AIBU to think that this restaurant is about a million years behind the times?

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restaurant bans people with tattoos

YANBU
I saw this on Facebook yesterday and was really surprised. The statement from the galgorm didn't do them any favours in my opinion

Although I do feel that the party shouldn't have turned up if they'd already been advised of the policy!

It's such a lovely resort though and it wouldn't stop
Me visiting again

I cannot visit. With my visible tattoos. Their loss!

They have a long standing policy of not allowing visible tattoos.

They warned the people Pre booking and on their arrival and still let them eat there.

The person with the tattoo is - a local tattoo artist!

Great free publicity for him, no?

It's a ridiculous policy...makes me wonder why they chose to eat there?

OP please tell me you didn't name change just to start this thread?

Why in the world would you do that?

I did name change. :D because I might organise a protest :D

Oh I meant

So they took their money and only then did they kick them out! Ridiculous.

Yip ElliesWellies, took their money and then said you're not welcome.

Did you think the restaurant owner was going to come and slap you with a badly cooked haddock?

I'd hope at a 5 star hotel and spa it wouldn't be badly cooked

On a serious note

Perhaps they took their money because they'd already served the food before they noticed the tattoo?

It would have been far worse (imo) if they'd just refused to serve them at all.

That said, it's a ridiculous policy but it's their place to make the rules.

Just as some pubs/clubs don't allow trainers or jeans.

stupid policy.

i've eaten there with visible tattoos. didn't realise they had a policy on them. wouldn't even occur to me to look for a tattoo policy.

gillies must be doing alright for themselves if they can afford to turn away business.

Emm. Worra. His tatt is on his face, kind of hard to miss

"It's a ridiculous policy...makes me wonder why they chose to eat there?"
Probably, as suggested by Narked, for the free publicity.

Since the policy is longstanding and we are talking about Northern Ireland, it may not be as ridiculous as it first seems. Tattoos may be fashion items now, but that wasn't always the case. The most common ones used to be marks of affiliation to football clubs etc. In Northern Ireland, I'd imagine tattoos could also indicate your political sympathies (Unionist/Nationalist). In that light, asking for tattoos to be covered is akin to asking that patrons do not walk in in football colours (a common request in towns and cities with more than one club) or shouting 'Fuck The Pope' as they come through the door.

I remember reading a story where a woman was asked to leave (think it might have actually been McDonald's) because her g-string was showing and distracting people.

If they want to ban people with visible tattoos then sadly they can. I feel this is just a publicity stunt though.

it says in the article that the restaurant staff agreed to serve them if they would leave as soon as they'd eaten. that's a bit odd. either they are happy for them to be there or they aren't. once they're in there eating i'm not sure what the logic was behind them needing to leave straight after

I am amazed that they can do thi, as it is indirect discrimination.

That's if you are a Maori

Disclamer, i know that it is a cultural norm with others as well.

"agreed to serve them if they would leave as soon as they'd eaten. that's a bit odd"

I think that by law they would have to provide the service that they do for all, but sitting afterwards, isn't "a service".

ah right birds i didn't know that. if i was in an awkward sort of mood i might argue that the rest of the customers should be asked to leave as soon as they'd finished eating too if sitting afterwards wasn't considered a service.

also, gillies serves alcohol, couldn't the party have just kept ordering drinks after their food as it was a service and other customers were being allowed to avail of it?

It's their restaurant if they want less customers then they have to deal with it.
Theres a restaurant chain near us who don't allow the wait staff to have visible tattoos. They will hire someone with tattoos on condition they are covered for work. So they wear long sleeves for example, the girl who waited on us last time we were in there had a put a plaster across the bottom of her neck right above her collar at the back, we all knew why it was there, and that was the condition of her job.
The only time I've seen restrictions on the customers has been in golf clubs (no jeans and shirts must have a collar) and one restaurant that made the news that barred kids under 12 so adults could enjoy child free dinners.