Inconsiderate Parents

qetu1357

dontone wrote: »

It's pity that restaurants aren't allowed to tie kids and idiot parents to their chairs and make them sit there until they are ready to leave after a meal. I was once in one of those chinese all you can eat places and this child was allowed to run around the dessert counter and eat as much ice cream as he wanted, but he also kept licking the scoops before putting them back into that bowl of water that's provided. The parents just laughed, and the staff ended up shutting the counter off till they cleaned up after him.
Worse one I heard of, was my own friend from school bragging about how her and her family had gone out to eat and her little boy (he has special needs so he can behave how he likes - her words not mine) threw up all over the cakes and jelly that were on the sweet counter, because he'd had 4 helpings of chocolate cake :eek:. She posted it on f/b and laughed about it.:mad:
She's still upset with me because I gave her a rollocking for allowing such disgusting behaviour to happen. Apparently I because I don't have kids, I don't realise that "it's what kids do"
I wasn't the only one who told her off either. Disgraceful, if I'd had run the place I'd have charged her for ruining the entire stock.

Blame the parents NOT the kids...........

MamaMoo_2

I've yet to meet an ars*hole of a kid who doesn't have an ars*hole of a mother/father.
My OH's niece is a little brat, at 3 years old she comes into my house, snatches things off of my son, smears chocolate up the walls, attempts to use the whole house as a playground despite being told "no", and climbs into (and rips) toys that are for babies, not toddlers! Is it her fault? No. Her mother (who hasn't worked since she was pregnant, and barely did before that) can't be bothered to teach the poor girl manners. When I asked why she didn't do so? Because "that takes too much time". I'm sorry, but if touring work because you've had a child, you've chosen to be a 24/7 mother. If you aren't prepared to put some time and effort into raising your child, you don't deserve to have one.

dontone

qetu1357 wrote: »

Blame the parents NOT the kids...........

I agree, and I told her it was her fault for allowing it. She's just lazy and blames his special needs for a variety of stuff, including that for him being a rather greedy child. Some people shouldn't be allowed to have kids.

Forgot to say, when this woman's OWN mother found out what she'd allowed her son to do, she ended up with another earbashing, because although she didn't have the best upbringing, her mum was mortified and embarrassed that she allowed her son to behave like that.

olias

Velcro_Hotdog wrote: »

It's also an example of someone who isn't prepared or hasn't got the minerals to tell people to f**k off. If people are ruining your evening tell them, don't just let it happen and then moan on an internet forum. People like the ones who spoiled your night will never learn unless someone tells them they are in the wrong.

Although I agree with you tyo an extent, the sad fact is that you have to be so careful these days. I was in a Macdonalds when a couple of guys sat near me. They started not only effing and blinding, but describing in detail the type of sex they were into! There were a lot of families around with young kids in earshot. I asked the lads to tone it down and had a knife pulled on me by one of them who threatened to 'slice me', while the other one threw his full drink over me.

I'm not saying that would have happened to the OP, and I'm not saying that it would always stop me saying something, but these days there are just too many violent people around.

Olias

fluffnutter

olias wrote: »

Although I agree with you tyo an extent, the sad fact is that you have to be so careful these days. I was in a Macdonalds when a couple of guys sat near me. They started not only effing and blinding, but describing in detail the type of sex they were into! There were a lot of families around with young kids in earshot. I asked the lads to tone it down and had a knife pulled on me by one of them who threatened to 'slice me', while the other one threw his full drink over me.

I'm not saying that would have happened to the OP, and I'm not saying that it would always stop me saying something, but these days there are just too many violent people around.

Olias

That's horrible. I'd have deffo reported that to the filth.

heretolearn_2

Some parents simply don't give a stuff and think their little darlings have the right to run riot anywhere.

I'd like to apologise to anyone who was in the bluewater Nandos recently when I was there with 4 family children (age range 3 - 12) who were appalling. I was doing my best to try to stop them but no-one else even looked at them, even their parents. I was dying of embarrassment the whole time. they were screaming, shouting, pouring salt all over the table, food everywhere, throwing food at each other, squirting drink down the straws at each other, making paper napkin spitball and shooting them at each other. I really want to apologise to the poor woman at the adjoining table who kept getting hit by stray food, drink and spit balls.

I've never wanted to just reach out and slap someone else's kids like that night. I had to physically sit on my hands at one point.

the other adults were completely oblivious to it all. At one point I did say something to the mum and she just laughed and said 'that's their idea of fun'.

After we left I had to sneak back to the place and apologise to the poor waitress who had to clean up a war zone.

I'm going to get a Tshirt printed if I ever have to go anywhere with that lot again 'these are not my kids!'. I was soooooo embarrassed. How come some parents aren't?

qetu1357

MamaMoo wrote: »

I've yet to meet an ars*hole of a kid who doesn't have an ars*hole of a mother/father.
My OH's niece is a little brat, at 3 years old she comes into my house, snatches things off of my son, smears chocolate up the walls, attempts to use the whole house as a playground despite being told "no", and climbs into (and rips) toys that are for babies, not toddlers! Is it her fault? No. Her mother (who hasn't worked since she was pregnant, and barely did before that) can't be bothered to teach the poor girl manners. When I asked why she didn't do so? Because "that takes too much time". I'm sorry, but if touring work because you've had a child, you've chosen to be a 24/7 mother. If you aren't prepared to put some time and effort into raising your child, you don't deserve to have one.

To drive a car you need to have lessons, pass two tests, ensure the car is maintained and roadworthy, ensure the car is insured, keep to the laws of the roads.......

To have a child you need to...................

fluffnutter

qetu1357 wrote: »

To drive a car you need to have lessons, pass two tests, ensure the car is maintained and roadworthy, ensure the car is insured, keep to the laws of the roads.......

To have a child you need to...................

... get jiggy?

qetu1357

fluffnutter wrote: »

... get jiggy?

Exactly......................

Idiophreak

This reminds me of something that happened to me recently...I was in a place with my OH having dinner. Between main course and desert a little girl on the only other occupied table in the room (a large party) was violently sick all over the place. So, that kinda spoilt the mood a little bit. To be honest, I was a little surprised that the staff didn't offer to move us to a different room (there were plenty of tables) so we didn't have to sit and watch various people mopping up, wiping down the tables etc. What made it worse, though, were the adults on the table who insisted on constant action replays for the next 20 minutes - pretending to wretch and heave and simulating projectile vomiting any way they could. Now, I appreciate that they were probably just trying to make the girl's mum feel better (in a "these things happen" kind of way) - but I guess it was easier for them to have such a generous attitude when they were yet to receive their starters. I, meanwhile, really struggled to eat my desert. I didn't really feel I could speak to them about it - and as we were the only other table in there, I couldn't speak to the staff. The whole thing sucked.