The bar where I work is open to all ages until 5:30 pm when we become an eighteen-plus venue. This occurs at 6:30 pm after all the signs have been put out stating that no minors are allowed access. A customer walks in carrying a small baby and her husband is pushing a pram. I am the manager of the bar. I’m twenty-two and female but I’m quite short and often get mistaken for being much younger.
Me: “Sorry, but you can’t have a child in here after 5:30.”
Customer: “I’m breastfeeding.”
Me: “That’s lovely, but unfortunately, club policy is that no minors are allowed in this area after 5:30 pm.”
Customer: *Suddenly irate* “You can’t discriminate against a breastfeeding mother. It’s against the law.”
Me: “I’m not discriminating against you. It’s also against the law to allow a minor in this area after 5:30 pm.”
Customer: “I demand to speak to the manager! This is discrimination! I’ll have your job!”
Me: “I am the manager, and unfortunately, you still can’t have a minor in here.”
Customer: “I want to speak to a real manager, not a little girl.”
Me: “You can talk to the general manager of the other sections of the club. He will tell you that for this area, you need to speak to me but that the 5:30 pm rule still applies.”
Customer: *Finally leaving, still screaming* “I’ll have your job! You can’t discriminate against breastfeeding mothers! I’m calling the police and leaving a terrible review of this place! I hope you enjoy your fines for breaking the law!”
She screamed at other entering customers that we were all breaking the law and discriminating against her all the way out. She never called the police or left a review, but I told all the other staff about this incident and now it’s a little inside joke between us all that breastfeeding babies don’t count as minors.
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