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A café in the high street has banned pushchairs on H & S grounds,saying that they are a trip hazard, and the owner didn't mention putting another 2 tables in the café to get more customers in to make more money, not banned on H & S grounds
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Are wheelchairs allowed in?
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Are you mad Chris? They cannot have those contraptions in greasy spoons...Think of the risks..Everybody will want one.
I was banned from my local café just because I had drop-handlebars on my Zimmer frame and no bell!
Zimmy
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terry556 wrote:A café in the high street has banned pushchairs on H & S grounds,saying that they are a trip hazard, and the owner didn't mention putting another 2 tables in the café to get more customers in to make more money, not banned on H & S grounds
Clearly not a sensible business owner. Have you seen the mark up on pop and crisps?
Does the ban include shopping bags, hand bag straps, walking sticks etc?
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I was once stopped from going into a tea and cake shop when my youngest was in a pushchair - I was told they were not allowed because of Fire Regulations. I asked to see the owner, who came out of the kitchen and we had a little chat.
Turns out some well meaning person had seen a puschair folded up propped in the doorway of the fire exit and told him it was blocking it and he would report it (though no-one ever did turn up to check).
The owner had heard the words "blocked fire exit" and "going to report you" and thought the authorities would come down on him like a ton of bricks so decided to implement a policy of pushchairs stay outside. Anyway, he saw sense and let us in - very nice tea and buns were had by all.
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Which cafe is it - I'll pay a visit on my scooter :-))
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My wife has banned me from commenting upon little items like this when we are out and about
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Think it may have something to do with the local incident involving fire extinguishers covered in dust and 30 years old...
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Compliments to AJB for being both positive and tactful about the alleged ban on pushchairs in the tea & cake shop. A win-win situation for everyone, including the owner who must have been relieved to hear some commonsense after being worried about the threat of being reported to the fire authority.
My wife and I used to visit a small local coffee shop. It niggled me to keep seeing a sign there advising customers that no WC was available to customers because of compliance with security, health, safety & hygiene requirements or similar. Finally, I quietly asked the owner what the health & safety requirements were. He explained that as the shop is located in a busy shopping area, too many non-customers were in the habit of nipping in to use the WC. Therefore, he decided to lock the access to the WC and designate it for staff only. I think he added known regular customers and also customers who asked politely. He thought that the sign he used had both more authority and greater effect than one which simply said "For customers only".
I haven't been back to the coffee shop since asking about the sign - perhaps because my missus tends to get embarrassed when I challenge (politely and tactfully I hope) unsafe scenarios or misappropriations of "health & safety", and therefore has never suggested returning there. However, I bet the sign remains unchanged.
Nidan's comment above prompts me to suggest that a good proportion of other forum users are probably familiar with comments along the lines of "You're not at work now" from their partners, etc! As an evolution of this topic, if you receive such comments, how do you respond to them?
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Typical use of HSE excuses to ban pushchairs when the real issue is not discussed.
What about the little monsters that populate these pushchairs and annoy people with their sceeching, throwing things about, dirty sticky fingers touching everything etc.
There should be one on every High Street I say!
David
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Well, it's Saturday, and I'm trying to keep the cornflakes out of the keyboard (other brands are available).
Visitors to this site should be aware that this was a 'fun' topic and the advice, if any, is not to be acted upon.
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