A mother-to-be was left 'humiliated' after she was refused a small glass of
wine because she is heavily pregnant.
Jane Hampson, 37, said she would usually enjoy one 125ml glass of red
wine a week with a meal after reading a research which suggested it was
medically acceptable.
But the Deutsche Bank worker, who is overdue with her first baby, was left
dumbfounded after a barman at Pi bar, in Liverpool, told her: 'Sorry, I can't
serve you.'
When she asked him why, the bartender said: 'I refuse to have serving
alcohol to pregnant women on
my conscience.'
The exchange attracted the attention of other customers at the busy bar and
the woman eventually left the bar out of embarrassment and bought a glass
of red wine elsewhere.
The bar bosses today apologised to the pregnant woman who said:
'I couldn’t believe it - it was so humiliating. There is no way I would
endanger my unborn baby yet it was being insinuated that I was doing
just that and being irresponsible.
At the time the bar was packed and all the customers were looking
over at us to see what all the commotion was about. We felt we had no
choice but to leave because it was so embarrassing.
The fact I am pregnant was none of his business. I appreciate a bar’s
management reserve the right not to serve customers but obviously I
wasn’t drunk or misbehaving or under 18 - so he had no reason not to
serve me.
'I am not some Vicky Pollard-type binge drinker. I have done extensive
research on the effects of drinking alcohol when pregnant and the fact
is there’s nothing wrong with having a small glass of wine every
week.
'When you look at how much of an issue excess alcohol causes in this
country, I really don’t feel that any establishment that chooses to profit
from alcohol sales is in any position to judge anyone.'
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