Who was in the wrong - bakery or me?

You have mistaken the use of the table and chairs. The prices are 'take-away' and you are expected to do this. The bakery has indulged you for 12 mths but has now explained that they do not do 'eat-in' - not only would prices be higher, but regulations are different if people are eating in the bakery. Say, 'thank you for explaining', and take your treats outside - find a bench or something.

We have seating and a table in our local Chinese takeaway, I wouldn't eat there - so I think you're in the wrong

Or simply remove the table.

No one is being weird. You thought it was seating you could use but apparently it's for waiting customers. The staff member told you. Probably time to find somewhere else if you want to sit in and eat.

No one is being weird, it’s just a misunderstanding about the purpose of the table.

OP listen to them and to the posters on here. Shops have to charge more if you eat on the premises - you are benefiting from the takeaway price and being a pain.

That's a good point; the table shouldn't be there if the chairs are just for waiting.

I don't think either you or the bakery were in the wrong, @Doijb - you saw the table and chairs and assumed you could eat your sausage rolls at them, and the bakery politely told you that they were just there for people waiting, not for people to 'eat in'. You were considerate in the way you used the table (cleaning it with a napkin, being prepared to move if someone elderly needed it).

The bakery would have been in the wrong if they had been rude or angry, and you would be in the wrong if you insisted on carrying on using the table to eat your sausage rolls.

And you are 100% in the wrong, because now I want a sausage roll, and there aren't any in the house!😉😪

I think you are weird for starting a thread about it, as the whole thing was a misunderstanding that has now been resolved. Though I do think they should remove the table if it’s just for waiting, and perhaps line the chairs up waiting room style. A table does suggest eating and they will keep having to having to use a broom to chase away diners or Victorian ladies who sporadically settle to write letters!

Just find a bench to eat the food on. They politely told you that the table isn't for eating your purchases at. Whilst you are there it can't be used for its intended purpose. It sounds like it isn't big enough for people to hang about in and they don't want you to sit there.

I think they made a slight mistake by putting a table there if they didn’t want people to eat in.
chairs would be acceptable for people to wait, if they had mobility issues or similar.
Perhaps they need a sign.

The table makes it look like it’s for sitting in. Takeaways usually just have a row of chairs for waiting people.

Remember the uproar about 'pasty tax' 😂

Unless she was rude about it I don’t get what the issue is. You misunderstood that it was a sit in place and she informed you that it wasn’t. Don’t understand what is odd about that

As others have said there are implications linked to sit in places and they obviously have chosen to be takeaway only

You are being weird OP I am afraid. Odd thread.

They should have mentioned it sooner and I don’t think you were wrong to assume but now you know so shouldn’t do it anymore. I don’t think your kids behaviour is relevant they just don’t cater for eating in. As many have already stated there is a VAT issue for food that is eaten in.

It’s not a big deal no one is being weird

He issue is that food that is eat in attracts VAT whereas bakery items which are to take away and not kept serve hot lamp do not - there was a big court case years ago. Greggs have two prices for items if they have an eat in section (though it's not policed!)

There are VAT implications if it’s a ‘eat in place’, I’d imagine they’ve just been happen to let it go thus far but for whatever reason have decided to mention it now. A sign might be useful but no one is particularly unreasonable in this situation.

Ridiculous to have a chair and tables and presume people are not going to sit in them and magically know they are just for people waiting?

Most of the local/independent cafes around me don't have separate eat-in prices, only Pret etc.

Well now you know. No one was being UR, really. You’d be UR to keep doing it now you know, though

And YY it will be about VAT

Its likely the VAT issue... there are different rules for eat in and eat out.

Not a reflection on your parenting.

Take the sausage rolls home and eat them there. Unless the bakery is also serving coffee (not just in takeaway cups) and providing cutlery, plates etc then it is obviously not a cafe. I expect they'll take the table away and just leave the chairs for waiting in order to avoid any more confusion.

What is so weird about it?

Find a bench, take it home, go to a sit-in place instead if there's one available.
Don't take it personally.
Also, pay no attention to anyone here who tries to tell you off or make you feel bad about it. People here will aim and fire over anything. It's them not you.