Bit of both really Brian.
The last three evenings have spent in London clubs have been pepped with 'readers'
Mudcat and other discussions I have had and read seems to indicate it is certainly not uncommon, and contributors to this site have made it clear that they see no objection to it.
It wasn't totally unknown before I left the UK in 1998.
Because it doesn't happen at your club doesn't mean it doesn't happen.
The 'role models' (what and whoever they are) that I know didn't do it.
Jim Carroll