To be shocked by this in pizza express?

[lesley33]

Went to pizza express last night and was shocked to see on the men's toilet door a notice saying that children 8 and under must be accompanied by an adult. Now I know this is to stop them being sued if anything happened. But really this seems a massive over reaction.

The restaurant is in a small nice provincial town - not a rough area. And there are no urinals, only cubicles.

maybe it's to stop kids being pains - but yabu in your view that bad things only happen in rough areas :)

Maybe there are some unreliably trained 8yo's near you who make a mess that the staff don't like clearing up?

Maybe when there are more than 2 8yo boys together away from adults they have water fights and mess around because they're children and need adult guidance on how to behave?

Blimey, are children only abused in rough areas then ?

Sadly I can only assume something has happened in the past to make them feel the need to put that sign up.

yeh some little sod probably smeared hand soap all over the mirrors!

tbh I hadn't thought about badly behaved kids, because it was ONLY on the men's toilet door. Surely girls can be just as badly behaved? I read it as more about fear of paedophilia.

And of course children are abused everywhere. But if I saw this in Kings Cross then I would understand it. But not somewhere that is just ordinary.

I've worked in bars and restaurants whilst a student, i wish the place i worked had the guts to do this - would hvae stopped the little blighters from turning the taps on and leaving them, unrolling the toilet rolls - argh!

Maybe they just accidentally lock themselves in cubicles & get distressed or something equally innocent.

I didn't.

hahahaha Mofo it's a good job I live in a rough area with my 3 - little gits they are!

maybe the sign had fallen off the ladies?

IME boys tend to go to the loo in packs and get up to mischief. Was definitely the case when we took 17 boys out for dinner once.

I didn't read it as being about fear of paedophilia, I mean.

I think it's possibly more to do with NO URINALS and under 8 BOYS peeing all over the seats

What about in the women's toilets - do children have to be accompanied there as well?

Dd got stuck in the cubicle when out for a meal with friends. She still remembers it :(

I was in PE on Saturday night and was more shocked by the size of the children's pizzas. They've shrunk!