U.K. Pub Cuts Off Parents
A British pub chain is limiting parents with kids to just two drinks, saying it wants to stop
customers from using its pubs as a babysitter. A spokesman for pub chain JD Wetherspoon had this to say:
What we don't want, and what our customers who don't have children don't want, is that parents sit there for hours on end while their kids are getting bored, running round.
Harsh! And so unfair! Because they're just kids being kids! And they're adorable! All of them!
Anyway, this story totally makes me want to move to the U.K., since it means there are still plenty of other pubs where you can spend hours hanging out drinking, playing darts and watching Manchester United beat Chelsea while your kids are getting bored, running round, without your having to fork over hundreds of dollars to a babysitter. Throw in some mocktails and fish and chips and you got dinner taken care of too!
What a civilized country.
Where are these parents getting drunk at a pub with their kids and why don't they live on my street?
I know--it sounds like so much fun! Let me know when/if you find them and we're coming right over!