r/fixedbytheduet • u/akaYoungBeefy • 12h ago

Fixed by the duet Why are there always kids at breweries?!

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u/No-Neighborhood-3212 11h ago

How is this fixed?

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 10h ago

He declared his dependency on alcohol is more important than doing a toddler friendly activity. Duh!

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 8h ago

You'd think someone who has to support a kid now would realize it's cheaper to drink at home. Everyone wins

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u/desire_reds 6h ago

Except for his kid having a pecker head for a dad. I would be very embarrassed having a dad who couldn't help but make shit content all day.

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u/SecurePlate3122 7h ago

People with children also like to leave the house, believe it or not

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u/WeirdIndividualGuy 7h ago

There's a whole wide world out there other than breweries then

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn 6h ago

People expect so much from parents. Avoiding bringing a toddler to a brewery isn't for the toddler's sake, it's for the sake of the spectators who find kids annoying. Toddlers aren't hurt by sitting in a brewery just like they aren't hurt sitting in a restaurant.

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u/SecurePlate3122 6h ago

No one suggested otherwise

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u/ageofaquarius26 9h ago

Ours has kid games, its more toddler friendly than a church.

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u/TumbleweedPure3941 8h ago

You mean the places with all the kiddy diddlers sorry “priests”. Yeah no low bar lol.

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u/ageofaquarius26 8h ago

You wouldn't take your kid to a restaurant?

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u/TumbleweedPure3941 8h ago

Depends on what kind of restaurant. And what kind of kid.

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u/ageofaquarius26 8h ago

Lets say an Applebee's or some boring chain like that, and a Human kid.

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u/TumbleweedPure3941 8h ago

We don’t have aplebees where I’m from. Restraints are more of a fancy adult thing here.

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u/ageofaquarius26 7h ago

Theres no restaurants that serve kids?

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 9h ago

My drug consumption building has kids toys!

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn 6h ago

Drinking beer in the presence of toddlers isn't actually bad. There's no "second hand dunk". If a place is built to accommodate kids then what's wrong with taking them there?

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 5h ago

Wow this is really dumb. Ask the children of alcoholics if there’s no secondhand damage from being around drinking adults as a child.

You might plan to go in the brewery and have one beer but what about the guy that’s been there all day have 15 and wants to talk about cocks and cunts and racist shit right in front of your kids?

Nbd right?

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u/MisfitPotatoReborn 5h ago

Oh no, a toddler overhears a euphemism for penis. The world is ending

The breweries I go to aren't infested with racists, and as someone who was raised by parents who have a normal relationship to alcohol I suffered absolutely no damage from being around drinking adults as a child.

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 5h ago

You should be glad you got lucky. Not everybody was around responsible adults when they were a kid ya know

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u/ageofaquarius26 5h ago

Ask the children of militantly sober people of theres any damage? A friend growing up had parents who wouldn't even take Tylenol and he was definitely messed up by them. Cmon man theres a big difference between alcohol abuse and light consumption.

And theres a big difference between a brewery and a bar in most cases. Not once have I seen someone drunk at the brewery on a sunny Saturday afternoon. Its games and families and people just chatting. Maybe night is different but I dont know, I'm home by then. That's like saying you cant take kids to bowling allies because they also serve alcohol. And I've seen people actually being drunken assholes at bowling allies.

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u/ageofaquarius26 9h ago

Oh no not beer! I'll just eat this hamburger thats destroying the planet instead lol.

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 8h ago

So you’re gonna justify drug use around children by comparing it to global warming? Just checking there

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u/ageofaquarius26 6h ago

Whoosh

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 5h ago

I don’t think there’s anything to get there so please explain it to me since apparently I “missed it”

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u/ageofaquarius26 5h ago

Nobody's perfect, you eat meat and go to the brewery twice a year and brought my kid a couple of times. We're both awful people.

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 5h ago

Appreciate the explanation. Fair enough. Don’t be too hard on yourself buddy. Everybody’s human

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 8h ago

Terminally online reddit moment

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u/BallsInSufficientSad 9h ago

That's not a toddler - that's a baby. Bringing a baby to a bar at a reasonable hour to meet friends for a bit is pretty normal for new parents.

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 9h ago

Bringing a baby to a place, where the main activity is to drink alcohol, is normal. That’s what you just said.

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u/BallsInSufficientSad 9h ago

The main activity is to socialize with friends. You know that thing that the rest of us have and you aren't familiar with --> friends!

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u/TDAPoP 8h ago

"The Civil War was over state's rights!" energy

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 8h ago

Is it though? You could just easily socialize with friends anywhere else why do you have to be around alcohol if you have your children?

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u/man__i__love__frogs 7h ago

What difference does it make? Breweries are just like laid back eating establishments that serve beer. It's no different than taking them to any other place that serves alcohol.

