Brown's, Coventry...turned away grieving soldiders in uniform

desires said:
This does surprise me. It doesn't send a very good image. If you see a copper in uniform you should expect to be able to approach them as if they are on duty, going up to one that's getting 4 tinnies of Stella hmmm. I'm surprised they're allowed themselves, regardless of a shopsellers rules.

Are you saying that nurses, firemen, military are all still people you can't serve alcohol to, but you are allowed to the police?
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The pub may be allowed to serve it but I will bet there are regulations in the Police that will not allow cops in uniform to buy alcohol.
 
Rossi~ said:
I've never heard that one before i've seen a few Uniformed Armed Forces peeps in pubs before.
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It is part of the MOD General Instructions on Uniform Dress.....rule 113 if I recall.

It is not permitted to visit premises even if you are not drinking alcohol. Or words to that effect.

I'll see if I can dig it out.
 
arctine said:
I've been to pubs before in uniform, only for a meal mind, and I've never been refused nor known anyone to be refused.

I know I'm not allowed to drink in uniform but that rule is a bit old hat. I've gotten absolutely smashed in my number 1s before, along with co-workers and superiors, and daresay I will again.

Still, the fact everyone is getting worked up about something as petty as this is annoying.
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Really? I've been served loads of times in my uniform at lunch time in several different pubs hardly "against the law"
 
0113. Occasions on which uniform is not to be worn:

a. On leave
b. Visits to licensed premises (including when not consuming alcohol), except when specifically approved by the Chain of Command.
c. Representing a third party e.g. part-time employment outside of working hours.
d. Functions where fancy dress is worn; the wearing of uniform of obsolete design which is clearly distinguishable from the pattern currently worn is, however, permitted.
e. Carnival processions and other occasions when the reputation or political impartiality of the Armed Forces might be brought into question (e.g. political meetings).
f. Hitchhiking.
 
Browns can be a bit funny on the best of days though. Even if protocol forbids it I feel sorry for the blokes, he was burying his brother....
 
Surveyor said:
0113. Occasions on which uniform is not to be worn:

a. On leave
b. Visits to licensed premises (including when not consuming alcohol), except when specifically approved by the Chain of Command.
c. Representing a third party e.g. part-time employment outside of working hours.
d. Functions where fancy dress is worn; the wearing of uniform of obsolete design which is clearly distinguishable from the pattern currently worn is, however, permitted.
e. Carnival processions and other occasions when the reputation or political impartiality of the Armed Forces might be brought into question (e.g. political meetings).
f. Hitchhiking.
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Thanks...saves me a job :)
 
Seems to me like Brown's can't win?

Chastised for refusing to serve soldiers in uniform, who should know better as their own regulations permit it.

Yet I guarantee there'd have been uproar if the squaddies had been served, and subsequently arrested by Military Police.
 
My friends are still going on about how bad it is, even though I said that the staff have technically done nothing wrong.
Uniform issue aside, am I right in saying that you can refuse service to anyone, on whatever grounds you want, without having to justify them?
 
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