Exactly this. Pubs come in many different forms these days. If your landlord is serving up chicken nuggets and giving out crayons and you don't like kids in your pub - time to find another pub!
I can assure you, if I've just paid £25 odd for a round, I'm checking what is around me before exiting the bar!
Besides, I can turn my neck 90 deg and see behind me, no need to be an owl.
Are you trying to say that pubs prefer a family ordering 4 or so meals and drinks, spending £50 in under an hour and half, over some old codgers nursing a pint of mild through the afternoon!? :wrong:
Yeah, ban all small things in case someone who can't handle a tray of drinks safely doesn't spill them again. Footstools, dogs, kids, wheelchairs...
Or maybe just look around before you step backwards...:facepalm: