to think chavy, tacky hen parties should SOD off [Edited by MNHQ at OP's request]

[CannoninD]

I’m fed up.
I’ve lived in my beautiful, respectful and historic city my entire life .... but over the last year it’s been invaded by GOD AWFUL hen parties!

20+ strong groups of horrifically common (referring to behaviour not social class) women who inflict their horrific behaviour on everybody within reach.

They’re EVERYWHERE and I know it’s not just me as there are sunbstantial concerns being raised by residents all over the city.

I counted 23 large groups this weekend (I only walked into the (small ish) city centre on Saturday morning and witnessed the following behaviour-

• Loud swearing (F and C word) right in front of/across young families and children just trying to enjoy a day out.
• Shop doors slammed in elderly shoppers faces (too busy pratting around to pay any attention).
• Stock being damaged by pratting about (and then hidden) to avoid paying.
• Horrifically vulgar and inappropriate content being loudly discussed in family areas (a garden/park area) to the point that families got up and left.
• Completely inappropriate Lingerie being worn in the street (before 2pm).
• Vomiting in the street! Whilst being jeered by the rest of the group.

Personally I would rather bleach out my own eyes than go on a hen do like this- but honestly at what point do we just call the police on these ridiculous idiots inflicting such unreasonable behaviour on families and regular people? What’s worse is, I bet back home they’re perfectly normal women. They just all get together and come away from home and behave like total arseholes!

Being in a large group and celebrating an event- does not give you a hall pass to behave like scum. 😡

I've loved my visits to York but now I think about it they were mid-week so I must have missed all the antisocial behaviour.

I certainly recommend it - it's lovely.

Poor old York. I've always wanted to visit still come - we are a welcoming lot - just avoid Saturdays like the plague.
Had a lovely evening last night with friends in Wilde's, The Hop, Fossgate Social and Mumbai Lounge last night (world class curries). No drama, quite quiet but not too quiet IFYSWIM.
DH is a dyed-in-the-wool Yorkie and I have been here for over 20 years so am a very proud adoptee.
We do need a weekend clampdown but I'd be mortified if people who would enjoy York and help the economy in real terms felt they couldn't or wouldn't want to come to our amazing city.

Too many 'last nights'. Sorry.

We also got talking to some fabulous American older folk - they were doing a 14 day tour from the Highlands down to London and were raving and I mean raving about York - they couldn't get over it. They were a bit concerned that their fellow Mississipians would think they'd photoshopped their pictures.
DH and I seem to collect tourist pensioners and we love giving them the lowdown on where to go off the beaten track.
Please come. If you can appreciate our city, our arms are wide open.

York is fine in the week it was just horrible on a Saturday, we have visited many times as we stay on the caravan site near the shopping centre where JL and Marks is

I will Justaboy

The 'musnt judge' posey do my bloody tree in. Its those people who leave a trail of crap behind them that the rest of us 'snobs' have to deal with.

Maybe its time for direct, collective action like the residents in Venice and Barcelona. Meet the northeasterners coming off the weekend trains.

Thanks DameDoom and Justaboy. I am from Essex. My nephew went to York for university and loved it (he is a quiet boy) and my friends (both from Yorkshire) have moved back to the area from London and always post pictures from where they live now in an east Yorkshire village and send pictures from York and Whitby. It looks so good. I really want to go but will stick to mid week on the advice from this thread.

I also hate the mustn't judge posse. Of course it's OK to judge bad behaviour. There's a difference between micro judging everyone's every move that doesn't even affect you and projecting beyond what you see ("oh my god that two year old has a packet of crisps they're probably malnourished") and judging people who are quite blatantly acting badly and negatively affecting everyone around them.

It's also sad York's out of bound on the weekend. Quite a few of my international friends said it was their favourite English city.

The initial responses on this thread are bizarre... why are people so keen to support rough and antisocial behavior? My guess is it's those who rarely encounter or have to put up with it or who those who think going around with a giant nob on their head is totally unique/ hilarious

Late at night I'd expect to be in the company of pissheads- the daytime is different though and the police should be working on stamping it out before it leads to bigger problems. Trains don't help either- antisocial behavior seems to be seen as totally acceptable on them these days and no one has the balls to tackle it.

The initial responses on this thread are bizarre...

I think part of that may be the OP's use of the word "chavy." It's a word that denotes class snobbery, and many people find it an offensive term. I'm not fond of the word myself and I almost didn't post on the thread because it is in the title.

Chavvy behavior describes it perfectly in my opinion. It doesn't matter what class you are, if the queen was wearing a pink t shirt with 'luscious lizzie' on the back wielding a huge plastic cock I'd think she was a massive chav as well.

I think the kind of behaviour being described is actually the exemplification of 'chavvy'. ie, it is nothing to do with being working class, whatever that means these days, but the kind of behaviour that most reasonably normal people find unacceptable in a public place at whatever time of the day. I dont even think that vomiting/urinating/defecating/fighting in the street is acceptable at 2am let alone 2pm. That doesnt make me a prude or a snob, it just makes me someone who thinks that decency is a valuable trait.

We need a Giulliani type mayor to clean up the mean streets of York (on weekends and bank holidays).

I've lived in two towns known for stags and hens. The general behavior is grim. I did see a man dress as a banana sick up then fall in it last week though, quite good slapstick value.

Chavvy behavior describes it perfectly in my opinion. It doesn't matter what class you are, if the queen was wearing a pink t shirt with 'luscious lizzie' on the back wielding a huge plastic cock I'd think she was a massive chav as well.

Quote of the Day I think.

Late at night I'd expect to be in the company of pissheads...

Really?

That’s sad.

We need a Giulliani type mayor to clean up the mean streets of York (on weekends and bank holidays)

Chavvy is exactly what they are. It’s a completely appropriate description.

We need a Giulliani type mayor to clean up the mean streets of York (on weekends and bank holidays).

I'm a New Yorker. Giuliani (one l) was and is a bit of an odd duck, but his focus on eliminating "quality of life" crimes was brilliant. NYC thrived after this and became one of the safest, most orderly large cities in the world.

The only event I can think of that's comparable is St. Patrick's Day, and there are police everywhere for that. They'll tolerate some mild public intoxication but no bad behavior on St. Patrick's.

He was also fabulous on 9/11. He really rose to the challenge and got us through that horrible event.

So what exactly does chavvy mean when used in Baby Names? No social class connotation there, then?

SenecaFalls Lack of taste, vulgar.

Sorry, not convinced. Kevin is a name that is sometimes described as 'chavvy'. What makes that lacking in taste or vulgar?