On Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:47:19 PM UTC-5, Dave Smith wrote:
> On 2014-02-19 1:00 PM, wrote:
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> > And, thank goodness, no one suggests that kids somehow need to go to
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> > a restaurant in order to learn not to run, scream, or throw food when
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> > the kids still "can't" learn to follow those rules at home!
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> > http://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle...f7N/story.html
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> > Two comments so far:
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> > fattony333302/19/14 08:24 AM "I'll add one more suggestion: Tip more
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> > generously than usual! Your kid ate a $7 appetizer, no alcohol, and
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> > was a bigger pain/effort than most customers. You can't just tip
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> > DMaximus02/19/14 10:44 AM "You left out the most important thing -
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> > limit the length of the meal. This means that the adults should be
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> > ready to order when they arrive. All restaurants have online menus
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> > and there is no reason to spend time wasting limited attention span
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> > staring at a menu. Similarly, don't linger over a drink and then
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> > order. Do that when you're alone. And NEVER send the waiter ready
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> > to take your order away, saying that you need more time. I'm sure
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> > your kids don't.
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> One problem with the article is that they seem to be suggesting that a
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> restaurant is a training ground for possible unruly kids. Please try to
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> train them at a noisy kid oriented place like the golden arches. I
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> don't want my dinner in a nice restaurant to be overwhelmed by the noise
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> of kids at a nearby table. If a kid has to be taken for a walk to keep
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> it occupied, maybe it is not time to take it to a restaurant.
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> At any rate.... keep in mind that there are "family restaurants". Take
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> you kids to those places and leave the better places for people who are
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> spending extra in order not to have to deal other people's kids. People
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> who hire a baby sitter to watch their kids while they go out for dinner
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> don't do it so they can watch other people's kids acting up.
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> > "Interestingly I was at a restaurant once when the family at the next
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> > table violated every single one of these time-savers. Yep, it ended
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> My wife were in a place a couple months ago where there was a family of
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> parents and two late teen - early 20s kids. Dad was a muscle freak who
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> didn't make any moves unless they showed lots of flexing muscles. Mom
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> looked like a stripper. The off spring spent most of their time on their
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> cell phones or texting. None of them knew how to hold a knife and fork.
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> Their elbows were propping their heads up just enough for that short
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If they were quiet and paid their bill, then you shouldn't let it bother you. Sounds like YOU had your eyes glued on em for quite a spell to take in all that action.