Restaurant says it has heard enough, bans kids

[Elii [ucansuckkit]]

I say if you can afford not to have families in your restaurant the more power to you.

What you guys think?.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43718876/ns/business-small_business/?GT1=43001

 

[LadyCatherine]

I have seen this too often When my brother and I were young we were taught to behave in fine dine restaurants otherwise we knew a hard backhand would come our way. Now days parents are too wimpy.

 

[Elsa84]

I hear you bro. Name it we got it with the belt, broom stick et all. Now you lift a finger on a kid and the cops come knocking on your door.

 

[Fred]

I never touched my kids and they behaved like adults when they were young during dinners.

 

[King Crimson]

Owners calls the shots. I think he made a good call. Why would I spend my good earned money to listen kids scream and cry. I get that at home.

 

[dfroggyman]

I wish the airlines would start making some flights kid-free.

The restaurant owner has every right to do this, and for every disgruntled-parent customer lost I'll bet there will be three new ones.

My kid behaved well in restaurants when he was little because the one time he didn't, he and I left the restaurant and waited in the car for the rest of our group to finish. No yelling, no hitting, just a simple "if you can't behave, you can't stay. It's not ok for you to ruin everyone's meal by acting like this."

And then I did the important part...the follow-through. Without that, the rest of it is just bluster and empty threats, and the kids know it.

 

[mattclaptongad]

As a father, there are times that I would love to go out to dinner where kids were not around. Recently I was at Ruth's Chris steakhouse (which I thought would be a pretty safe kid free place), yet there were three kids running around tables and acting like little bastards. Might as well have thrown $250 in the garbage, I could not enjoy my meal.

 

[Gizmo13]

Just good business as all.

 

[octavio247]

Too bad. $250 gets you laid for an hour.

 

[Nekhtet]

I applaud the restaurant

 

[Da laiker]

You're on my wavelength....as soon as I saw the title I thought: ok, now how about brat free airplanes?

The owner nailed it: it isn't the kids, it's the parents who let them run amok.....I notice the poll at the bottom of the article showing 44% for the ban/3% against it. That speaks volumes and maybe parents will take notice...but I bet they won't,
"their dear sweet little bastard johnny is the perfect little angel and can do no wrong....they must be talking about someone else's kids......"

 

[sweetiepie]

It's not just the crying and screaming that gets to me. I have seen parents let their young ones run around the restaurant as if the own it. Once a waiter fell flat on his face to avoid hitting him.

 

[thesongfairy]

Sometimes a good meal is more fulfilling.

 

[Bye Bye]

Same here. Just too bad some parents don't have the smarts or balls to teach their kids manners.