So yesterday me, my son and my boyfriend decide to have dinner at Red Robins (restaurant chain here in Detroit). My son, Erick, was in rare form.....He bit into the balloon that the hostess gave him within 30 seconds...Throwing french fries and crayons all over the floor...screaming! It was pretty horrible. Anyway, one of the men sitting at the bar was the host of a local talk radio show! My boyfriend hears this guy on the radio this morning talking about how horrible this little boy was a Red Robins last night How embarrassing, right?


In Erick's defense, he was tired and he had already eaten

Before I had my son, I was one of those people who would give dirty looks to parents with unruly kids....especially in restaurants.....but now that I'm one of them..... Oh well, deal with it!


Smooches;)

MsMisha319 said:

What Red Robin did you go to? We have one in Dearborn

applekisses said:

Dearborn....Ford Rd.


Smooches;)

I also try to take their ages into consideration.

But sometimes they just get so unruly..

Me, I would have removed him from the premise.. No need to make others miserable.

sag10 said:

Sag

Actually I decided to let him play in the little arcade area they have there. That made him a bit calmer, if you can believe that. The biggest reason why he was being so wild was because there was a little X-mas tree set up right behind our table and he was dying to get into it! We just ate really fast and got the hell outta there!

Smooches;)

My son is 21 months

it's God's will

MsMisha319 said:

Smack, papa

SMACK, SMACK!

Papa, papa...

glamslamkid said:

That's right. I am a single father of 4 children, and although they are not perfect and they have their moments... I have never had one of them throw a fit, or misbehave in public.

I literally think my momma beat me gay, and as gay as i am, ya'll can tell how much i got muh ass whoopded.

glamslamkid said:

I don't know if spanking a child makes them gay... so far, none of mine are showing those tendencies.

If you don't teach them right from wrong, as soon as they start testing their limits, which is usally between 6 mos. to a year... they will misbehave for the rest of their lives.

glamslamkid said:

I don't know if spanking a child makes them gay... so far, none of mine are showing those tendencies.

If you don't teach them right from wrong, as soon as they start testing their limits, which is usally between 6 mos. to a year... they will misbehave for the rest of their lives.

I also try to take their ages into consideration.

But sometimes they just get so unruly..

Me, I would have removed him from the premise.. No need to make others miserable.

glamslamkid said:

I don't know if spanking a child makes them gay... so far, none of mine are showing those tendencies.

If you don't teach them right from wrong, as soon as they start testing their limits, which is usally between 6 mos. to a year... they will misbehave for the rest of their lives.

God bless that woman for being so understanding

My son has the same problem of throwing things...And a few months ago, at TGI Friday's, he kicked a woman in the head trying to climb into her booth!



Smooches;)

sag10 said:

i'm sayin'. get him the hell outta there. I truly believe that they should make restaurants with children and no-children sections. The children's section can all kinds of things that'll keep a kid occupied and should be surrounded by soundproof glass. the no-children section can be like a normal restaurant.

i'm sayin'. get him the hell outta there. I truly believe that they should make restaurants with children and no-children sections. The children's section can all kinds of things that'll keep a kid occupied and should be surrounded by soundproof glass. the no-children section can be like a normal restaurant.

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Oh my.

We just got back from dinner out with my mother. We went to a
decent-but-not-fancy place. It's a steakhouse/bar, but not the
oak-panelled old-money kind. A basic dinner with wine will run you
roughly $50 a head. Getting the gist?

Anyhow, we always request a specific server, who treats us like family
and always takes *great* pains to make sure our meal is flawless (my
first cut into my filet showed a large chunk of fat, and he whisked it
away and had it replaced before I knew what hit me).

Conversation eventually led to the time that we were there and a
fambly had a young sprog there, who spent the entire meal screaming as
if a red-hot poker was being shoved up its ass. I suggested that
servers be equipped with duct tape, etc. etc.

But then, he tells us the breeder story to end all breeder stories.
You will NOT believe this.

Moomie and duddie showed up with their 4 spawn. They are seated at an
available table, in the middle of one of the rooms. Moomie tells the
server to go out into the parking lot with duddie, and get the
TELEVISION SET they had brought along, and plug it in at the table so
the sproggen could be entertained during dinner.

You read that right. This fambly expected to have a 17" television set
up at their table. In a restaurant.

The server refused outright, and told them that there would be no
plugging in of anything in the dining area.

They freaked. They stood there, in the middle of dinner rush,
screaming at this server for not plugging their television in.

The server, a *wonderfully* wry and quick fellow, handed them their
coats and directed them to a Ponderosa across town. Way across town.
Out of town, actually.

I'm sure you can imagine how crushed he was when they announced they
would not be returning.

Renee

JasmineFire said:

There was a time when I was tempted to ask for the "no smoking, no children, no cell phones" section in restaurants. But these days I've lightened up a bit... on cell phones.

I'd also like to see no-kids sections on airplanes. Ideally the entire First Class cabin would be off-limits to anyone under, say, 16. Unfortunately, First Class is usually full of people on frequent-flyer upgrades (e.g., me) and the few people with enough money to pay for a First Class ticket, and airlines are understandably reluctant to alienate their best customers.

One proposal I read involved designating the back of airplanes as a "family section." Flight attendants could hand out things like coloring books and crayons to keep the kids happy and occupied, and there could be special meals for kids. With the right marketing, it could be seen as "family friendly" rather than anti-kid, and it'd still benefit those of us who prefer an adults-only atmosphere in flight.

One of my favorite "kids in restaurants" stories....

Yeah, I mean who the hell wants those pesky little kids around?

bkw said:

Not me.

I remember my first flight to Seattle. I had an aisle seat, and seated in the row directly in front of me was a couple with two lap babies. Problem: there are only four oxygen masks per row, and so only one lap baby is allowed per row.

A flight attendant arranged a seat trade so that the babies could be in different rows. (I have no idea why anyone would volunteer to sit in a row with a lap baby, but I digress.) She discreetly asked me if I prefered aisle seats, and I said yes. Unfortunately, I really wasn't aware of what was going on... I think she was trying to offer me a window seat away from the babies (which I would have taken). So, dad winds up in the middle seat next to me, and mom is in the middle seat directly in front of him. At this point, I'm already unhappy... Coach Class is supposed to have 3 people per row, not 3 1/2.

For the almost five-hour flight from Detroit to Seattle, the parents keep passing their kids back and forth over the seats. And in between the trades, the kids are making a fuss and flailing their arms and legs against me. At one point, the kid next to me pukes, with some of the vomit winding up on my seat. Luckily I'm skinny and was able to avoid any of it landing on me.

These days I usually wind up getting a free upgrade to First Class because of my frequent flyer status, but just in case, I book an exit row seat when buying my ticket... per federal regulations, nobody under 15 is allowed in the exit rows.

bkw said:

Not me.

I remember my first flight to Seattle. I had an aisle seat, and seated in the row directly in front of me was a couple with two lap babies. Problem: there are only four oxygen masks per row, and so only one lap baby is allowed per row.

A flight attendant arranged a seat trade so that the babies could be in different rows. (I have no idea why anyone would volunteer to sit in a row with a lap baby, but I digress.) She discreetly asked me if I prefered aisle seats, and I said yes. Unfortunately, I really wasn't aware of what was going on... I think she was trying to offer me a window seat away from the babies (which I would have taken). So, dad winds up in the middle seat next to me, and mom is in the middle seat directly in front of him. At this point, I'm already unhappy... Coach Class is supposed to have 3 people per row, not 3 1/2.