Let me put this way, I really like dogs. Like, my biological clock is a puppy clock. I see a dog and I want to run to the humane society and adopt a dozen. That said, there are a number of bars where I don’t want people to bring their dogs, I DEFINITELY don’t want people to bring their dogs to work because I find it…

You stiff on the tip because there’s a child near you? What the fuck is wrong with you? Your server has no control over whether the restaurant allows children, where they are seated, or how they behave, and is making like three bucks an hour. I don’t think you even give a shit about the kid; you’re just looking for…

Children can be fine. They don’t belong in a bar, and any business is well within their rights to weigh the impact of children, and whether they’re suitable for their business.

Except not really.

I like kids

I like kids enough to think that their parents shouldn’t TAKE THEIR KIDS OUT DRINKING, especially if the parents are going to be DRIVING HOME DRUNK WITH THEIR KIDS IN THE CAR. 

I love kids (I have one and teach them) but I think the bar’s policy is an excellent compromise to let kids in for a period of the day, then have adult time in the evening. 

_Just call it a local bar like the rest of us, for fuck’s sake_

Yeah, the child haters here are definitely the people who think you shouldn’t take a newborn infant to a bar.

Adults that don’t want kids around when they are socializing are 100% more safe than adults who want to socialize with kids.

If you would not tip the server because someone else brought kids, probably best to not go in the first place

I myself do not hate children, but I don’t enjoy spending time around ill-behaved brats.  Or their spawn.

Sam is also not allowed in after 5pm due to being a giant baby.

This entire comment is poetry.

He’s probably a shitty tipper, anyway. The entitled folks always are.

I’m the proud new parent of a bouncing baby boy. I’m also a longtime fan of a craft beer gastropub in my neighborhood.

Perfect response. I know it’s fun to shit on kids in public places, but honestly no matter how pleasant they are it’s more that kids change the vibe of a place. A gastropub sounds like a prime happy hour or date venue, and having kids in that space after a certain hour is weird to me. QA’s description of her “bouncing…

Why is it always the parents with the worst-behaved kids who tip the least? The worst part of having a kid trash the table isn’t the mess; it’s knowing any parent inconsiderate enough to let that happen is also going to tip like shit.

I believe in most states, you aren’t even allowed to let kids into a business if so much of that business consists of serving alcohol.

We took our kids out, but to places that were obviously family-oriented. A gastropub doesn’t need your precious Wren or Finn, and neither do the patrons

This dude thinks he gave birth to a baby & and restaurant, when neither happened, and has misconstrued the value of both.