A few nights ago I had a young couple with a child sit in my section, ok great kids are fine as long as they aren’t mine, so whatever. As soon as Jr. was put in the high chair he became a mental case, I seriously thought we were going to have to perform an exorcism. He was screaming and not like “tolerable kid whining” screaming, it was more like “on Goliath at Six Flags” screaming and these parents acted like nothing was happening! I get the whole parenting technique, ignore until he stops by himself, but not in a crowded upscale restaurant!! Take him outside for god sakes!!!! The other tables around began complaing after about 20 min of non-stop screaming, so our manager had to kindly let them know little Jr. was creating an unplesant experience for the other guests. Not only did these people get mad and demand the number for our corporate offices, they did not leave me a cent!! But little did they know they left me the greatest tip of all, be sure to take your birth control!!!!!!!
-Patty
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maybe one day when you have children of your own, you’ll have a little more patience and compassion.
Maybe one day when I have kids I won’t let them disrupt other people in a restaurant by screaming and crying, I’ll take them outside.
Patience and compassion is one thing, but so is being understanding of others, which the parents in the OP’s post definitely were not. If you know your child is going to throw a fit in certain situations then you don’t intentionally put them in said situations.
When I was with an ex of mine and her two kids if one of them started acting up they got a warning to stop or we were leaving. They soon found out that when I said that, it didn’t mean I would ignore them, it meant I gave them a minute to stop, and if they didn’t, we left. I have no trouble hauling a screaming child out of a restaurant, mall, store, whatever.
Just because your child is a problem for you at times does not mean you should make them a problem for all those around you.