Date: 11/21/2005 6:16:00 PM
From Authorid: 19871
thats sad whats this world turning to  |
Date: 11/21/2005 6:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
parents like this annoy me, just because you have kids doesnt mean they should be able to run free and around like little animals, i can understand a fussy baby, i can understand a antsy child in a seat*which is why family friendly restaraunts have things like crayons and colouring paper* but there is no excuse to have children running around like they own the place, there is no need to just let your child go free, if you child wants to run and climb things and swing on stuff.. go to the park, children need to learn at a young age there are places to be on your best behavior,(i dont think i ever screamed in a store) same goes for shopping malls or discount stores, i cant tell you how many times i've nearly tripped over a kid because they were running around in and out of the aisles like they owned the place... i've grown used to walking around with my hands out to stop a kid from running me over or running into the cart(heck for thier own safety)  |
Date: 11/21/2005 6:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 11341
There are alot of parents who are on vacation without even leaving their house.....  |
Date: 11/21/2005 6:23:00 PM
From Authorid: 63258
I raised 4 kids and we went to restaurants during the younger years. I NEVER tolerated bad behaviour in public. There simply is NO excuse. "They are on vacation" is REALLY LAME. Learn to be a parent if you are going to raise children.
The restaurant personnel are not responsible for your kid's behaviour. Feed them at home if they don't know how to behave in public. -KT  |
Date: 11/21/2005 6:24:00 PM ( From Author )
From Authorid: 63172
I agree midnighty.Its a shame that everyone else has to suffer because a few don't do their jobs as a parent.If you dare say anything,"you just dont like children"and are made into the cold hearted grinch. I have had to leave stores without buying things because my kids were out of control.I will just put my stuff back on the shelf and leave the store with them.If I am at a restaurant with them it is at mcdonalds or somewhere that has a childs area.Others should not have their evening out ruined because people want their children to run wild.  |
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Date: 11/21/2005 6:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 53052
parents like the ones mentioned need to remember that even though your on vacation that doesnt mean your on vacation from being a parent... from the moment you have your baby put crying in your arms for the first time at the hospital you are a parent... and you become one until the day you die |
Date: 11/21/2005 6:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 47296
More owners need to learn how to tell such people that they and their unruly kids are no longer welcome at that establishment. While it may mean the loss of a few people as customers, in the long run it will mean more business, since people will learn they can go to that place and enjoy a nice peaceful meal.  |
Date: 11/21/2005 7:28:00 PM
From Authorid: 48809
The people that bring unruly children into a restaurant or any public place and allow them to run around and behave like monkeys should be ashamed to ever take these kids out in public! Those that allow this kind of behavior are ignorant people who have no respect or any regard for anyone else! The manager should demand that they leave at once when their children begin running and jumping around and disturbing others and refuse to behave!  |
Date: 11/21/2005 8:20:00 PM
From Authorid: 30786
I don't have kids, so I can't really say... BUT when I was working in a salon, some people would come into get their hair done and pretty much expected the staff to babysit the kids as they ran around screaming, bothering other clients, and one time a kid dropped (and broke) an expensive clipper set. It was very frustrating. Some days I wanted to go to them and yell "This is not a daycare, this is a hair salon!"  |
Date: 11/21/2005 8:25:00 PM
From Authorid: 37843
I see it sometimes in the grocery store, one time this 4 year old wanted a toy truck (hotwheels) His grandma said no, we're not getting a truck today, so he went and got another one an said I wanna truck, so she said no, we're not getting a truck today, so he starts throwing a fit in the store, and she says, ok, u can pick one, which one, and he said "NO I WANT TWO!" and kept on like that so she ended up buying both trucks! I kno they are only $1 apiece, but she told him no, so she should have stuck w/ that. Also in our store we have 2 cigarette cabinets which we keep locked unless a customer wants something out of it, this guy set his son on the floor (5 or 6yrs old) and his kid goes right for it and starts messing with the padlocks, one was unlocked. I kept my eye on the kid for a while an the dad didn't say anything to him about it until he noticed me watching his kid! ... If my brothers or I would have acted like that in a store, our mom would have busted our butts right there "in front of God and everybody" is how she puts it.. She tells me that we never acted that way in a store though.
