restaurant bans children

[SEB]

It boils down to common courtesy and how the majority of people are lacking any of it.

This as a whole with people these day. People just dont have manners, I am impressed they are doing commercials these days on being polite. IE The old lady reaching to get a bottle off the top shelf in the store & a guy comes over & gets it for her cause its to high! Then in words it says. BE HELPFUL to others.

America needs more commercials like that. Kids watch TV. Adults need these more then kids actually. People are just rude & only care about theirselfs these days.

I love that this guy took control & made it kid free. He FIXED THE PROBLEM!!!

[Randy]

Old people are next. They are shitty tippers too so they got to go.

i concur...... wait what age range are you talking about??

[red95gts]

My little girl will be 3 next month and she is never that kid you hear screaming in the grocery store or other public places. She has such a laid back disposition that we constantly get compliments on her good behavior. I'd like to take credit for it, but I don't think I honestly can, it's just the way she is, just a chill little girl.

At least in my experience, little girls are way more manageable than little boys under the age of 8. However, wait till she turns 13! Haha

[Steve]

Is it wrong for me to try to make those people feel as stupid as possible to the point of them leaving?

I'm not to sure how I would deal with that if you started running your mouth insulting my family if my daughter did somehow decide to have a meltdown. Of course, we would consider others in the room and pick her up to leave the room to make her calm down. But you running your mouth interferring doesn't help the situation at all. JMO.

[Randy]

At least in my experience, little girls are way more manageable than little boys under the age of 8. However, wait till she turns 13! Haha

Mine's 13 now.... cries at the drop of a hat... damn hormones....

I'm not to sure how I would deal with that if you started running your mouth insulting my family if my daughter did somehow decide to have a meltdown. Of course, we would consider others in the room and pick her up to leave the room to make her calm down. But you running your mouth interferring doesn't help the situation at all. JMO.

No sorry maybe i made it sound too harsh.... when the baby or child starts acting stupid i wait for parnets to do the right thing.... if nothing is done at that point ill mention that it might be a good idea to take the screaming child out of the room so the rest of us can enjoy whatever it is were doing..... not like im going to jump down their throats if theyre actually trying to do something about the situation.... im not that big of a douche.

[red95gts]

This as a whole with people these day. People just dont have manners, I am impressed they are doing commercials these days on being polite. IE The old lady reaching to get a bottle off the top shelf in the store & a guy comes over & gets it for her cause its to high! Then in words it says. BE HELPFUL to others.

America needs more commercials like that. Kids watch TV. Adults need these more then kids actually. People are just rude & only care about theirselfs these days.

I love that this guy took control & made it kid free. He FIXED THE PROBLEM!!!

I was at Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston a few weeks ago and, as usual, it was complete madness. People everywhere, running to catch flights, etc. As I was heading toward baggage claim, there was an old woman at the top of the escalator who looked REAL unsteady and was hesitating to take the first step. She was holding up the line to get on the escalator, yet I saw a dozen people push right by her and get on. When I finally got up there, I asked if she needed a hand and she graciously accepted a steady hand. I helped her off at the bottom and we went about our business. The whole thing slowed me down 10 seconds, maybe. Yet, no one else could be bothered to simply help this poor woman out. It's a shame...

[Steve]

No sorry maybe i made it sound too harsh.... when the baby or child starts acting stupid i wait for parnets to do the right thing.... if nothing is done at that point ill mention that it might be a good idea to take the screaming child out of the room so the rest of us can enjoy whatever it is were doing..... not like im going to jump down their throats if theyre actually trying to do something about the situation.... im not that big of a douche.

That is perfectly understandable then. The parents who just sit there and let their kids scream are ridiculous and lazy. I don't tolerate that behavior and my little girl knows it. If you come across someone who refuses to take their parenting seriously because they rather sit there and stuff their faces, then by all means mention asking them to do something about it.

At first, I thought your original post was just saying you would talk shit to a family just for having a young child with them for making any kind of noise. I wouldn't deal very well with seeing you hurt my wife and daughters feelings.

[Treasure Chest]

Point is. People dont control their kids & dont care if it bothers the people around them.

Mine are 13, almost 10, and 6.5. They've been taught respect and how to not be heathens. We're constantly complimented on their behavior, but that doesn't mean that the odd meltdown or sibling moment doesn't occur. The look curbs it quickly. That being said, I would still support a business that doesn't allow children, though I think he needs to amend it to no one under 13. My kids may be great in public, but as a rule, most aren't, and I wanna backhand the offending parent as much as I wanna duct tape their kids together and throw them in a hall closet. I'd much rather have an adult restaurant stay an adult restaurant and let the heathens have the Rat Palace.

[bcoop]

seems like a good idea to me, but isn't it illegal to discriminate based on age?

No. As an owner of an establishment, you reserve the right to refuse service to ANYONE.

[MutherjuggZ]

Mine are 13, almost 10, and 6.5. They've been taught respect and how to not be heathens. We're constantly complimented on their behavior, but that doesn't mean that the odd meltdown or sibling moment doesn't occur. The look curbs it quickly. That being said, I would still support a business that doesn't allow children, though I think he needs to amend it to no one under 13. My kids may be great in public, but as a rule, most aren't, and I wanna backhand the offending parent as much as I wanna duct tape their kids together and throw them in a hall closet. I'd much rather have an adult restaurant stay an adult restaurant and let the heathens have the Rat Palace.

8,10,12 (all boys) here.... A) WTF were we thinking?! B ) It's like you plucked the words right out of my mouth! Now about this duct tape, as mentioned several times over, perhaps Florida would be a good place for all of this to transpire?

[SEB]

There is a thin line too with kids though in public & making them mind. I feel uncomfortable when a parent yells & scolds their kid to the point where its offensive. Their are kids who are great kids. My gf boys are awsome! Great kids with great manners. My daughter is pretty good. But she is like me & will test the limit & push the line till I have to give her that look or voice & she straigtens up.

I remember a look from my parents in public meant a ass whooping if I didnt get straight real quick.

[Grimpala]

We are very selective on when/where we go out and we eat fast if we sense that she's getting restless. That being said, there have been a few times that I've gotten up with her and went outside so she could cool off. I'll spank wherever if it's warranted as well.

The other night we were at Fuzzy's Tacos and she threw a fit and threw her sippee on the floor. I picked it up, swatted her butt and we headed for the door. Once she understood why we went outside and calmed down we went back in and had a nice dinner.

I've even had an older gentleman thank me for getting up and leaving before. He said that it was nice to see someone from a younger generation handling business without disturbing the other patrons.

It's all in the parenting, and those kids who are running amuck now will be the ones in trouble in school and cause my kid troubles down the road, and then start all over with their own mouth breathing offspring.

[SS Junk]

I seen some shit a while back that I couldn't beileve some brought a newborn into the movie theater to see Transformers. Seriously who the hell does this.

Seen that happen twice in the past 6 months... a fucking newborn.

I seen it 2. Pretty much nothing more than parents who are in denial they are parents. Doesn't mean they're bad people, just means it may take it a little longer to sink in they cannot do the things as freely as they once could.

[Steve]

We haven't even bothered trying to take our 3 year old to a movie yet. They are too expensive to take the risk of having to walk out of it.

When we think about going out to eat, we think about how long it's been since her nap and her current attitude/behavior before we go out.

But like I said, in general she's a quiet little girl. She even sat all the way through a family birthday event at Texas De Brazil with everyone taking their time eating and she didn't give us a single problem. Just sat there with her crayons and book happy as she could be.

[fordracing19]

I'm probably two months away from becoming a Dad but I'm 100% for this...

Congrats. Hope everything works out for you.