You go to a restaurant. You order your food, and choose a booth to sit and wait. Your number is called (or the waiter brings your food) and you begin eating. Then some family (sometimes a couple that looks skecthy, sometimes a couple that looks normal) comes in and sits behind you. Everything is fine until the kids start yelling and screaming at the tops of their lungs... Anyone?
2007-06-07 02:55:46 · 21 answers · asked by bluedevil1642 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Yes, it annoys me.
(especially in a *nice* restaurant!)
It is the responsibility of the children's parents to do their best to quiet them down.
Kids shouting across the restaurant can successfully ruin a person's dinner.
I know what kids are like, and I understand that some kids just can't sit still.
BUT, that is no excuse for parents to not even try to keep them at their "inside voices" (and I've seen that a lot).
I like to hear parents telling their children that they need to keep it down... at least try!
Some days, when I'm walking into a restaurant, I just want to leave if I can see that I won't get a peaceful dinner at a restaurant.
That can actually hurt the restaurant's business.
Screaming kids make everyone mad.
2007-06-07 06:05:52 · answer #1 · answered by Christy 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is annoying when kids are throwing a fit, crying, etc. and the parents don't even try to do anything about it. However, I don't expect kids to sit quietly and make absolutely no noise, in a restaurant. Adults who are rude enough to yell at other people for "not controlling their kids" or who tell others to "shut up" annoy me a heck of a lot more.
And what about adults who go to a restaurant, get drunk (or are drunk when they come in), and start singing at the top of their lungs or talking loudly to their friends using foul language? This has happened several times at some of the nicer family restaurants I've been in. Will management typically do anything about that? No.
So, yes, kids can be annoying. But don't think for a second that if you're some rude adult who doesn't know how to be polite to others or behave in a restaurant, that you aren't annoying too.
2007-06-07 11:16:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Oh, yes, that definetly annoys me! I hate that. I came to the resturaunt and paid to sit down and dine in peace, not to hear some brat scream their fool head off. In that case, if the parents have any decency and consideration for others, they should take them out and calm them down. Otherwise they are just rude. I know babies cry, thats a little understandable if they are really little, but still, its not my baby, I shouldn't have to listen to it. If they can't control their children, they should have left them at home with someone. I know that is the way it used to be, but now I think people are just ruder now or something.
2007-06-07 10:01:38 · answer #3 · answered by Mollyruby 2 · 4⤊ 1⤋
If the kids are yelling and screaming for a while, then it's ok.
After all, kids are still immature and they likes to play.
But if the kids are repeating these for the whole time, then I will yell at his parents because he has failed to teach his kids on how to behave properly.
2007-06-07 14:26:04 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I can't think of anyone it doesn't annoy...the child's parents included.
If the parents have any class, one of them will take the child outside until it stops crying. If they don't and it doesn't stop and it really bothers you that much, you can speak to the manager or something and have the child taken out of the restaurant.
2007-06-07 10:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by doxiefever 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know what you mean. When you go out to eat, you want to enjoy it, not hear children screaming. I can deal with a baby crying because that's what babies do. I can't deal with older kids just being bratty because their parents didn't teach them any better. What really gets me are parents who sit there like nothings going on and don't even try to correct their kids.
2007-06-07 10:00:36 · answer #6 · answered by Letitia32 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I find it very irritating. If the kid is screaming, taking him/her out. Just because the parent is used to it, it doesn't mean the rest of the diners should be subjected to the noise. It's really rude and it spoils the dining experience for everyone else.
2007-06-07 10:01:19 · answer #7 · answered by la buena bruja 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I had this experience... The parents did nothing and actually encouraged it! They had a little girl and a little boy... The boy stood on the seat yelling "I want my food!" with a nasty little growl on his face... Way to raise a 5-year-old.
And this was a nicer, more upscale seafood restaurant.
2007-06-07 10:31:31 · answer #8 · answered by lightningflame1642 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Such is part of being in society. It does not annoy me, because I know that some children are simply difficult. It bothers me when the parents say absolutely nothing in chastisement of the child and allow it to continue uninterrupted. If they make an effort, at least they are doing that much, and you can see that it is not shoddy parenting that is doing it, it is simply the child's personality more than likely.
It does, however, annoy me when a fully grown adult does nothing but *****, whine and complain about their service, their food, and generally give their server (cashier, hostess, or other customer service representative) a hard time.
2007-06-07 10:01:30 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
It annoys me if it's not dealt with in a timely manner. I understand that children will be children, but to let your child scream or throw a fit and to leave it unchecked is highly offensive. It's worse if it's at a nicer restaurant as opposed to a fast food place.
2007-06-07 10:00:12 · answer #10 · answered by They call me ... Trixie. 7 · 9⤊ 0⤋