A TAVERN/ PUB IN SYDNEY HAVE ADDED TO IT'S DRESS CODE, NO ADMITTANCE TO ANY ONE WITH VISIBLE TATTOOS, The publican said only riff raff have tattoos, what do you think about the dress code?
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I have never thought that a tavern/pub/bar, was that particular about who they let in. I just thought it was a case of them wanting to welcome anyone who shows up often and drinks a lot while they are there! They also prefer those who don't become obnoxious when drinking. A dress code? That is almost laughable.
P.S. But I think tattoos are ugly!
| 3 months ago. Rating: 13 | |
Insane, I've never had one but I find the art incredible. How can they get away with that?
| 3 months ago. Rating: 12 | |
I say find another drinking hole.
Does this dress code contravene any law, bye-laws or regulations. If not then he, as the publican, would be within his legal rights to impose one. Do not forget its his pub and we have the choice which pub we use.
| 3 months ago. Rating: 12 | |
Jaw dropping!!! A bar that turns away ppl with tattoos ? I can see a fine dining establishment with a dinner jacket dress code. But a bar????
| 3 months ago. Rating: 11 | |
| 3 months ago. Rating: 11 | |
That would be a very bad business decision in this part of the world.
| 3 months ago. Rating: 10 | |
Many states have been ordered to no longer allow smoking anywhere in their establishments. Bars here tried for a little while and eventually told the state to piss off. You can smoke in any bar should you choose to do so in PA. If the booze doesn't eventually kill you the ride home might, second hand smoke in an establishment were people are SLOWLY killing themselves. Bite me. Enter at your own risk.
| 3 months ago. Rating: 9 | |
In Australia you CANNOT smoke in a bar, tavern, shopping centre, any place where food is being served, 50 meters of childs` play ground, motel or hotel room. It is the law and we tend to obey the law in OZ.
I do not see any harm in tattoos as long as the dress code is correct as far as neat and tidy is concerned.
Personaly I am not a tattoo lover but to each his own.
Smoking is a health risk so different ball game.
Silliness! Some tattoos are overboard..but they became very popular about 15 years ago and a good majority of folks 35ish and under have them. Perhaps they could turn the heat down in the winter and the ac up in the summer and it could be the log sleeve Teeshirt hangout! Those in the military have been getting tattoos for years-should they be made to cover up????
| 3 months ago. Rating: 7 | |
It may or may not be a sound business decision, but essentially they're turning the place into a club. If there are enough people who dislike tattoos enough to go out of their way to drink there, it should prosper; otherwise not. As for the freedom of expression issue, I don't think it's relevant. They don't have even a local monopoly, so the tattooed can go anywhere else.
But I must confess to a prejudice here - I always suspect people with tattoos on their hands, necks or faces of having a rather reckless attitude to life.
| 3 months ago. Rating: 7 | |
Well our freedoms have been getting away from us little by little, most businesses have signs requiring certain dress codes. Some say they can refuse service to anyone for any reason. I don't agree with them, but I respect their freedom to make their own rules.
While I don't agree with them and I doubt this will go unnoticed or be allowed for long, I can say that the owners are a bunch of moron's. People with tattoo's also have the right to eat or drink wherever they want or to avoid the place that doesn't want their business. So the ball swings both ways. The part I do like is people have the freedom to do what they want with their own business or patronage.
| 3 months ago. Rating: 7 | |
With the current trend he will not have any custom in his public house for the forseeable future the whole of the general population seems to be riffraff . He won't have custom for a long time as tattoos do not come off. They are also generally ugly as they become aged and faded
| 3 months ago. Rating: 7 | |
Speaking as the riff raff: I got my first tattoo at age 51, and have 4 more. Wearing regular clothing, none would show. Two of my sons would be banned unless they had on long sleeves, and a mellow, nondescript musician and church friend wouldn't be allowed in because you can see the little music symbol on his hand.
I think this place is trying to keep out a certain element that here would include the folks with neck and head tattoos, not to mention the ones on some people's faces. I see alot of that when I visit the jail, and it's a little "off-putting.
"Don't judge a book by its cover" might be appropriate in this case. Perhaps a slander or libel suit might change their minds. Riff raff? Grandmas aren't riff raff!
| 3 months ago. Rating: 5 | |
I think its silly and very judgmental, I choose not to have tattoo's, my husband chose otherwise, didn't change him into a thug or an undesirable, we had a pub near where I used to live, the publican was a woman also very judgmental and refused to tolerate tatts, swearing, smoking (was o.k back) then and just about everything else, most of the town could be seen proudly wearing T shirts saying "Ive been barred from Mary's pub"
| 2 months ago. Rating: 4 | |
Okay guys....I've been busy for a couple of days and by the looks of it, I'm outnumbered here, on the"tattoo thing". I don't like the look of tattoos, no matter who has them, grandmothers, service people, young people, etc. A person's occupation, age, size, gender doesn't have anything to do with my opinion of the look of tattoos. (I know that I am NOT the only one who thinks that tattoos are less than lovely looking, especially when a person has had one for 20 years!) A business owner has the right and should always have the right, to decide who will or who will NOT be welcome in his/her business. It is THEIR investment after all. On the other side, frequent the businesses of your choice....that is the right of the "tattooed ones".
| 2 months ago. Rating: 3 | |
I wonder what they say in regards to people with their faces pierced?
| 2 months ago. Rating: 3 | |
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