Children in Restaurants

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Went out for dinner on Saturday evening at the Country Inn near my place. This woman had a kid that just kept on screaming, and running around the place. And she just kind of sat there, and did nothing. Just because you're not annoyed by the shrieking of your child, and your child ruins your dinner, doesn't mean that my meal should be ruined too. Here's a hint, if you child is screaming, and yelling for more than a minute, take your child out of the restaurant, find out what’s going on, and control him or just don't go out to eat. Not all of us find a screaming, and annoying child a pleasant dining experience. Children are frequently a nightmare for anyone as customer or to people having to work in a restaurant, because a significant number of parents appear to have no desire to actually corral their kids. This isn’t to say all kids in restaurants are terrible, or that all parents are bad at taking their children to restaurants. Many parents are excellent at this with well-behaved kids. Similarly, restaurants should (and, it’s worth noting, mostly do) have infinite sympathy for parents who are actively trying to corral their kids. Many of us are parents ourselves, and even more understand the fact that sometimes, it doesn’t matter what a parent does—their kid is just going to be a dick. It happens. But in the other hand there are people so self-absorbed that they think they have a right to take their kids anywhere and let them do anything, regardless of whether they disturb or bother other people or if the business in question would rather just not accept their money. Think about the fact that many of them genuinely believe that if they are not allowed to do so, it as an issue of discrimination. Think about the fact that these people exist! So for all you parents out there, if you can't control your kids, don't take them out. Or if you have to take them out, just because your time is ruined doesn't give you the right to ruin my time too. If anyone else has stories of annoying kids ruining meals for you, now is the time to RANT, I like to see if this is starting to become an annoying trend now.