On 2/21/2014 10:37 AM, wrote:
> On Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:56:19 PM UTC-5, jmcquown wrote:
>> On 2/20/2014 5:06 PM, Kalmia wrote:
>>
>>> In the old days, my frequent script ran like this:
>>
>>> Hostess: "Smoking or non?"
>>> Me: "Non-kid...do you have a quiet corner?"
>>
>>> Ate in a nice place one night - and the kid 2 booths down was SO
>>> bad with the incessant screaming, a huge round of applause from the
>>> entire roomful of diners broke forth when they were leaving. The
>>> adults gave a dirty look but I don't know how they could stand it themselves.
>>
>>
>> Because that was their little *darling* that was screaming! How
>> *dare* anyone get upset with their cute little tyke?!
>>
>>
>> Jill
>
> From 2012:
>
> http://thestir.cafemom.com/food_part...30/lzdakIX97os
>
> By Julie Ryan Evans.
>
> First three paragraphs:
>
> "Here we go again with the child-adverse masses out to squelch any sign or
> sound of youth from their daily lives. Cappy's Pizza in Florida is the latest
> establishment to jump on the bandwagon by officially banning rowdy kids with
> a ridiculously patronizing sign right when you walk in the door.
> "It reads: 'Parents for the safety and comfort of everyone if you allow your
> child to run/scream/or misbehave, party will be asked to leave.'
> Kids are completely banned from the back patio. Talk about giving a parent
> indigestion before she's even ordered. If I saw a sign like that when I walked
> into a restaurant -- especially a pizzeria decked out with video games and
> other stuff that caters to kids -- I'd be walking right back out again.
>
(snippety)

I'd be glad to see her back as she left the establishment! I'm not
adverse to children. But is it really asking too much for children to
behave?

I really don't care what people let their kids do in their own homes.
Apparently this is the reason they now make washable Crayola markers...
so their kids can scribble all over the walls if they feel "inspired".
But hey! It's okay because Mom can just wash it off! What happened to
teaching them not to scribble on the walls?

The fact is restaurants can be dangerous places. When that cute little
hellion crashes into the server with the piping hot coffee carafe, don't
come crying to me. If they careen into a server carrying a bunch of hot
plates, whose fault is it? Not the fault of the restaurant, that's for
sure.

Jill