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Originally Posted by kutulu
The article mentions a 'sense of entitlement' with no regards to the fact that those who chose not to have kids think they are somehow entitled to not have to listen to kids be kids.
If you don't have kids you will have a hard time telling the difference between a misbehaving kid and one who is displaying age-appropriate behavior (even parents have this problem). People with kids have just as much of a right to have a descent meal as those without.
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Sure they have the right to a decent meal, all I ask is that everyone behave. I don't expect an adult to shout and carry on in a restaurant or place of private business either.
I don't think I'm entitled to not have to listen to kids be kids, I pay extra for it sometimes. The picture of the sign from the restaurant I posted is from a very upscale restaurant. The proprietor chooses to select their clientele by those that can afford it and those that cannot and stops at 14 years old. While I don't choose to do so all the time, I expect that when I'm paying for something, I expect to get it without the interuptions from ANY individual with the exception of medical emergencies.
This means, at the theater both broadway and movie, (I have seen an usher do their job and ush some loud boisterous person right out the door, which I cannot say for movie ushers,) and restaurants that don't have high chairs or booster seats or even a child's menu. If you wish to pay $9 for a basket of fries for your child go right ahead, but if they don't have a booster seat or high chair, take the hint and stop kvetching about how they are missing a market. They probably intentionally created it as such which is common here and most metropolitans that I have travelled to.
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Originally Posted by kutulu
I think it's a bit unreasonable to expect parents to get babysitters every time they want to go out. It's not as if kids are always acting out anyways. I've spent lots of time dining out and in my experience obnoxious kids are almost as much of an exception to the rule as obnoxious adults. Have you ever considered that you are more sensitive to the matter than most people?
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No I don't consider myself more sensitive. I don't like loud obnoxious beings to carry on around me.
It's not unreasonable, they had the child and they should be held responsible for the child. If the child does not behave then it's considered reasonable to think that the child is not ready to comingle with the rest of the world from the normal family oriented subset.
Note: I also don't go to diners/coffee shops late at night for the same reasons. Obnoxious loud people carrying on around me....
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