Banning Kids In Restaurants...

[rebelcowboysnb]

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No they have decided or believe that they are loosing more money because of the bad kids being there than they believe they will lose by not letting any kids in.

That doesn't make sense, because then you might aswell ban families all together. I know my family wouldn't go out to eat at a restraunt where my younger siblings weren't allowed, same reason they don't go out to eat at a bar. Other families might be different though, thats just mine.

How can it not make sense? Unless you have there books in your hand an have run there restaurant you dont know what is right for them. There books an experience must be telling them its the best thing to do. Its like saying a "mens club" is losing money if it bans women....`Yep, it probably is but letting women in defeated the purpose of a men's club an cost them more.


If there restaurant is for adults then letting kids in is a double edged sword an they chose the edge that they believe will hurt them the least.

 

[gritsar]

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Yep...the good ol' days. Mom's paddle of choice was her shoes...lol. There were four of us, so I guess she figured her hand would suffer some abuse (plus she took good care of her nails, so I guess she didn't want to risk breaking one

), so she'd whip off a shoe (she always wore shoes with really thin soles that gave a good sting). No matter where you're going, you always have shoes on. I can still remember driving to my Aunt Linda's house; we kids acted up in the car, and she let us know that when we got there - we were going to get spankings. I don't know which was worse - the dread of knowing for the rest of the drive that it was going to happen, or the embarrassment of getting our butts spanked with a shoe upon our arrival...in front of our cousins and aunt.

I am the proud owner of my mom's wooden spoon. It has survived the behinds of most of us kids, plus a few of the grandchildren; including my kids.

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

To me the perfect solution is to allow the restaurant owners to make the decision whether or not to allow children or not. Then we as customers can chose with establishments to frequent!

 

[HarlansHollowFarms]

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Yep...the good ol' days. Mom's paddle of choice was her shoes...lol. There were four of us, so I guess she figured her hand would suffer some abuse (plus she took good care of her nails, so I guess she didn't want to risk breaking one

), so she'd whip off a shoe (she always wore shoes with really thin soles that gave a good sting). No matter where you're going, you always have shoes on. I can still remember driving to my Aunt Linda's house; we kids acted up in the car, and she let us know that when we got there - we were going to get spankings. I don't know which was worse - the dread of knowing for the rest of the drive that it was going to happen, or the embarrassment of getting our butts spanked with a shoe upon our arrival...in front of our cousins and aunt.

I am the proud owner of my mom's wooden spoon. It has survived the behinds of most of us kids, plus a few of the grandchildren; including my kids.

I broken my wooden spoon years ago......those darn diapers are murder on them!

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

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[justuschickens59]

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I agree - perfect solution.

 

[teach1rusl]

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Yep...the good ol' days. Mom's paddle of choice was her shoes...lol. There were four of us, so I guess she figured her hand would suffer some abuse (plus she took good care of her nails, so I guess she didn't want to risk breaking one

), so she'd whip off a shoe (she always wore shoes with really thin soles that gave a good sting). No matter where you're going, you always have shoes on. I can still remember driving to my Aunt Linda's house; we kids acted up in the car, and she let us know that when we got there - we were going to get spankings. I don't know which was worse - the dread of knowing for the rest of the drive that it was going to happen, or the embarrassment of getting our butts spanked with a shoe upon our arrival...in front of our cousins and aunt.

I am the proud owner of my mom's wooden spoon. It has survived the behinds of most of us kids, plus a few of the grandchildren; including my kids.

But the magic of the shoe paddle is that no matter where you go, you always have a paddle with you

Not so with the wooden spoon...lol.

And I very much agree with allowing the restaurant owners to make the decision whether or not to allow children, and the customers then choosing which establishments to frequent!
I don't frequent late shows at our local comedy club because smoking is allowed at those shows. I will frequent the shows that don't allow smoking. Customers have many options.

 

[TinyTotsSeramas]

no, dont ban the children, ban the parents who LET the children act like that!

 

[goldfinches]

I probably shouldn't write at all, I'm new to this site and haven't interacted with many of you, but I just have to say, I'm horribly, unpleasantly surprised at the attitudes here.

I have 3 beautiful children under age 5. The fact that children make some of your "skin crawl" and that you cringe when you see children come into a restaurant, I had no idea that the majority of people felt this way.

My children are well behaved. They sit in their chairs at the table. They talk and laugh, but no louder than the people next to us. They sometimes cry, but we always figure out why and fix it. They spill crumbs and noodles sometimes and I pick them up off the floor.

My children have to sit, sometimes, and smell the cigarette smell of the person at the table next to us. Their grandfather died from lung cancer. They sometimes have to listen to swearing from the table next to them, I have to explain that those words are not ones they should repeat, and that I can not tell them what it means. I don't expect the store to ban swearers or smokers just for my enjoyment.

Wow, I just, wow. I'm heartbroken. Guess I'll look at patrons differently the next time we go out to eat. Not at McDonalds or Chuck e Cheeses, either.

 

[chickn]

i know the last thing i want to hear when i am out for dinner is someones kid crying and screaming so i am all for it