‘You are desperate’, parents told as they are shamed for ‘drinking at kids’ play centre’ and threatened with BAN
OUTRAGED management at a children’s play centre has threatened to ban a parent after a wine bottle was found in its loos.
Tumbles Play Place in Mossley, just outside Manchester, has taken to Facebook with an image of the bottle, calling the drinking “irresponsible and completely unacceptable”.
Last week, the play centre revealed the wine and a mixer in a photo with Tumbles’ child’s climbing gym in the background.
Management threatened to check CCTV and even ban the drinker from ever visiting again.
“If you are so desperate for an alcoholic drink in the daytime, please don’t do it in our children’s play centre and leave your bottles on the toilets,” the post said.
The Lime Tree Merlot, an Australian wine which sells for £6 at the Co-Op, was found along with a bottle of Fever-Tree tonic water.
But after copping flak in the post’s comments, Tumbles management removed the initial post and then posted a new message on Monday.
Management said the play centre did not allow visitors to drink as it does not have an alcohol licence or an insurance policy covering alcohol.
“Tumbles first and foremost priority is the safety of our customers. Leaving glass bottles in areas such as the toilets, where children could potentially have unsupervised access to them is a safety issue.”
They also defended posting the bottle and said they never intended to out the culprit online.
“There is NO CCTV within our toilets, as some comments have suggested. Anyone suggesting otherwise are making an incorrect statement.”
Tumbles is a play centre where parents book a slot and pay an entry fee for their child to play on a large climbing gym.
The business serves food and hosts parties for children, but does not serve alcohol.
It is aimed at children up to the age of 11 years old.
The drinking age limit in the United Kingdom is 18 years old.
It is not the first time that food and beverage at the centre has come under scrutiny.
In 2019, The Sun reported that children had been served “pink” mince in a cottage pie to two two-year-old children.
The bosses of Tumbles admitted the food “wasn’t cooked as much as we’d have liked it to have been,” claiming they’ve dealt with the problem to make sure it doesn’t happen again.
