Fed up with noisy kids in restaurants
Noisy kids in restaurants. We've all been a restaurant, trying to have a nice adult or romantic meal, and there's a family with small kids in there as well. Now, I don't have a problem with well behaved children and their parents having a nice quiet civilised meal together. Even a little bit of childish excitement is OK, as long as they don't go too mad. But parents who use a meal out in a restaurant as an excuse to stop being a parent for a few hours really wind me up, more so than the children.
Letting their kids scream and shout, and in the worst case, run about the place screaming. Not only does it ruin everybody else's meals, it's not fair on the staff that have to carry around numerous plates of hot food that they should be dodging kids running around their feet. Or have to stop them from making mischief and take them back to their parents. You know that if one of these kids runs into a waiter/waitress who is carrying a hot plate of food and they drop it on a kids head, the parent is going to go absolutely mental and sue for as much as they can, when their kids comes running back to the table covered in a someones chicken soup.
Numerous times I've been tempted to stick out a leg and trip over a child who is running past my table. It might seem a bit severe, but how else will they learn that running around in a restaurant isn't a good idea? Don't deny that you haven't wanted to do it! Harvester's are the worst. I know its a family restaurant, but that does not mean its a child care centre. The waiters/waitresses are employed to take orders and serve food, not look after kids.
My solution, kids should be assessed upon entering the restaurant, if they are deemed to be calm and well behaved enough they can enter, if they walk in screaming or come running in, they should be sent back out again. Either that or no kids under the age of 10 in any restaurants. Go to Macdonalds if you want to let your kids run around and create mischief. Don't ruin restaurants for the rest of us
By: Chris
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it is so annoying listening to kids making rackets - why can't the next prime minister of the uk just introduce a new law - in restaurants put adults and kids 12 and up in one part of the restaurant, and in the other part of the restaurant kids 11 and under with adults. on flights - let's have the same restriction and in cinemas.
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I'm shocked that a 6 year old should answer back to an adult that way when they are told they are making a racket and are annoying others. To be honest my friend was walking her puppy in the park only to have conkers thrown at her by these kids and she told these three 12 year old boys off for doing so but the response was 'Dumb ass bitch!' and 'I'm going to s**t on your grave!' This abuse is coming from kids aged 12 years old! Where do these young kids pick up such foul language from especially when an adult tells them off for doing something? A 6 year old saying such profanity is just as bad let alone a 12 year old. I do feel the need to tell neighbours' kids to play quietly but you can't. It will lead to feuds and disputes as a consequence. Living the countryside would be the only solution if you want to be far away from noisy neighbours' kids. I once heard a neighbour's kid screaming in the garden at 7:30am! On a school day as well! Well you can do anything you want in your garden even it if it annoys your neighbours. Who's going to stop you? The same goes for noisy neighbours' kids. You can't call the police to have them arrested for playing, can you? Even if it was plain damn irritating to listen to as well. I've just learnt to go to another room in the house if it annoys me or one that is the quietest in the house.
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Angry Autistic Female - 15-Jul-11 20:51
I don't like noisy children. can't you go up to the parents and say: 'Can't you just f****** shut that kid up?'. Just have the guts to do it.
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but you need to discipline kids, not be a friend to them
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Kids will be kids, and that means noise, of course it does. However, the issue of noise whilst out eating a meal in a restaurant is a seperate one. The only real solution is if we move back to the situation of a couple of decades or so ago when society respected the fact that adults wanted to have their own space, away from their own or other people's children. We should have 'adults only' pubs, restaurants and coffee shops; I think this is entirely reasonable. The trouble is, UK society has become so apologetic, politically correct and sensitive that children have almost been put onto a pedestal and we are all expected to laugh when they laugh; cry when they cry; and put their needs, wants and desires first above all else. There is nothing, absolutely nothing, unreasonable about an adult wanting to go into a pub, restaurant, or a coffee shop and have some time either on their own, or with other adults, without the noise and distraction coming from children.
