Would You Take Your Baby To A Fancy Restaurant?

[Road Runner]

I sure wouldn't.

This Woman Wants To Know If She's Wrong For Asking To Switch Tables In A Restaurant Because She Was Seated Next To A Crying Baby, And People Have Big Opinions

"I didn’t want to start a fight or anything, but I got really annoyed by her attitude, so I told her that she could actually do something about the crying... she could take her baby home so it can properly sleep and then let everyone else there enjoy their meals."

www.buzzfeed.com

 

[rightwinger]

Never

Not fair to the baby or other diners

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Never. Or even older children who can not quite control themselves. Nothing is more miserable than enduring an out of control child running around.

 

[Road Runner]

And if you can't find a babysitter then go somewhere else more family friendly.

 

[Mr Natural]

Note to parents:

Nobody thinks your kids are cute except you.

 

[Road Runner]

Note to parents:

Nobody thinks your kids are cute except you.

Lol I wouldn't go THAT far, but a baby constantly crying when couples are trying to enjoy their meals is both ridiculous and disruptive.

 

[surada]

I sure wouldn't.

This Woman Wants To Know If She's Wrong For Asking To Switch Tables In A Restaurant Because She Was Seated Next To A Crying Baby, And People Have Big Opinions

"I didn’t want to start a fight or anything, but I got really annoyed by her attitude, so I told her that she could actually do something about the crying... she could take her baby home so it can properly sleep and then let everyone else there enjoy their meals."

www.buzzfeed.com

I have raised 5. You don't take babies or small children to fancy restaurants.

 

[Concerned American]

And if you can't find a babysitter then go somewhere else more family friendly.

Or how about this novel idea. Train your children to act like civilized human beings. I raised my daughter from the age of two in proper table manners and etiquette and she never so much as looked over the back of a booth at fellow diners.

 

[Road Runner]

Or how about this novel idea. Train your children to act like civilized human beings. I raised my daughter from the age of two in proper table manners and etiquette and she never so much as looked over the back of a booth at fellow diners.

True, but I think that it was an actual infant.

 

[Concerned American]

True, but I think that it was an actual infant.

There are occasions when the parents of infants have no other option as is the case if they are traveling. What would you suggest a couple who are staying in a hotel do? Starve their child and go hungry?

 

[Road Runner]

There are occasions when the parents of infants have no other option as is the case if they are traveling. What would you suggest a couple who are staying in a hotel do? Starve their child and go hungry?

Umm,.. go to another restaurant?

 

[Mr Natural]

There are occasions when the parents of infants have no other option as is the case if they are traveling. What would you suggest a couple who are staying in a hotel do? Starve their child and go hungry?

Either room service or Denny’s.

 

[MarathonMike]

We never did with ours. People paying hundreds of dollars to enjoy a nice evening shouldn't have to listen to a screaming baby or kid.

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

There are occasions when the parents of infants have no other option as is the case if they are traveling. What would you suggest a couple who are staying in a hotel do? Starve their child and go hungry?

They wouldnt be going to a fancy restaurant while traveling with a child.
They should stop and order something to go if their child is an issue.
I can understand if they're flying and they have no choice but to bring the kid along but even then it sucks to be a captive audience for hours on end.
Hell give the kid a small dose of Benadryl and they'll snooze for hours.

 

[Road Runner]

They wouldnt be going to a fancy restaurant while traveling with a child.
They should stop and order something to go if their child is an issue.
I can understand if they're flying and they have no choice but to bring the kid along but even then it sucks to be a captive audience for hours on end.
Hell give the kid a small dose of Benadryl and they'll snooze for hours.

I agree with everything except that last sentence since it's children we're talking about here.

 

[Concerned American]

Umm,.. go to another restaurant?

Or maybe the other patrons could quit being a bunch of whining Karens and have some compassion for parents who might just be in a difficult situation that is beyond their making. You, April, of all people, I would expect to understand with the problems you have cited about your life and having to cope.

 

[Road Runner]

Or maybe the other patrons could quit being a bunch of whining Karens and have some compassion for parents who might just be in a difficult situation that is beyond their making. You, April, of all people, I would expect to understand with the problems you have cited about your life and having to cope.

Ummm,... I never had to cope with crying babies in fancy restaurants because I never go to them and I don't have children yet lol this situation has absolutely nothing to do with mine.

 

[DGS49]

Yeah, there are restaurants where a crying baby would not be out of place. Do you best to quiet the kid.

While I don't generally go to "nice" restaurants, I have to admit that I reached a point as a parent where I almost didn't even hear my own kid...not crying, but babbling before he knew how to talk. A couple times I realized in church that others might be disturbed by noise that I was barely aware of.

My fault. Absolutely.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

There are occasions when the parents of infants have no other option as is the case if they are traveling. What would you suggest a couple who are staying in a hotel do? Starve their child and go hungry?

Find a McDonald's, a gas station with a convenience store, a grocery store pick up bread and lunch meat. Most grocery stores have a delicious. Going to a fine dining restaurant should never be an option, not even if the infant is a qualified sommelier.

If a couple can't figure it out, go hungry and your brat too.

 

[Concerned American]

They should stop and order something to go if their child is an issue.

I am a bit defensive of the parents. I have been in such a situation where we arrived in a smaller town in OR. We arrived after the dinner hour with no other options than the restaurant attached to the hotel. Our daughter was not disruptive, and we asked for something as simple as a slice of toast. Our meal came -- no toast. I took it as a snub and left no tip. There are occasions that things happen. With the info in the story to go on--I think the complaining party is a Karen.