to boycot (and want other to), my local soft play?

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One of those big, industrial, play barns. For kids. Sells cans of lager.

Is it OTT of me to be at the adults sat round drinking cans of lager bought at the food counter?

I might actually enjoy soft play if it involved copious amounts of alcohol!

I know what you mean though OP. It is a bit odd. I'd guess they are assuming most parents are responsible and wouldn't get hammered.

Boycot the ones that don't sell alcohol. How else are you supposed to survive those places?

Our local soft play also has indoor football pitches set up for 5 a side. They say alcohol and it never really struck me as odd as a lot of adults use the football facilities and they also host parties etc, where adults may wish to have a drink. I don't think its really that big of a deal for someone to grab a beer to pass the time!

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They do this in our local soft play which is linked to a five a side football place which is why I assume it has a licence.

I have had a few lagers, anything to get through one of those parties! For what it's worth I wasn't driving and wasn't in sole control of my children

Unless it's in a horrible area where people are likely to go in and get totally wasted, I can't see the problem. Well, I can... do they only sell lager??

Maybe the ones that don't currently offer an alcoholic option could slip a bit of voddie into the slush puppies. Just a thought. Would certainly take the edge off!

They shouldn't be selling them.

They should be free.

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Well so long as they have a license I don't see the problem.

If they don't, or people are driving drunk, call the police.

Why do you care? Sounds like fun. Would you be less offended if it was wine? Snob

Also their target market isn't children, its the parents who need somewhere to let their children run off steam on a rainy day. In which case aiming to be the most attractive business to the (presumably adult) parents us a sound business strategy.

We went to a kids party the other day held in a bar where they have a play area set up.
The connection between booze and play areas seems well established in British culture.
Hard to think of any country in Europe - other than UK - where flogging booze in a kids play area would be regarded as normal.

harticus so was it a bar with a play area or a play area with a bar...two completely different things I would have thought

Op they also have a bar at school fetes!

Op this has now turned into advertising the place.
Everybody wants to go!

Well, you can get a glass of wine or beer in the Tate Modern, which is essentially Soft Play for the metropolitan middle classes. So YABU IMO.

The soft play I used to go to in London (small, independent) used to sell wine alongside rather nice organic-y lasagnes and falafel. It only cost a pound for me and my under-one to stay indefinitely. (Think they made their money from the cafe.) I wrote most of a book there. I still miss it...