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miserablemoaninggit - 30-Apr-11 11:48
Boaz. Children do respond to love, but if a child misbehaves then that child has to be disciplined ..... there are ways of disciplining a child other than by physical means. As for noisy children, yes they can be a real pain in the neck, but I find the worst children are the ones that are around when the pubs and clubs are just closing.....seriously. With regards to hearing a baby crying in a restaurant or elsewhere, it does bother me because I often sense that the baby may be in distress. Myself, I was a real Angel when I was growing up, I was never a bother to anyone because my parents kept me locked in the cellar until I was twenty one, when I eventually got out I discovered my parents had left home. (not serious)????
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You say children under ten in your last sentence, its mainly children 10 and upwards that are the brats! Thats juat unfair on the likes of myaelf with a young Child who is very well behaved! I for one do not like my son eatin rubbish from mcdonalds so if restaurants decide not to let me in because my child is under ten does that mean I cant eat out at all? Discrimination!
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Annoyed mummy to one - 25-Apr-11 09:24
Just so you know, you are an idiot and douchbag. I honestly think that you shouldn't allowed to be in a restaurant if you are so super sensitive. Children are going to cry, be loud, granted, they shouldnt run around, I have never seen that happen, but you obviously have issues from childhood that YOU have not addressed.
Grow up. And just so you know, it's rude to stare. So check YOURSELF.
Grow up. And just so you know, it's rude to stare. So check YOURSELF.
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You shouldnt be allowed to hav - 19-Apr-11 07:08
If you have a 10 foot (we are the end house) and you have a gang of children who constantly play on your living room wall with balls, shout and scream and when told to perhaps play a little quieter tell you to f*** off. This coming from a 6 year old by the way. Do you have any rights at all?
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never mind the supermarkets and restaurants, we are currently in our garden and have 4 children scream up and down the 10 foot. The have one of the england loadspeakers and are currently shouting through it. Husband said could they be a bit quieter only to be told by a 6 year old to f*** off by load speaker. Do we have any rights, well no we just have to put up with it or move
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Spare the rod,spoil the child.what a great saying,who ever thought of that had his head on the right way. In 2011 why are we having this discussion? this should have been nipped in the bud years ago.
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the what ever society - 8-Feb-11 21:10
All the parents these days have MP3 players glued to their ears so they can't hear their brats and the staff are so deafened by the piped music in their establishments that they aren't bothered either.
It's funny but it used to be old people that were deaf, now we are the only ones who can hear properly because we don't have to be surgically removed from ear phones playing music at a volume that could stun an elephant.
It's funny but it used to be old people that were deaf, now we are the only ones who can hear properly because we don't have to be surgically removed from ear phones playing music at a volume that could stun an elephant.
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Insomniac old fogey - 26-Jan-11 02:14
I'm so utterly relieved it's not only me that feels this way. Sometimes I feel like I'm the unreasonable one because I'm the only one who will complain or give the selfish parents evil stares (or sometimes stick a casual elbow out to catch the running kid sqaure in the head - too far?). It's like everybody else seems fine with it. Maybe they're not fine but they're too scared of confrontation.
Seems like this world is designed for families to be as selfish as they like in. Those of us who just want to have a quiet time or savour the atmosphere of a night out just don't seem to be taken into account at all.
Seems like this world is designed for families to be as selfish as they like in. Those of us who just want to have a quiet time or savour the atmosphere of a night out just don't seem to be taken into account at all.
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These brats are a menace to modern day society & the parents are no better.Whatever happened to good old fashioned discipline?These brats should be seen & not heard.Leave them outside & shove a Big Mac down their throats to keep them quiet,preferably with some sticky tape.Failing that,then a good sound thrashing with a leather belt should suffice instead.Spare the rod & spoil the child.
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The Terminator - 24-Jan-11 00:13
These days they also block all the aisles with their gigantic buggies and don't give a damn that no one can get through.
