What do you think of these signs on a shop door?

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Rude or reasonable?

Bit harsh really that might put people off who haven’t even got their kids with them?

Should have just been 'no kids unless getting pierced'

I'd look for somewhere else

I would take them to be anti kids, tattoo/ piercing places are usually no kids (but manage to put this so much more reasonably).

I wouldn't use the place either. I'm not heavily into chatting when getting some sort of self indulgent service (haircut, piercing, waxing) but you can assume they'd be eye rolling and bitching about you if you dared to bring up your children at all. I also work in a school, no doubt they would be keen to express opinions on my career. I don't like ageism, you can have rules for saftey, protection and privacy without being a twat about it.

It's missed the last line off

"....... and that goes for your dog too".

I was just pointing out that it’s not just an issue of behaviour. DD is beautifully behaved(she really is), but if I insisted she was allowed in a place that said no kids because of it, I’d just be one of the twats the “your kid isn’t special” is aimed at.

I am very much into reading, coffee shops, books etc, there is an (extremely popular) second-hand bookshop near me that has a 'no stupid people' sign on the front door. I just can't be arsed with them. I don't think they give a fuck and probably would assume I am humourless. But hey, other bookshops exist.

I mean, I wouldn't be surprised that a tattoo parlour chose a sign with slightly rude/risque take on humour. I have friends in the industry and they all have a filthy sense of humour and take no prisoners 🤣

I guess it's that whole 'I don't object to what's being said but the tone that's being used' scenario. I imagine it's a result of people trying to bring their children to appointments. Doesn't bother me.

I'd just laugh-I work in a similar set up at times and kids running around do my head in.

No worse than my local shop saying only two kids at a time unless accompanied by an adult. In their case it’s after horrendous shoplifting. In this case, the “this is not a daycare” says it all. Over the years I have witnessed a lot of dubious parenting which has put children in danger of injury (Children not being made to sit down in cafes where there are hot drinks being carried around)Imagine in a place where piercing is taking place while children are running around. That would mean other staff would have to try to control them if the parent is being pierced.

I like the sign, it’s funny and straight to the point.

some people need to lighten up and realise that even although their child is the centre of their world, they aren’t to other people.

i get my nails done and this girl has had her business for 2 years and has had to put a strict no children policy in place as some parent don’t set boundaries, her materials were getting damaged or broken and parents would just let their children open the nail polish bottles, jump all over the room, knocking things down, pulling supplies off of shelves. It’s so wrong.

I’d guess no children is ignored and they have to cater for the ‘but they’ll be good’ parents

Indeed! They might well have previously NOT been so straight talking and tge same kind of people who ignore the 'dogs must be on leads' signs thought they were the exception and took their children in with them.

It's quite astonishing how many people see such signs and think "Yeah... that doesn't apply to me."

Very, very reasonable. Imagine what has given rise to that level of frustration. If it's a piercing/tattoo place they've got a potentially dangerous job to do and children, who are almost certainly lacking appropriate supervision, shouldn't be there.

Oh it would encourage me! Good on them for taking no shit from entitled arseholes.

This. They've probably had issues with cheeky fucker parents who believed their children were above the rules. I can totally believe that.

The rule is ok for safety reasons but it is very rude.
And even if I wanted to be pierced I wouldn't go there as it sounds very unprofessional. As would the obvious fact that they are willing to pierce children

I think it’s a sign that many people try to get a piercing or tattoo with children that they can’t supervise and the children then cause mayhem.

The business owner is clearly sick of this entitlement and is making their position clearly known.

Is this sign rude? I think it’s blunt and honest. I wouldn’t be offended.

That is no excuse though. A business should behave professionally. All they need is a sign that says no under 18s/16s and if parents take children in they can turn them away.un
A serious business shouldn't have a sign like that in the window.

Piercing the ear lobes of a 17yo is still piercing a child. I suspect most women who have had their ears pierced had it done under the age of 18.

Far better to see a proper piercer who is trained, competent, assessed on their sterility and H&S by the council, uses proper needles and isn't distracted by bratty kids running around than to go to a hairdresser or beautician who uses a gun after watching a short video.

It's a piercing studio. Not a government building. It seems perfectly professional in the context of an Alt-style business to me!

I'd think they had been in business a long while to be fair. They're clearly not worried about losing the 'hard work/ the rules don't apply to me type of customer'. New businesses tend to be overly polite as they're scared of getting poor reviews on social media. If you're good at what you do and an established business you learn to care less about upsetting the easily offended.

Fine. I would guess they did have a more polite sign but it didn't work ...

I presume that parents are ignoring the sign, hence the 'not special' bit.

Back when we had a dog, our vet had a sign on his consulting room door - Dogs welcome, children must be kept on lead”.

The “they aren’t special” addition is very unprofessional. They obviously think they look edgy for saying it like it is but it just looks twatty to me.