On 2/21/2014 11:08 AM, jmcquown wrote:
> 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?

You'd think that she'd wonder Why are these restaurants resorting
to policies like this? Better yet, This sign doesn't affect me
because my children were taught how to act in a restaurant, and
if they start making a scene/screaming, we leave anyway.

Instead she lashes out that people don't like children.

I've eaten in restaurants many times where there were plenty of
children but you wouldn't know it unless you looked around or
listened for little voices. Maybe sometimes a little crying,
like just the other day, but the parents don't let it go on and
escalate until everyone's annoyed.

Obviously plenty of people are able to teach their children how
to act in public, it's not impossible.

nancy