"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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

You can bet the parents would be suing the restaurant...and collecting too.
:-)


Cheri