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Aibu Unapproiate places to take your DC with friends

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Stardust160 · 21/05/2016 11:33

www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/boutique-hotel-tells-mum-gave-8015817?ICID=FB_mirror_main

Mum and her friends ( 6 prams ) complain about being denied access to this boutique hotel lobby and post their annoyance on the hotels social media page. Hotel responses rarely abruptly. What are people's thoughts? Personally I have 3DC and would never think this is an approiate place to take my children to.

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BillSykesDog · 21/05/2016 20:40

It's a typo in the Mirror. Apparently in the original post she said it was her and 5 friends.

user7755 · 21/05/2016 20:45

Aah, I wondered why no one else seemed to be questioning it - thought it must be some weird new fandagled competitive parenting thing to out buggy people.

NotYoda · 21/05/2016 20:49

Boutique Hotel

Small, nice cushions

Janecc · 21/05/2016 22:19

Penguin. The U.K. is awash with child friendly places. The adult only and child unfriendly places are massively in the minority. So going to a child friendly place hardly pens these parents in. Uk law states that a mother can breastfeed her baby pretty much wherever she chooses and shop/cafe/restaurant owners cannot prevent a parent from doing this on the premises. Where do you live as I think you may be struggling to appreciate that these questions are bizarre to us over here?

snowgirl29 · 22/05/2016 09:25

Not the best professional use but I can see why they got angry. I think her complaint would have got taken a lot more seriously if she'd have gone through the proper channels instead of declaring it publicly on facebook.

I generally avoided parent meets such as these like the plague anyway but i definitely wouldn't have chosen this venue as my first choice anyway.
Wetherspoons here have it right. There is a separate family area. Where we always go and sit. I remember a bloke coming to the family area to do his work, so he could keep his laptop on charge, and he spent the whole time huffing and puffing in another family's direction who had a young baby. Couldn't help thinking that he would have been a lot more comfortable if he'd used the area designated for adults.
But flip it on it's side, you've paid £££ for the hotel, had x y and z to do. You come downstairs to get your notes ready for an upcoming and important business meeting and you've got that noise going on just a few yards away. Whether you intend for it to be or not, it is distracting.

This hotel seems to be like that, designated for Adults, and there is nothing discriminatory about choosing a different clientele for your business. Choosing to allow your paying residents to work/rest/hold meetings in peace is not against the law last time I checked.

Loving the mumtitlement! There's finally a word for it.

GoblinLittleOwl · 22/05/2016 10:36

There is a lovely cafe I visit near an area popular with dog-walkers, which allows customers to bring their dogs in but refuses access to mothers and babies. Lovely! The dogs are without exception, perfectly behaved.

sandgrown · 22/05/2016 12:19

We were in a local weatherspoons last week. Children are welcome until 9pm. There was a family in with 4 children and a baby in a high chair. Mum and dad were chatting and completely ignoring the children. Oldest child had her shoes off and was licking her hoodie and washing her feet with it. Two middle ones were running round and the other one was laid on the floor. The floor by their table was covered in chips and other food. It is these sort of families that make children unwelcome in establishments.

Hissy · 22/05/2016 12:47

Ha ha Janec well spotted, my phone was to blame. It hates me.

PalmerViolet · 22/05/2016 17:27

The more I think of it, the more ridiculous it seems that the place is calling it'self a boutique hotel.

It's very definitely not.

Anywhere that has "discerning coffee" is probably run by someone who thinks they might have once stayed in a boutique hotel...

BillSykesDog · 22/05/2016 19:12

I thought the whole point of 'boutique' hotels was that they're a bit crap but have nice interior decoration.

Bolograph · 22/05/2016 21:08

I thought the whole point of 'boutique' hotels was that they're a bit crap but have nice interior decoration.

Reception staffed by basic hipsters.

Inexplicable detail on website about the sheets (2718281828-count Panamanian cotton).

Small rooms and high prices.

Hipster cereal for breakfast, but no Rice Krispies I'm looking at you, London Motel One.

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