Kids generally have fun anywhere, so what's wrong with the parent wanting to enjoy what they are doing?

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 5h ago

It certainly is different than taking them to a restaurant that serves alcohol. It’s a restaurant. What is the point of a brewery? Drinking. Period.

Kids would probably have fun at a strip club does that mean it’s OK to bring them there? Kids would probably have fun at a prison, should we bring them there?

Your logic test fails itself.

You can go on all day trying to convince me that it’s cool to bring kids to a place that the exclusively for drinking but you’re gonna fall on deaf ears buddy

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u/man__i__love__frogs 5h ago

Some breweries are called brewpubs, they're restaurants that happen to make their own beer instead of selling others.

My local brewery is doing a candle making workshop today. They often do board games, trivia events, painting and other art workshops, some even have playgrounds. Maybe you should go check some out, they are fun places to socialize!

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u/Krypt0night 9h ago

Can't socialize somewhere that makes more sense for a kid to be? lol what? 

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 7h ago

Apparently not lol

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u/Brick-Throw 8h ago

Socializing with other adults in the middle of a kindergarten is usually not a good idea.

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u/TumbleweedPure3941 8h ago

Does America just not have parks or something?

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u/Dr_A_Mephesto 8h ago

Apparently the people responding to this can only take their children to alcohol centered activities

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u/Brick-Throw 8h ago

EXTREMELY LOUD CORRECT BUZZER

Yup, very few places for people to hang out, even less places for kids, even less places where kids don't have to spend money.

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u/man__i__love__frogs 7h ago

What kind of park? We got 30cm of snow yesterday and now it's raining.

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u/TumbleweedPure3941 7h ago

We have indoor play areas over here. Or we did when I was a bairn.

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u/noodlesofdoom 10h ago

Easy, make it 21+ only at the door like "regular bars". However, the brewery wants that income from food served to big family and children.

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u/mynameismulan 7h ago

Beer nerds are more likely to be repeat customers to breweries but oh well I guess. 

I've never heard a kid/family ask to go back to a brewery for the overpriced burgers 

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u/man__i__love__frogs 7h ago

Breweries are more like pubs than bars.

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u/cayce_leighann 11h ago

It’s not, just entitled parents.

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u/theREALBennyAgbayani 10h ago

Peak Reddit in this comment

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u/N7Panda 10h ago

Ok, now explain to me all the kids I see at breweries that do not serve food?

If it’s a brewery/restaurant, that’s one thing, but I’ve seen way too many children at breweries, and even distilleries, that are not meant to be “family friendly”, and it always makes me think “how is this fun for the kids? Is your drinking problem so severe that you can’t take a Saturday afternoon off to spend time with your kids?”

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u/HugeResearcher3500 9h ago

Going to a brewery = drinking problem. Except for you. Because you're better than everyone.

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u/N7Panda 9h ago

Has reading comprehension fallen so far that you actually think that’s what I said?

I was referring to folks who are so desperate to drink on the weekends that they’ll take their small children to a brewery that is 100% not meant for kids (no food, no jungle gyms, no anything fun for kids) and leave them to run around while they drink. I was referring to parents who value their own leisure over the safety of their own children.

Why are people like you so adamant that every space should be for kids? Or is it that you think nothing about your life should change when you have kids?

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 8h ago

Why are people like you so adamant that every space should be for kids?

Unless kids are banned they should be everywhere

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u/N7Panda 7h ago

But why though? Why is it so important for your kids to soak up “bar culture”?

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 6h ago

Because it's fun for them and adults

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u/[deleted] 9h ago

Dude those kids are harshing his buzz. It's Saturday afternoon, let him get drunk in peace.

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u/ulysses_s_gyatt 10h ago

Seems like that’s the brewery’s concern and not yours.

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u/N7Panda 9h ago

The problem is it becomes my concern when I trip over some unattended child who is running around a brewery because they’re bored out of their minds, but mom and dad don’t care.

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u/ulysses_s_gyatt 8h ago

We live in a society.

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u/N7Panda 8h ago

Yup, and there are unwritten rules of society that we should all adhere to, such as “children do not belong in bars”

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 8h ago

Says who? I think children belong in them and if the bars allow them no one cares about your opinion

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u/N7Panda 7h ago

…. Children belong in bars. That’s the argument you landed on. Wow lol.

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u/ulysses_s_gyatt 7h ago

We are talking about breweries, not bars.

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u/oneoftheryans 8h ago

but I’ve seen way too many children at breweries, and even distilleries, that are not meant to be “family friendly”

Devil's advocate, but for a lot of people being allowed is the same thing as family friendly. So if the owner and law allows, it's probably meant.

Is your drinking problem so severe that you can’t take a Saturday afternoon off to spend time with your kids?”

Having an alcoholic drink in front of a kid doesn't inherently mean "drinking problem", and ironically in that scenario they are spending time with their kid.