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Parents with babies and young children do not think about anybody or anything but themsleves. They are quite prepared to inflict their noisy, ill-mannered brats on the rest of us so that they can sit in relative peace enjoying a meal. People used to have enough common sense and decency to realise when it was innappropriate to bring along their children; not anymore. Every pleasant experience is now transformed in to a "screamathon" or "tantrumfest".
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There has been split opinions and a bit on contraversy over this subject currently taking place in America where a small diner has placed a sign up stating: 'Screaming children will NOT be tolerated' - some people welcome this sign because like yourself, they do not wish to dine in a restaraunt with unruly kids which are not their own, and because it has brought in more customers than it ever did before the sign was placed - however, parents have obviously had something to say about it - branding it rude, offensive and so forth...
Places like Pizza hut, Burger King... yeah, it's expeted - but to dine in an atmosphere of utmost class or in a place which is recognizably complex... the screamers should no doubt be left at home.
Places like Pizza hut, Burger King... yeah, it's expeted - but to dine in an atmosphere of utmost class or in a place which is recognizably complex... the screamers should no doubt be left at home.
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Kids are ok, it's parents that are the nuisances.
I was in the Cuckfield pub in Wanstead the other day and there was a woman with a guide dog, the dog had probably been working hard all day and was asleep in the aisle. There was plenty of space for staff serving meals to get by. In came a couple with their massive 4x4 baby buggy.
The blind woman's friend looked perturbed as there wasn't enough room for the baby tank to get through. "No, it's fine" the bloke said as he aimed it for a gap that was 6 inches short of being enough to get through. The friend got the dog up to protect it and let the buggy through but these selfish gits decided to park the tank next to it. Plenty of room elsewhere but they wanted to be right there so now there is no room for the serving staff to get through.
The sprog in the armoured tank was fine but the dog was going to get trodden on so the blind woman and friend, noticeably upset at the selfishness of these people, got up and left.
Wanstead village is a nice place but you cannot move for baby buggies anywhere that sells food or drink. When did it become ok for pubs to be full of screaming babies and what happened to a bit of consideration for other people?
I was in the Cuckfield pub in Wanstead the other day and there was a woman with a guide dog, the dog had probably been working hard all day and was asleep in the aisle. There was plenty of space for staff serving meals to get by. In came a couple with their massive 4x4 baby buggy.
The blind woman's friend looked perturbed as there wasn't enough room for the baby tank to get through. "No, it's fine" the bloke said as he aimed it for a gap that was 6 inches short of being enough to get through. The friend got the dog up to protect it and let the buggy through but these selfish gits decided to park the tank next to it. Plenty of room elsewhere but they wanted to be right there so now there is no room for the serving staff to get through.
The sprog in the armoured tank was fine but the dog was going to get trodden on so the blind woman and friend, noticeably upset at the selfishness of these people, got up and left.
Wanstead village is a nice place but you cannot move for baby buggies anywhere that sells food or drink. When did it become ok for pubs to be full of screaming babies and what happened to a bit of consideration for other people?
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Discipline. What discipline? Parents need to be shown how to discipline kids instead of just telling them off and not disciplining them.
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The feckless morons who let their unruly brats run riot in restaurants are just as much a menace as their offspring.This is the accepted norm in McDonalds,Pizza Hut,& Burger King,ect,being family orientated establishments.These screaming little turds are the scourge of modern day society as are the Chavs & Bimbos who frequent these establishments in the first place.It is a matter of personal choice.
But why do we have to put up with this sort of behaviour from stupid feckless parents who seem to care little about what their little brats upsetting others in many other establishments were I expect to enjoy my meal in peace.Yes,thats right,blame the parents.Give these brats a dose of good old fashioned discipline.Preferably with a sound thrashing.
But why do we have to put up with this sort of behaviour from stupid feckless parents who seem to care little about what their little brats upsetting others in many other establishments were I expect to enjoy my meal in peace.Yes,thats right,blame the parents.Give these brats a dose of good old fashioned discipline.Preferably with a sound thrashing.
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