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To tell off kids in the pub

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ReallyFkReally · 08/11/2025 01:04

Out for drinks in our local, lots of kids around due to fireworks which didn’t make it especially chilled but one particular group sitting there playing on iPads which was quite annoying so I asked them to turn it down/use headphones. Cue massive over reaction from parents saying they’re quite within their rights, we upset the kids etc etc.

AIBU to think that after 8pm on a Friday night in a pub is adult time and if you’ve got kids there you look out for them not leave an iPad as a babysitter

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MermaidMummy06 · 08/11/2025 05:03

I'd ask them to show me where it's written they have the 'right' to blast sound from devices in a public place & leave their kids unsupervised. If it bothers them so little , take the kids with them & actually, you know, supervise them and listen to the noise themselves. I'd also say I'm within my rights to tell them to turn it down or off.

But, I'm old & cranky and get ragey now that people think it's ok to blast their music at the park, or kids on devices plonked beside me at kids swimming lessons at top volume while parents chat or ignore their DC while siblings swim.

pinkstripeycat · 08/11/2025 04:58

Licensing authorities can impose specific restrictions on children's presence in certain pubs. Many have a no kids after 9pm rule.

When I was a child my parents had to ask if we were allowed in the pub (usually on hols). It was mostly a no, go in the games room (building on the side or wood hit outside the pub with arcade games and ping pong in. Usually freezing cold). Or sit AWAY from the bar, quietly otherwise everyone, including parents, would be out.

Original poster
ReallyFkReally · 08/11/2025 04:45

Parents were in another room so it wasn’t obvious who the kids belonged to.

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Dibminoupqh · 08/11/2025 01:56

MrsTerryPratchett · 08/11/2025 01:32

Why talk to the kids? Why not start with the parents?

This

PollyBell · 08/11/2025 01:56

No one should be immune from headphones why on earth does everyone else have to listen

No5ChalksRoad · 08/11/2025 01:54

Washingbasquait · 08/11/2025 01:20

Not unreasonable - in fact I think it should be illegal for anyone under 18 to be in a pub beyond 7pm.

If they need an iPad to keep them happy in the pub, they probably aren’t enjoying the pub.

Exac. Why on earth are they there in the first place?

Monty27 · 08/11/2025 01:33

@ReallyFkReally Yanbu by a country mile.

MrsTerryPratchett · 08/11/2025 01:32

Why talk to the kids? Why not start with the parents?

RecordBreakers · 08/11/2025 01:30

YANBU at all, but I'd guess the kind of parents that take their dc to a pub on a Friday night , ignore them, and allow them to annoy other customers with noise from the iPad, are also going to be the kind of parents that would have a go at anyone pointing that out.

Washingbasquait · 08/11/2025 01:20

Not unreasonable - in fact I think it should be illegal for anyone under 18 to be in a pub beyond 7pm.

If they need an iPad to keep them happy in the pub, they probably aren’t enjoying the pub.

LightDrizzle · 08/11/2025 01:18

YANBU!

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