For all his waxing lyrical about the imaginary opinionated couple sitting opposite having no idea what the oh-so-important Hoopers were up to before they arrived and everything else they'd dealt with that day, Simon has no idea what the couple were going through at that moment in their lives either.
Even if someone did have an opinion on children using devices in the pub and said something a little too loudly, so what? Rather that than someone in a so-called position of influence making sweeping thoughtless judgements (e.g. able bodied people who don't exercise enough) and putting their opinion out for potentially hundreds of thousands to see.
I'm not against parents taking something to a restaurant/pub to entertain children who might otherwise become bored, whether that's a screen, a book, a puzzle. Mine used to do colouring and activity sheets provided by the restaurant. It's all the same to me.
What I really don't like in that photo is that Simon was clearly taking photos intended for publication without regard for the diners behind the children. I'm not sure if the person behind is one of the couple he's "shaming" and he did it intentionally (ugh), and I know he's used blurring, but ffs when you're in a private establishment limit your photography to your group, it's common courtsey.
Even if someone did have an opinion on children using devices in the pub and said something a little too loudly, so what? Rather that than someone in a so-called position of influence making sweeping thoughtless judgements (e.g. able bodied people who don't exercise enough) and putting their opinion out for potentially hundreds of thousands to see.
I'm not against parents taking something to a restaurant/pub to entertain children who might otherwise become bored, whether that's a screen, a book, a puzzle. Mine used to do colouring and activity sheets provided by the restaurant. It's all the same to me.
What I really don't like in that photo is that Simon was clearly taking photos intended for publication without regard for the diners behind the children. I'm not sure if the person behind is one of the couple he's "shaming" and he did it intentionally (ugh), and I know he's used blurring, but ffs when you're in a private establishment limit your photography to your group, it's common courtsey.
Nonsense story asking about caffeine withdrawal and then him talking whilst eating a biscuit - very gross 
