[Politics] Dogs in restaurants?

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Firmly in the DOGS OUT camp. It never ceases to astonish me, the scale of entitlement dog owners exhibit, about where they can take their animals.

I wouldn't even have them in a pub that serves food, personally. Welcome to sit outside on the terrace or in the beer-garden - like the smokers.

Maybe its a Brighton 'n Hove thing.
I can't remember ever seeing a dog in a restaurant here in North Kent in 35 years.
(I am not including pubs that do food in my equation. They are not restaurants.)

 

[The Clamp]

Yeah. When I was working in a pub in my *cough* teens, not too far away from you, we had an alsatian called Sabre who used to scare the crap out of me. A gang of "inkies" had taken over a house down the road. One night they decided to pay us a visit in our "beer yard" (it wasn't deserving of being called a "garden" having no grass or flowers.)

We were waaaaaaaaaay past time and I had already been out in the yard several times and asked the inkies to leave but they were still showing no signs of doing so. It was late. I was tired. I wanted to go home. So I ventured out to the kitchen, grabbed Sabre by the collar and marched him, growling and snarling out into the yard. With a cheery "are we off now?" Sabre had the desired impact. The were falling over each other in their haste to vacate the premises. Happy days!!

What’s an inkie? Graffiti folk?

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Especially hipster kids who are never disciplined in any way. Don’t like precocious little kids running amok? Oh well “that’s what children do” being a standard response. Kicking the back of my seat on a plane and being left to do so winds me up more than it should! Say anything and your are looked at like you have two heads!

I have only once done anything about a kid kicking the back of my seat. And I did take my time...
Repeatedly I looked back at the parent, who could see exactly what it was that had me annoyed.
She just blanked me.
Eventually I did one of those fast seat recline manouvres. This scared the kid. May have caused some sort of spillage.
Strangely the seat kicking stopped after that

 

[Southwick]

Dogs out. I want a list of dog unfriendly pubs.

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

Rather a dog than a child running around!

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

I read that some group or other have challenged the legality of child free resorts and holidays.

Entitled beyond belief. There are plenty of places you can take your wailing cabbage children. Let us child free adults have some space please.

is this a thing?

Surely they know they would be laughed out of any court?

 

[Chicken Run]

What do we think?

Lounge areas of bars.. fine I think.

But right now I’m in a proper restaurant / breakfast place and they allow dogs in.

Panting and dribbling after their walk. Hot dog breath rising up over the tables.

I love dogs. Not with my breakfast though.

To be honest, I think dog owners are afforded far too much leeway and it’s turned a lot of dog owners into smug, entitled, snobs.

Thoughts?

Full disclosure, I’m a dog owner and i agree completely with you, i’d also ban children Under 10 from Restaurants too, full disclosure, I’m a Children owner 21,25 & 30 so my last suggestion wouldn’t affect me

 

[Tim Over Whelmed]

Dogs, which I really like, are bloody everywhere now, in shops, restaurants and public buildings, when did this become a thing?

 

[The Clamp]

is this a thing?

Surely they know they would be laughed out of any court?

There’s a bit a of a movement, led by the sorts who think their children are the most important beings on earth, to abolish child-free resorts and holidays.

Saying it’s discriminatory and prejudiced.

Mist sensible people are telling them to get to f***.

 

[thedonkeycentrehalf]

At least you don't see many pubs with pub rottweilers in them nowadays. Used to be quite the thing in some of Crawley's more, um, basic pubs when I worked there. Was always quite unnerving. You were never quite sure if the brute was wandering around the tables scrounging for snacks, or sizing up its next victim. And I never forgot the first rule for what to do if a pub rottweiler starts shagging your leg: fake an orgasm

Back in the 80s the landlord of the old Horse & Groom at Patching used to send out his rottweilers at closing time. Non-regulars would soon clear out, regulars would stay put knowing that they were more likely to get licked to death than bitten by them.

 

[1066familyman]

More importantly, how do we feel about Kiko's Cat Café?

 

[Kinky Gerbil]

There’s a bit a of a movement, led by the sorts who think their children are the most important beings on earth, to abolish child-free resorts and holidays.

Saying it’s discriminatory and prejudiced.

Mist sensible people are telling them to get to f***.

How does that work in somewhere like Vegas?

 

[Weststander]

Bill's has a menu for dogs , wankers

Croydon branch?

 

[Diablo]

Couldn`t vote no as need to allow guide dogs in !!!.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Couldn`t vote no as need to allow guide dogs in !!!.

There's no 'allow' about it. It's the law

 

[Iggle Piggle]

More importantly, how do we feel about Kiko's Cat Café?

It's sounds an ideal meeting spot for the Sunday morning cycling club.

 

[The Clamp]

More importantly, how do we feel about Kiko's Cat Café?

At least you know to avoid it.

 

[Jackthelad]

Dogs, which I really like, are bloody everywhere now, in shops, restaurants and public buildings, when did this become a thing?

It's annoying, the general standard of training of these dogs has got worse as well. The amount of people with untrained dogs off leads makes even going to parks as a worry when you have little kids with you.

 

[The Clamp]

Couldn`t vote no as need to allow guide dogs in !!!.

Absolutely no issue with guide dogs. Apart from anything else they are highly trained snd impeccably behaved.

 

[Chicken Run]

Absolutely no issue with guide dogs. Apart from anything else they are highly trained snd impeccably behaved.

That’s a bit of a U turn TC, i didn’t see that coming…..