and for the record, just because you're on vacation it doesn't mean you can stop being a parent, that is a 24/7/365 job (well for custodial parents anyway) what are these people thinkin? Why have kids if you're not willing to be responsible for them?  |
Date: 11/21/2005 8:26:00 PM
From Authorid: 7830
Ive never noticed this but if i saw that id be mad. Those parent are doing their children only harm by teaching them they dont have to behave and keep their manners. In public places where people are trying to have a nice meal parents should do all they can to keep their children behaving (i have one preschooler and one toddler so i know it's not easy) but if my children ever made such a scene as to disturb other people i would leave the restaurant.  |
Date: 11/21/2005 8:44:00 PM
From Authorid: 7574
My cousins are so spoiled. They were visiting my grandma's at the same time I was there and I needed to run to Wal-Mart to grab a few things so I took my cousin, Madeline, who's 4 with me. She wanted to look at the dolls, she I told her we'd just go look. She ended up picking up a $40 doll and wouldn't let it go. We got to the check-out and I told the cashier we didn't real want the doll and she put it under the counter. I grab my bag and we started walking out of the store and Madeline says,"Where's my dolly?" I said,"I told you I couldn't afford it and you weren't getting it." She started screaming like you wouldn't believe. I had to walk across the whole front of the store with her yelling like that. It was so awful. She screamed the entire car ride home too, and stomped inside the house slamming doors and talking back to my grandma. It was pretty bad. She's awful anywhere in public, but that was the absolute worst. I have never heard shrieking like that in my life. Sounded like a dying antelope or something.  |
Date: 11/21/2005 9:07:00 PM
From Authorid: 45397
I remember when my kids were really young, LilDuckieGurl was about 2 yrs old, dark_duvessa_beauty was about 5 or 6 and their brother was not even a year old, we went to a semi fancy restaurant (don't remember what) and their was an elderly couple couple tables down, and when they were finished eating and leaving, they walked by our table and said that my kids were the best behaved kids they've seen in a restaurant in a long time.  |
Date: 11/21/2005 9:35:00 PM
From Authorid: 8274
I hate that! I'm sure that they don't let their kids make major messes on the floor when they eat at home. For that matter I've seen many adults that make bigger messes than their kids because "they are on vacation"! How RUDE! When my kids were little, if they made a mess, I cleaned it up! And, my children never left their seats unless they needed to go to the bathroom and then only with myself, my hubby, or one of the older kids. Straight there, straight back!  |
Date: 11/22/2005 3:45:00 PM
From Authorid: 58268
tsk tsk tsk...  |
Date: 11/22/2005 4:11:00 PM
From Authorid: 4144
vacation or at home when people take their kids out they should be able to control them. just because they think their little monsters are cute don't mean the rest of us do. my momma had 7 little magic words to keep me in line in public.....DO YOU WANNA GO TO THE BATHROOM? it worked on me and the 2 times i had to say it worked on my daughter. my kid was a better kid than i was!!  |
Date: 11/25/2005 6:37:00 PM
From Authorid: 39370
I see this more and more often and I have to admit that it really bugs the snot out of me. Parents should learn to keep their kids under control (at least to a reasonable level. Like you said, you are never gonna be able to make a 2 year old keep still and quiet, but there is no reason to let your five year old run around an up-scale restaurant ruining everyone elses meal).  |
Date: 12/11/2005 7:18:00 PM
From Authorid: 63118
yes i've noticed and one time i was at this haunted house and the kids beind us kepts running behind the curtain and trying to get away from the adults so they can check it out thereselves and we got kicked out because we were in their tour  |
