Why are so many people oblivious to the obvious where their kid are concerned? I’d really like to hear what all of these parents (who let their kids think a restaurant is a playground) have to say when they are trying to get dinner on the table at home, and their kids come flying around a corner on two wheels and almost run into them…..which could cause major spillage of the evening’s meal. I don’t think it would be the same response we hear at the restaurant, “Oh, it’s okay, they’re not hurting anything.”
“Yet.” I think the key word should be “yet.” We try our best to take precautions to avoid any damage or injury. So please stop making our job even more of a challenge by allowing your little knee high urchins to dart out in front of us while we are carrying a full tray of food or beverages. Should you by chance happen to see them darting about, the usual response is, “You know kids, they’re not good at sitting still after the meal.”
Okay, it’s your job to teach them they cannot run around whenever they feel like it. Sometimes they just have to sit at the table and be bored. That’s life. If you can’t be bothered to teach them how to behave in public, then you should get a babysitter and leave them at home.
One group of parents hit upon a solution to this the other day. While attending a memorial luncheon in the banquet room downstairs, they allowed their kids to go upstairs and run around the main dining room. Out of sight, out of mind, I guess. Sure, it worked for the parents, but what about all the guests in the dining room? They didn’t come out to watch someone else’s kids run around.
We do not appreciate it when your kids walk up to an empty table and decide to rearrange everything on it. The usual response, “Well, they pay people to set it back up the right way.” HEY! We already set the tables once and don’t want to do it again! We’re not “paid” to clean up after your kids. How about this for a solution: The parents clean up everything they have allowed their kids to wreak havoc upon.
What’s that? You don’t want to reset the tables? Guess what? Neither do we!
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