Children in Restaurants.
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When my daughter reached the "terrible twos" she started acting up in restaurants. I would give her one warning, and then after that I took her out to the car while my wife waited for our food to arrive and then got it to go. And believe me, if getting pulled out of the restaurant wasn't punishment enough, there's nothing worse than being trapped alone in a car with a cranky, hungry daddy.
She's nine now, and always behaves herself in public. When other kids start acting up, I always end up muttering to my daughter, "I so would have taken them to the car by now. Have I told you how I appreciate that you behave in public?"
She's nine now, and always behaves herself in public. When other kids start acting up, I always end up muttering to my daughter, "I so would have taken them to the car by now. Have I told you how I appreciate that you behave in public?"
If it's the kind of restaurant where someone takes your to your table and brings you your food your children should be quiet and under control at all times. If they get roudy you quiet them down any way you have to, up-to and including taking them to the bathroom and giving them a swat on the butt.
You're out in public, act like it.
You're out in public, act like it.
Someone brought a crying baby to see "Capitalism: A Love Story" and I can assure you it was irritating. Luckily it didn't last a terribly long time but every once in a while it'd start up again. The film didn't even end until after midnight which made it weirder.
As a former Usher can I say: Crying kdis are just as much a pain for staff as they are for patrons.
That's why when we took my son to see his first movie-- "Wall-E"-- in a theater we made sure to do it during a showing with a lot of other kids. Basically, fewer adults that'd get pissed off and pester the staff. Oddly enough, compared to the adults and teens in "The Clone Wars", the kids in Wall-E were a hundred times more behaved.
When I went to see Wolverine with some friends this past summer there was a baby crying intermittently during the opening moments of the movie. Some time in, around after the opening credit sequence, the baby started fussing again so I yelled out into the theater -"Baby out of the theater,please!"
I then noted a guy in the front row ducking out of the theater carrying a baby. He must've returned some time later as the baby acted up again but he quickly ducked out again with it.
Seriously, why should one have to be told their crying baby shouldn't be in the theater?
I then noted a guy in the front row ducking out of the theater carrying a baby. He must've returned some time later as the baby acted up again but he quickly ducked out again with it.
Seriously, why should one have to be told their crying baby shouldn't be in the theater?
Careful doing that. Some theaters will end up asking you BOTH to leave: Him for the baby, you for causing a disruption. Or, and I've had this happen during a show, pissed off parent comes over the seat and punches you and then the theater calls the law. Not fun for the Usher to get that radio call and end up having to deal with while they wait for County to show up.
Best thing, get an Usher tell them that there is a crying child and ask them to speak to the patron. If you're lucky, you can snag some free swag for your "inconvenience"-- tickets, free food.
LeahBoBo
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The ignorant fuckers that allow their offspring to stand up in the seat and peer over the booth at the diners behind them. That is the height of rudeness and inconsideration. I will not tolerate that, and all hell will break loose if said ignorant parents don't nip that in the bud STAT. Since I am not a kid friendly person in the first place, I immediately inform the host or hostess that I do not want to be seated near any kids. It's better and safer for everyone.
My apologies if you've ever been looked at by a two year old in a burger joint. I do let my son climb up and look around, hadn't realised it was that annoying.
If a two-year old was looking at me at a burger joint I would play peek-a-boo with him.
Elephants Graveyard: I hope you never allow your son to annoy someone who doesn't take kindly to that sort of thing.
Miss N Thrope: When I'm in a restaurant, I want to enjoy my meal, whether it's a burger or prime rib, not entertain (or be annoyed by) someone else's rugrat.
Considering where I was located in the theater in relation to the guy with the baby, he'd have a hard time finding me to report my disruption or to hit me.
LeahBoBo
Commander
I'm always on the lookout in restaurants for people like the OP or some of the other posters in here who have a beef with kids. Then I deliberately have my four year old annoy them.
I hope you're kidding.
He, would have to be the one to report you or anyone for that matter. If the Usher was walking the runners, he could easily ask you to step outside.
Theaters have Ushers for a reason people, use them. It's the only perk to the job, sure as hell isn't the money-- okay, kicking people and free shit from distributors are the only perks. Or for quicker action, ask to speak to the floor-super on duty, they hate dealing with complaints and they'll "pay you off" and kick out the nuisance on top of it.
Then I would avoid any fast-food joint with a playground attached or inside-- like one of the local McDonalds had.
The world doesn't revolve around you. Sometimes you just have to put up with minor annoyances - and a small child staring ar you at a burger joint is a minor annoyance (and isn't annoying at all to me).
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So some asshole is in a movie with a crying baby, disrupting everyone. I can either end it now by calling for the guy to remove the baby or I can miss a chunk of the movie by leaving the theater and chasing down an usher to go in there, wander around, and find the guy with the baby?
Sorry, no. If someone's being an asshole in the theater I'm not going to play games.
Hell, I find it annoying to go out to a restaurant and have people the next table over talking loudly on their cellphones-- usually with a mouthful of food. Humans are an annoying species, but we're all stuck on this rock so we have to deal with each other or live as shut ins.
It isn't just fast food joints either. My local pub has a playground attached to their main dining area.
I'm always on the lookout in restaurants for people like the OP or some of the other posters in here who have a beef with kids. Then I deliberately have my four year old annoy them.
Hey, I am in no way against well behaved kids in restaurants.
The emphasis being on well behaved
I'm sorry, but the fact that you PAID to watch a Michael Moore movie railing against Capitalism is obscenely funny.
I like kids. I can't remember ever having any problems in restaurants that I couldn't handle.
You only think it's funny because you haven't seen the film and thus really have no idea what he was talking about. He is in no way talking about how people should not make profits.
