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. 😡

Just thinking about my 1997 pub crawl...

I wore a black knitted suit - flares and a long sleeved tunic top

The other extreme to the hen party attire we see these days. I was bloody 23 😂

Is this a sign as a society we’re dumbing down? I look at reality TV, youtubers and wonder if our standards are low. There seems to be very much an air of entitlement in that ‘I’ll do what I want’ and how we’re not meant to judge that.

I went to University in York 15 odd years ago and it’s a beautiful city. Why should the “enjoyment” of the few outweigh the masses?

No one wants to go on a city break during the week. No one

Completely disagree with you, I've taken many city breaks during the week (UK, Europe and North America) and find them preferable in many ways e.g. museums and sights can be quieter during the week especially during term times.

But I'm sorry to hear York might be on the slippery slope. Once living near to Blackpool I saw it became a race to the bottom once the stag and hen parties got out of hand and put off families visiting. Lots of guesthouses becoming very run down and having to charge less and less and those that gave up becoming HMOs which the council helped fill with undesirables from other areas. There have been efforts in recent years to try and improve and in some ways it slowly is but its a hard tide to turn.

Hasn't drinking on trains been banned by TfL? Surely it's time the other train companies followed suit.
They have. All trains from York to Middlesbrough are alcohol free.
And they have the Police on board too (and at the train station).

Doesnt help. People using the train at 6.00~7.00pm on a saturday nigt are already totally drunk when they get in....

No one wants to go on a city break during the week

The majority of people work for a living so taking precious annual leave or in my case losing a couple of days pay (self employed) is just not an option. Plus there's always alot more going on at weekends, just alot more enjoyable. So I'd rather just avoid somewhere like this and visit another destination for a weekend. There's plenty of places to visit where I'm not going to get projectile vomited on by a hen or stag!

YANBU.
I went on a hen party with my closest friends last year. 8
Of us, all Mums, had a lovely time without all that rubbish. No WAY would we behave like that in front of families - that's pretty grotesque behaviour.

We've developed a god awful drinking culture in GB -
Amongst the worse in the world. Stag and Hen parties are part of that.

You know when you go on a weekend city break? The people working on the trains, buses, boats, planes, taxis, ambulances, car rental places, in hotels, shops, museums, restaurants, hospitals, fire and police stations, libraries, spas, pubs, cinemas, theatres, galleries, giving guided tours, performing for your entertainment, treating your injuries, breaking up the fights, cleaning up after everyone, working in the the kennels where you left your pet, and plenty more are all at work, and have their days off during the week. Nearly every hen party, wedding, or daytime party I've been to our organised has required annual leave.

For lots of people, midweek breaks are extremely practical.

If I may say, and I work in the centre of York with hen parties every weekend, that they're not all abusive or pissed up. Most in my experience are civilised and come to enjoy the many and varied attractions here in this beautiful city. Of course they will have a drink or three and enjoy themselves, but that's as far as it goes.

virginiawolfehall Alas, Huddersfield and some of the beautiful villages around it have more than their fair share of this sort of behaviour. It's called the Ale Trail and happens on many Saturdays during the year

BroomstickOfLove
It has been my observation that most of the people working weekends also have weekday jobs. The weekend work tends to be their second (or even third) shitty, minimum wage gig.

Either that or they are students. (Apart from the police, firemen and paramedics of course).

I think it speaks volumes that emergency services should be listed among the support services required to provide weekend jaunts such as stag and hen dos, 'treating your injuries, breaking up the fights'.

How much do stags and hens strain emergency services? All of this costs the public.

Is it really OK for private businesses to expect the public to subsidise their business models in this way?

On that subject, this has come up in my FB feed.

www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/stag-party-put-holidaymakers-through-16378906?fbclid=IwAR0V8hgTJpweqhOQszxC_bIMRytEYE22unlEIEcMw7qbrUEMlTX8N8dMyjo

Jailing Ward, Capper and Hopwood for two years and Howarth for 19 months, Judge Hilary Manley said the men showed 'total contempt' towards cabin crew and other passengers.

I saw this yesterday and thought it was excellent.

By a local artist called Jack Hurley.

Went for afternoon tea today with my family including my 8 year old and 5 month old daughters, when I got back to my car near the minster there was a man laying against a wall next to my car. As I loaded the pram he pulled his trousers open and leant over and pissed everywhere.

Delightful place to live

That's vile Walkerbean16 The thing is you probably couldn't give him a sweary telling off because you had your girls in tow, but how disgusting

Oh walkerbean that’s awful

I was just coming on here to say I went into town today with DH and we were on Fossgate, which had a lovely indie feel to it and was looking really good, compared to the awful Coney Street.

I’m sorry you had that experience

I live in Newcastle and a lot of the bars/restaurants have a no stag or hen policy. Many a time I've been out for a drink and witnessed a party bring turned away. I wonder if that's why they go to York? They know they can get away with it.

OMG walkerbean in front of your kids - fucking scum, there’s no other words.

As for the stag party on the plane story, I’m so glad they were jailed, “it’s out of character yer honor, he’s so ashamed yer honour!” Bulfuckingshit. Just sorry they were called to account.

I was in Newcastle airport recently having a drink and there was a bunch of men 20/30 years old sat next to us, odd f word but no bother. A group of women came in and within 10 minutes one of them was over to the men, draping herself across them and taking selfies while her cronies egged her on. The blokes looked mortified and some of them were beetroot with embarrassment. Thank goodness the women were not on our plane.