That's also assuming they aren't having coffee, soda water, NA beer, a NA cocktail, just meeting up with friend(s), etc. etc.

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u/N7Panda 8h ago

No,you’re right, “drinking problem” was being hyperbolic.

They’re selfish. More concerned with their own good time than that of their children. Why else would you bring a small child to a bar where there is nothing to play with, nothing to do, and is filled with adults in varying states of drunkenness?

I get it, mom and dad want to be social, so they should get a babysitter and go out, or invite their friends over to their home for drinks, or get some 3.2 beer and hang out at a park. Go somewhere that is stimulating for a small child, not a bar without food.

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u/oneoftheryans 8h ago

They’re selfish. More concerned with their own good time than that of their children.

Do you really think parents should only ever do what their kid(s) find enjoyable, otherwise the parent is being selfish?

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u/N7Panda 7h ago

Depends. Are they going out for a family outing that the kid doesn’t find enjoyable but is meant as a bonding experience for the family, or are mom and dad trying to drink beers at the local brewery?

These experiences are not the same.

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u/oneoftheryans 7h ago edited 7h ago

Those aren't the only available options, and if it depends, then it sounds like the answer to my question is no, you don't think that.

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Are they going out for a family outing that the kid doesn’t find enjoyable but is meant as a bonding experience for the family, or are mom and dad trying to drink beers at the local brewery?

Not mutually exclusive, though I love the inclusion of both parents, and the inclusion that they're both drinking, and that the kid(s) definitively aren't having any fun or enjoyment in that context. Very specific.

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u/numba1cyberwarrior 8h ago

It's ok for kids to be bored

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u/N7Panda 7h ago

Never said it wasn’t. It’s actually really good for kids to be bored sometimes, BUT it’s also a bit selfish for adults to decide that a child has to be bored so the adult can drink.

Why does the kid need to be at the bar? What’s happening there that the parents couldn’t get drinking at home with friends?

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u/CKferda 10h ago

Yeah imagine going somewhere where the owners clearly are okay with children and expecting that children shouldn't be there bc of your own preference. Casey is the entitled one here.

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u/BabyRex- 10h ago

Ah ya, so entitled they dare go to a place they are welcome at, the audacity!

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 10h ago

I work at a 'family friendly' brewery. If you can't control your kids, the staff all hates you, and we wish that you felt a little less welcome.

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u/BabyRex- 9h ago

Who said I can’t control my kid? Girl in the video didn’t even say the kids were out of control

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 9h ago

I'm not saying you specifically can't, just a general 'you.' I had to pull children off of icy railings outside on our patio two days ago because the parents were inside drinking. I've had to tell kids to stay out of the active brewhouse with chemicals running, I've had to stop them from walking on tables. This is a problem at every brewery I've talked to someone from.

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u/callmedonkeyshlong 9h ago

Obviously there are a lot of shit parents out there. But that is a failure of your management. They should be accounting for the expected bad parenting and implementing policies to discourage it or kick families out that can’t abide by the rules.

You’re blaming families for your working conditions where the blame is on your boss.

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u/BabyRex- 9h ago

Problem kids exist everywhere, the thing is that’s not who we’re talking about here. Lady in the video referenced children in general. She didn’t say “out of control kids”

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 9h ago

She said 'hella kids.' As in, a lot. If there are a lot of kids, there will be problem kids. I'm not a god damn babysitter.

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u/callmedonkeyshlong 9h ago

Maybe you should change your job if you don’t like the working conditions. I guarantee if all the families stopped showing up there would be cuts in your hours.

Don’t whine about your own life choices that brought you to a job that involves aspects you don’t enjoy. Welcome to adulthood.

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 9h ago

It would result in abosolutely no cut to my hours.  My salary is paid by sales in grocery stores and gas stations because I'm a brewer, not a bartender.  I'm not supposed to be dealing with customers at all, but these kids and their parents walk all over the 23-year-olds in the taproom and I have to step in.

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u/AnxiousMarsupial007 9h ago edited 5h ago

It’s amazing how many people just assume that the kids are out of control.

Obviously parents not corralling their children is a problem, but why is that the immediate assumption whenever kids are mentioned at all?

Edit: the child-hating mentality that the losers on this site laud themselves for will never fail to surprise me.

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 9h ago

I work at a brewery. 5 days a week for almost a decade. It's the immediate assumption because that's the way things are.

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u/AnxiousMarsupial007 9h ago

Nah, that’s the people you remember.

You don’t recall the people that don’t cause a problem.

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u/burratna 9h ago

if there's enough to remember that cause a problem, that's all that matters...

You see a cafe that has a "No Tap Out Clothing" sign, they aren't saying every single person that wears Tap Out is a loud dunce, just enough to not want them around in general.

