Owner claims an increase in customer complaints and "unruly behavior in kids between the ages of 2 and 5".

Personally, it life tilts the fuck out of me to try and go out to a nice dinner and have some little slobber faced uncontrollable kid screaming in my ear while the parents sit and act like nothing is happening. When I used to serve, it was equally bad when the parents would allow the kids to tear up paper and make a huge mess on/under/around the table and would just leave it for me to clean up.

I say Bravo.

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Originally Posted by Neeek

anybody that gets the slightest bit annoyed by a 2-5 year old kid is a uptight rat devoid of happiness that takes themself waayyyyyyyyyyy to seriously.

Not really, some kids are annoying as fuck. Especially the ones with terrible parents who have absolutely no control over them whatsoever.

 

Originally Posted by UncleLeo

Not really, some kids are annoying as fuck. Especially the ones with terrible parents who have absolutely no control over them whatsoever.

damn, sfthis! If I go to McDonald's then I expect screaming out of control kids, etc. When I go to a nice steakhouse or such I don't want to hear that mess.

 

Originally Posted by Neeek

anybody that gets the slightest bit annoyed by a 2-5 year old kid is a uptight rat devoid of happiness that takes themself waayyyyyyyyyyy to seriously.

This would be a fine idea...if you only ate at Applebee's.

Now this is something I can get behind.

I can't stand people who bring their annoying kids in public places when they know they are probably pissing 92747474472892 people off.

I think we need to pass a law that says restaurants can't enact policies that so clearly discriminate against certain age groups.

 

Originally Posted by BigEarn7

I can't stand people who bring their annoying kids in public places when they know they are probably pissing 92747474472892 people off.

Yes, and it is completely the fault of the parents who have no ability to control their children, nor any interest in trying. This is the natural progression, because the first generation of over coddled children are now at the age where they are having their own. When you are brought up in an era of 7th place trophies, being treated like a precious little snowflake whose every bowel movement is treated as art, you will naturally be a weak, beta male parent. "Ohh - let little Connor/Blaine/Quinn/Harrison/Parker expresssssss himself, mahhhhhnnnn - he's a person toooooooo"

 

Originally Posted by jonnyg123

if it was a nice restaurant and there were 5 of them eating, 18$ is not a good tip

Maybe. The kids were really young so might not have had much. It wasn't Ruth's Chris but it wasn't Applebee's either.

It is completely standard to take a baby with you to a nice restaurant especially if you're on vacation and don't have a babysitter. I constantly took my daughter out with us as a baby. Having children does not sentence you to only being allowed to eat at Arby's.

With that said the second she'd start crying I'd insta pick her up and go out in front of the place so as to not ruin everyone's dinner. My wife would finish eating and we'd switch if necessary.

Babies aren't the problem. It's their lazy, inconsiderate, dildo parents that let them just fucking wail without removing them.

 

Originally Posted by JAAAAA!!!!

Babies aren't the problem. It's their lazy, inconsiderate, dildo parents that let them just fucking wail without removing them.

Preach..........I think the children should be allowed to eat while the parents should be whipped and dunked in a tank filled with lemon juice.

Yep, parents.

Sometimes these tables come in and the little kid grabs the salt and pepper shakers and tosses em on the ground. Then proceeds to do the same with the sugar caddies. I always look at the parents to see if they are going to take action. They usually have a spaced out look and dead fish eyes.

After watching and seeing no reaction, I step in. I tell the kid to pick of the items and place them back on the table. I tell him in my restaurant we don't play with table items as toys and if he wants to eat here he has to follow the rules. 99% of the time the kid does exactly what I instructed, and I thank him for doing that. The rest of the meal the kid continues to look for structure that I am giving and complies. I usually reward with a free ice cream.

This happens at least once a month, so I guess I am using my degrees in Childhood Psychology and Inclusive Education after all. The parents are the retard students in "my inclusive classroom restaurant".

 

Originally Posted by JAAAAA!!!!

It is completely standard to take a baby with you to a nice restaurant especially if you're on vacation and don't have a babysitter. I constantly took my daughter out with us as a baby. Having children does not sentence you to only being allowed to eat at Arby's.

With that said the second she'd start crying I'd insta pick her up and go out in front of the place so as to not ruin everyone's dinner. My wife would finish eating and we'd switch if necessary.

Babies aren't the problem. It's their lazy, inconsiderate, dildo parents that let them just fucking wail without removing them.

Problem is not all parents do that in fact I'd say less than half. I got three kids and have no problem with a nice restaurant banning kids. I don't blame the kids either but when the majority of parents aren't doing their job what can the owner who is trying to attract a certain clientele do other than ban all kids.

My guess is his business increases and more upscale restaurants follow suit. If I had the choice of equally good restaurants and one didn't allow kids I'd pick it when I was trying to have a nice dinner with the wife. I hate when we get a babysitter go to one of the nicest places we can and have kids screaming I got the babysitter to get away from that. Go to a more kid friendly place if you have to take the kids with.

 

Originally Posted by JAAAAA!!!!

It is completely standard to take a baby with you to a nice restaurant especially if you're on vacation and don't have a babysitter. I constantly took my daughter out with us as a baby. Having children does not sentence you to only being allowed to eat at Arby's.

With that said the second she'd start crying I'd insta pick her up and go out in front of the place so as to not ruin everyone's dinner. My wife would finish eating and we'd switch if necessary.

Babies aren't the problem. It's their lazy, inconsiderate, dildo parents that let them just fucking wail without removing them.

100% this

 

Originally Posted by dolphin13

Yeah, but I bet the parents spit on your tip and you don't even know it.

As long as it's the hot wife's spit who cares?

Honestly, they tip kinda well because I'm so involved with teaching the kid, they can be even less involved with their own kid.