't go to bars anymore!!

that wasn't bragging i'm just re-affirming my sobriety to myself

I was thinking more that it was very dim, crowded, and after 10PM on a Saturday

Beer recommendations? That's easy

Sixpoint
Victory
Brooklyn
Dogfish
Captain Lawrence
Long Trail

Basically, anything you've never heard of

I don't really have a problem with the cheep beers Marcos listed. Except for bud and coors, those are pretty rough. Maybe it depends on where you live. I would get Kokanee instead because it has cool packaging/label

If you want a shit beer, just buy anything by Pyramid

I read books to my child in bars.

Founder's all day ipa best low alcohol beer that is everywhere

Yes, should be named session ipa

Fucking progeny collective in here this evening

grandpars in bars

in my mind calstars goes drinking at applebee's every Friday at 5pm and is continually astounded by the presence of children

about to meet my partner and 1 yr old at a bar. hope the curmudgeons can handle it.

my solution is don't go to bars where people would feel comfortable taking their small children. works for me

sketchy, smelly, loud etc. does the trick

it is true that we only take our 1 yr old to bars that are spacious and good smelling. loud can be ok, though, since it will distract from those moments when a 1 yr old screeches for no reason other than to screech.

i always think that jim but u kno this is ilx so i keep quiet

my local-ish is a pleasant family-friendly riverside pub, so I have no problem with kids there at Sunday lunchtime or w/e, but it's also the pub nearest an industrial estate, so I do question the wisdom of parents who bring their sprogs in at 6pm on a Friday night when it's elbow-to-elbow with the post-work crowd

also last time I was in on a quieter weeknight a toddler was making fire engine noises at the top of his lungs for an hour and the parents didn't even try to quiet him down, in fact the dad was encouraging it, which was p. annoying to me. but I know I'm weird for liking my pubs quieter than most

I also wish that people wouldn't send small boys to use the ladies' toilet unattended without at least making sure they don't pee everywhere and do flush and do shut the door so I don't get an accidental glimpse of prepubescent genitalia, cz I'm fairly sure you can be arrested for accidental glimpses now

yeah, that aligns well with my thinking bar loudness actually being good in some cases. tbh we mostly take our son to breweries that have a lot of open space and always well before 7pm, and I get calstars' deal more than I let on.

fuck, *aligns well with my thinking bar loudness can actually be good

Advantage of summer: the tots' parents are enjoying the outdoor seating and are not in the bar proper

Like bars are p low on the list of where i dont need ppl to bring their kids, libraries, cinema, restaurants, public transport all places i need my peace more than in a bar

Public transport? Good luck with that

Im not lobbying for it

Well maybe restaurants