To want a coffee shop with a no children policy

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In a coffee shop and have to listen to a bunch of 2 year old screaming, absolutely screaming at the top of his lungs. Their mothers might be immune to such noise but I am not. I would be embarrassed if my child screamed like that

a coffee shop with a quiet policy sounds nice, where everyone wants that!

Hospitality margins are wafer thin.

There isn’t a surfeit of intolerant adults currently refusing to buy coffee, who will suddenly sustain the lost trade from parents in coffee shops the moment high chairs and buggies are banned.

@ilovesooty I wish they were 😔 I loved my local one but it closed years ago and the city library got taken down and they opened a teeny tiny "library" in the museum instead.

I can see where you’re coming from. I went to b&m this morning, and there was a family in the aisle next to their two young children were talking about something they had seen for sale, but they were shouting. The parents were talking back to them, but I thought it was odd that they never asked them to lower their voices or stop shouting.

how will children know, unless they are asked not to shout? I get it, they get excited and want to be heard, but the noise of them was really going through me and the parents were oblivious.

Coffee shops need to try this...

Really? I can't see any evidence of that.

I doubt most business owners would risk it. They need a target demographic at all times of the day, so they're unlikely to cut people out. Parents with toddlers can be a large part of the late morning clientele. People on their own wanting to be quiet are not so common, unless they are working, which brings its own issues, like table hogging. Perhaps a cafe/bar?

Get a coffee machine!

This is very true regarding the business. Since having a baby I spend far more time in cafés during the daytime than I have at any other point in my life. Most of the clientele in cafés during weekdays seems to be mother's with babies/toddlers and pensioners in my area. If they barred children many would go bust.

Although I sympathise with the OP as far as persistently screaming children, it's awful to listen to, especially if their parent is ignoring them. I do take colouring books, sticker books, small toys etc to entertain my child and I would remove them if they screamed.

No they don’t … parenting is a verb a doing word…. You don’t just let your child scream in a public cafe/ restaurant/ shop

Invest in a bean to cup barista style coffee machine and then you never have to integrate with the great unwashed ever again! (It’s what I do!)

Everyone's young child cries sometimes. Perhaps it's only occasionally, but you could be sitting nearby when they do. It doesn't mean they constantly scream everywhere they go.

I'm not sure I agree, given some of the responses on here. I think there are plenty of us 'intolerant' adults (nice bit of pass-ag snark there) who would pay good money for a break from the constant screaming that seems to be considered fine and dandy these days.

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Or perhaps not - I'm guessing your people skills aren't great

There are such places.

I'm not sure they can say "no children under the age of X" as that would count as age discrimination.

They can point out things like "We can't accomodate prams at any time, and have no high chairs or baby change facilities."

Mind you, Warner Leisure hotels get away with a "no under 18s" rule. And apparently are quite successful, so the market may well be there for coffee shops.

Maybe someone could open a cafe for intolerant adults?
I'd be there like a shot!

That's just ridiculous and to be honest, a bit desperate.

I'm mid 30s, only about half of my friends/colleagues/peers have children, mostly only one. My son has no cousins. Much of the world has declining fertility rates; it's really only sub Saharan Africa where there's real growth.

I just think they generally need to start creating spaces for introverts/stimulus sensitive people.

I used to love quiet coaches on trains, not sure if they still do them. But if feels like you can't go anywhere outside and still have peace.

To be honest if it's not children then something else will take the place of annoyance. You're better off working on yourself and learning to not let things bother you.

I do wish there were more spaces for people (and children) who like quiet. As a child I was quiet and loved quiet spaces. I sometimes think in our quest to be accessible we've made areas less accessible for some populations who are less likely to complain.

I have one. It's called home.

Me too! I’d love a list of banned things.

No devices on loudspeaker.
No teams calls.
No kids.
No bad table manners.

Yes. Yes. Yes!