- Jan 16, 2001
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I dislike children. I think that's a well-known fact around here. I find them upsetting and annoying.
I save my money all week so I can take my GF out to a nice dinner. You know, do the "bottle of wine and small talk so we can get cozy later" thing.
Invariably, we get sat next to, or they soon put, a table full of screaming, ill-mannered brats right next to us. They are sneezing, puking, whining, crying, throwing toys, food and utensils all at the same time. This bothers the crap out of me. The parents do NOTHING to quell this behavior. They force their children upon everyone else. How rude.
9-times-out-of-10, I wind up getting up, approaching the parents and saying "excuse me, your daughter/son just hit me with a piece of lettuce for the fourth time...coud you possibly do something about this?" Of course, this results in a fight and my night is ruined. Again. I'm not shy and have no problem approaching these parents. Or someone smoking in a no-smoking section. Anyway...
I will never, never understand the logic of taking a 3-month old newborn baby to a nice restaurant. They plop the carrier/car seat and the diaper bag on the table (unsanitary to say the least) and the baby screams the entire time. Leave the kid w/the sitter. If you can afford to be out eating, you can afford $10 to have the neighbor kid watch the infant. Duh.
It's gotten to the point that as the host/hostess is walking us to our table, we'll say "no, not there...don't want kids next to us" and request another table. We always get a dirty look. It's really sad. BTW, my GF and I are very clean cut and we dress nicely. We're both kinda preppy, if that helps you draw a mental picture.
I have this dream of opening up an "Adults Only" restaurant. This has NOTHING to do with sex.
I want to open up a classy restaurant where people can come and spend good money to get great food and service WITHOUT worrying that some screaming child is going to ruin their romantic evening. I want it to be 18-and-up in order to remove the "punk-kid-teenager with the Marilyn Manson T-shirt and the nose ring" factor as well. We'll have a dress code too.
Could someone sue me for discriminating against their "precious little babies?" This is hypothetical, as I've not a pot to pee in and don't know the first thing about running a restaurant...I can cook my @ss off, though!
Fire away.
I save my money all week so I can take my GF out to a nice dinner. You know, do the "bottle of wine and small talk so we can get cozy later" thing.
Invariably, we get sat next to, or they soon put, a table full of screaming, ill-mannered brats right next to us. They are sneezing, puking, whining, crying, throwing toys, food and utensils all at the same time. This bothers the crap out of me. The parents do NOTHING to quell this behavior. They force their children upon everyone else. How rude.
9-times-out-of-10, I wind up getting up, approaching the parents and saying "excuse me, your daughter/son just hit me with a piece of lettuce for the fourth time...coud you possibly do something about this?" Of course, this results in a fight and my night is ruined. Again. I'm not shy and have no problem approaching these parents. Or someone smoking in a no-smoking section. Anyway...
I will never, never understand the logic of taking a 3-month old newborn baby to a nice restaurant. They plop the carrier/car seat and the diaper bag on the table (unsanitary to say the least) and the baby screams the entire time. Leave the kid w/the sitter. If you can afford to be out eating, you can afford $10 to have the neighbor kid watch the infant. Duh.
It's gotten to the point that as the host/hostess is walking us to our table, we'll say "no, not there...don't want kids next to us" and request another table. We always get a dirty look. It's really sad. BTW, my GF and I are very clean cut and we dress nicely. We're both kinda preppy, if that helps you draw a mental picture.
I have this dream of opening up an "Adults Only" restaurant. This has NOTHING to do with sex.
I want to open up a classy restaurant where people can come and spend good money to get great food and service WITHOUT worrying that some screaming child is going to ruin their romantic evening. I want it to be 18-and-up in order to remove the "punk-kid-teenager with the Marilyn Manson T-shirt and the nose ring" factor as well. We'll have a dress code too.
Could someone sue me for discriminating against their "precious little babies?" This is hypothetical, as I've not a pot to pee in and don't know the first thing about running a restaurant...I can cook my @ss off, though!
Fire away.
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