Waiter: Parents Of Bratty Kids Should Tip More

[rasczak]

Parents of young kids shouldn't ever take them to restaurants. Ever.

Negative. If you have well behaved kids, you take them where you want to. If you have kids who throw shit on the floor or use the straw to make spitballs, then you need to take your kids to places designed for their type. MCDONALDS. Let them little fuckers get fat then die at a young age because the parent couldn't control their own kids.

 

[CrazyAznDriver]

I am comfortable taking my 5 year old out to fairly nice places as he is very good. My 20 month old on the other hand... makes us get take out from nice restaurants. I will take her to more family friendly ones but she creates a disaster zone. I do leave a nice tip, though I am unsure if the waiter shares with the nice Mexican boy who cleans up?

 

[NetGuySC]

If my two year old makes a mess while we dine out, I do leave a bigger tip, definetely. Just last week, my wife was cleaning rice that my two year old son dropped on the floor and the staff insisted that she stop and that they will clean it up.

With my three kids at the table, we probably have more spilled drinks that the average table, so of course I leave a bigger tip.

A person who doesn't leave a bigger tip if their kids make a mess needs to eat at home.

 

[Codewiz]

Wow, some of you folks must eat at some really low brow places for kids to be recking havoc.

Lets see, I have a 2 year old boy. My expectations for his behavior far outweigh his ability to perform up to my standards(I aim high and if he comes close then he is doing better than 99% of the adult population). My mom however, lets the little punk do whatever he wants so I apologize for her. However, my mom just takes him to places like Chick Fil A so you got no complaints really.

He knows the difference. When my wife and I take him out to eat with us, he understands that I will not put up with any bullshit. If he screams, cries, throws crap, or otherwise gets on my nerves, he is going outside. And when I take him outside, we look stupid but it proves a point to him. We stand right up next to a wall so the only thing he can see is the damn wall. Yeah we look retarded but he hates it. Therefore, over the past 2 years and 2 months, I have had to do it all of twice. He hated the result and he hated being away from mommy.

My son isn't some angel. He literally can drive me up a wall at home. And I let him get away with a lot at home. But he knows, we go in public, he better have his act together.

Our biggest battle right now is indoor voice. When he talks, he can be a bit loud. We are working on it. However, he is no more loud than a bunch of old deaf bastards sitting in the booth behind you. So while you may hear the nonsense coming out of my son's mouth right now, he is no more loud than other patrons. And like I said, I am working that issue.

So all you people who have to deal with horrible kids, I don't know where you eat but I am not one of the problem people. Nor is my child. When my son makes a mess on the floor, my wife and I literally get down there and pick as much of the crap up as we can. However, we try to prevent the mess in the first place.

 

[Golgatha]

Negative. If you have well behaved kids, you take them where you want to. If you have kids who throw shit on the floor or use the straw to make spitballs, then you need to take your kids to places designed for their type. MCDONALDS. Let them little fuckers get fat then die at a young age because the parent couldn't control their own kids.

I have no problem taking my 4 and 7 year old out to a restaurant. If necessary the words "no" and "stop" are used, and if "no" and "stop" don't work it's escalated to "would you like to discuss your behavior in the bathroom?".

 

[erikistired]

waiters should shut up and do their job. excessive opinions lead to smaller tips.

 

[slag]

yep, they have to learn

we pick up after my daughter when she makes a mess..we dont just leave it

Not me, F that. I'm paying good money to go out to Chili's to eat dinner and they give us 2 broken crayons for 3 kids, then the waiter isn't doing his/her job. And if they don't come by and refill our cups when they are getting low (before they are empty), then thats less of a tip. I start at 15% and go down from there. Waiters need to earn that money, not expect it. The MAX should be 15% as well. If they want me to come and drop $40.00 at their restaurant, then they need to accept the whole family and just suck it up.

 

[slag]

Its a public space. Get over it.
If anything, judging by your comments and actions on these forums, I'd suspect your parents raised you like shit and you were a little snot yourself. if you're still not.

This post multiplied by infinity + 1.

Mike's issues of entitlement are way out of whack.

 

[RKS]

If you hate the sight/sound of kids; avoid family restaurants that have kid's menus.

We used to do a lot of carry-out but the kids (5 & 7) are old enough to behave themselves for a nice meal. We still order the kids' meals as soon as possible to keep them occupied.

 

[Exterous]

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I would have no problems if more parents acted this way. Unfortunately it seems to be the in thing around here to let your child cry and wail while you ignore them and continue on with your meal - even at places that charge more than $10 a meal 🙂

 

[rockyct]

No. You're wrong. I dont view my kids through rose colored glasses at all. If anything I probably expect too much from my kids. Trust me when I say this, but my point is NOT 50% lower.

Dont paint in broad strokes.

I'm just coming in here to see that when I met Homerboy and his family, his kids were very well behaved. It was just one instance, but I will back up his claim that his kids aren't little terrorists.

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I cant tell who is serious and who is joking anymore.

That being said, I'll take my kids where I want to. And they will act perfectly fine while there. If they are A-holes, we'll leave and they will be punished.

I know, 15%... GET A JOB!

 

[CVSiN]

Did you not appoint yourself as the sole judge when you first stated "for the rest of us that point is 50% lower."?

By your statements it seems that no child should be allowed out of the house for the sheer possibility of offending your sensitivities? That children, no matter how well behaved literally cause you (and apparently you KNOW others) actual ANGER?

LONG before I had kids I went out to eat (honestly much more often back then) and it was on RARE occasion that kids annoyed me, let along ANGERED me. Life must be pretty shitty for you if you can't deal with the real world when you're forced to partake in it.

I'd say with 50% lower he was being pretty fucking generous..
I hate kids.. so my threshold is more like 1%.. the first little whine I hear I'm pissed..
and I cannot stand them in Movie theaters and restaurants.
I think kids should stay home until they are old enough to act like people.

 

[Golgatha]

I'd say with 50% lower he was being pretty fucking generous..
I hate kids.. so my threshold is more like 1%.. the first little whine I hear I'm pissed..
and I cannot stand them in Movie theaters and restaurants.
I think kids should stay home until they are old enough to act like people.

Yea, just what we need. Kids who are not exposed to and learn to deal with the general public until they're old enough to drive themselves wherever they want to go.

 

[CVSiN]

Yea, just what we need. Kids who are not exposed to and learn to deal with the general public until they're old enough to drive themselves wherever they want to go.

I never said that.. I said till they can learn to behave..

but judging by today's society maybe you are right.. they should be at home much longer than I thought..