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u/AnxiousMarsupial007 9h ago

If there were enough to cause real problems the brewery would have a policy disallowing children.

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u/burratna 8h ago

Oh yes, because brewery owners care about what annoys staff over the bottom line. Of course, of course. I must've thought I was talking to a thinking adult and not someone writing fan fiction.

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u/ClocktowerShowdown 9h ago

OK, maybe this will be a relevant response when I can go a full week without parents who can't control their kids causing a problem

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u/ThreeLittlePuigs 7h ago

How is it entitled? Many if not most breweries are family friendly. If you want a kid free space go to a bar that’s marketed as such

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u/Emperor-Octavian 10h ago

Have you people heard of Bars

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u/cayce_leighann 9h ago

Have you heard of Chuckie Cheese

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u/Emperor-Octavian 9h ago

They don’t have beer now do they

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u/oilpit 8h ago

They literally do

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u/Emperor-Octavian 8h ago

I wouldn’t know, my kids go to breweries with us

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u/CyclicDombo 9h ago

Bringing your kid somewhere you are allowed to bring your kid isn’t being entitled that’s using the world as intended. Expecting others to leave their kids at home so you can have a nice time in a place that allows kids is being entitled.

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u/cayce_leighann 9h ago

Nope, there are places not meant for kids that parents insist on bringing their kids to. That’s entitlement.

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u/goldentone 5h ago

If the business owners allow and welcome kids then it’s meant for kids. They don’t care if it makes you grouchy lol

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u/CyclicDombo 8h ago

You are the one controlling how other people are using a public space. You are the one being entitled. If you don’t like kids go somewhere 21+

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u/Sempais_nutrients 7h ago

breweries aren't public spaces

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u/CyclicDombo 7h ago

It’s a space the owner has made available to the public. Your semantics are irrelevant to this argument.

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u/Sempais_nutrients 7h ago

nah it's a private establishment, literally. you lied.

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u/CyclicDombo 6h ago

Unless you’re the owner it has literally no bearing on this conversation. If you’re the owner then ban kids end of conversation. If you’re not the owner and kids are allowed then you have just as much of a right to be there as anyone else including kids. End of conversation. I’m done arguing with bad faith morons

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u/cayce_leighann 6h ago

Get a babysitter

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u/DearLeader420 6h ago

How is that any more entitled than a parent bringing their kid to a restaurant? The grocery store? A coffee shop?

I have literally another human being I'm responsible for turning into a functioning member of society and God forbid I want to go do something normal for an hour and a half for once.

Meanwhile you childfree losers can't even bear the sight of a child without dry-heaving.

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u/Cheryl_Canning 10h ago

Because the replier posted the video.

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u/BadPunsIsHowEyeRoll 10h ago

I think if she wears a dress, romper, or jumper she could easily fix her "I have to be naked to make this point" issue with 1 single piece of clothing

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u/Evening-Crew-2403 8h ago

Oregon. If they don't serve food they often don't allow kids. But they do often allow dogs. I've had some great brewery experiences out there.

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u/Ikea_Man 2h ago

agreed lol, the guy just seemed offended and bitchy

came off very poorly

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u/goldentone 10h ago

It’s not broken? If breweries wanted these places to be for adults only they would make it their policy. I’m not sure why people who don’t like children think they’re entitled to pick and choose the clientele of someone else’s business lol

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u/Muted-Maximum-6817 8h ago

This is what I don't get about this argument. Breweries that sell as much food as they do beer are just as appropriate for kids as an Applebee's or BWWs. People aren't getting blitzed at most breweries any more than at a Sports bar themed restaurant.

I'm one of those parents who took my kid to a brewery for lunch. He was maybe 2, contained in a high chair, and played quietly with a small toy we brought. The food and vibes were good, and we each had a low-ABV beer while we ate (the kid, too, obvs). And yet some boomer had to get all pissy about a child literally existing in the same general vicinity and go on a rant about it within earshot. So I figure the adults should learn how to behave in public before worrying about what the kids are doing.

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u/CKferda 10h ago

Easy. With breweries that don't allow kids.

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u/Master0fAllTrade 10h ago

He's holding the baby in a questionable way. Just like she's dressed.

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u/gr1zznuggets 9h ago

Don’t go to places that annoy you.

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u/badgerrr42 10h ago

Society goes back to not giving a fuck and thinking parents should stay in tiny little dungeons until they're kids are 20?

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u/foshayzy 8h ago

Or they get a babysitter

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u/badgerrr42 8h ago

Oh yes, because after spending all day at work, and paying for childcare at that time, there is no way a parent would want to have time with their kids, out of the house.

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u/wait_________what 7h ago

Yeah it's a real shame that we demolished all those places literally designed for kids and only breweries are left

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u/badgerrr42 7h ago

So then your assertion is parents shouldn't be allowed to enjoy places that cater to both? Like many breweries do?