Hen Parties !
Going back to my journey home from Doncaster last Saturday - I was appalled by the behaviour of the women in the three hen parties. When I was in my teens/twenties females had more self respect and would not have been seen in public even slightly merry - never mind blind drunk. Hen parties - if they happened at all - were a quiet drink and a meal with friends - or - a private party in someone's home.
Those women left the train at York - so were, obviously, heading into town. They were wearing next to nothing, as drunk as skunks, and their language was disgusting. This was just after 3:00pm. Heaven alone knows what they would have been like by closing time. Who would they blame if anyone mugged/raped any of them?
Most of the decent restaurants will not allow hen parties any more and, recently, a lot of the pubs here have refused them admittance. They are loud, vulgar and objectionable - spoiling other people's evening out. Some Saturdays they rampage through the main shopping areas - drinking from cans - accosting people n the street for money and reacting violently if anyone says anything to them. Usually ends up with some of them sitting or lying in the gutter in pools of vomit.
What is wrong with these people?
Why has it suddenly become impossible to have a good time without being drunk?