Inconsiderate Parents

pineapple

We could learn a thing or two from our continental cousins whose kids know how to behave in restaurants. It is of course down to the parents but restaurant staff and other diners need to say something. Though primarily it's the responsibility of the restaurant staff.
It reminds me of a coach trip where someone's kid was running amok and climbing over the seats and all the mother could do was manage a feeble, 'I'd rather you didn't do that dear' - which the little horror ignored. Come to think of it, none of us said anything. Unfortunately I think it's in the national character not to want to make a fuss.

DCFC79

Thats just how some parents of today are, pretty annoying as they will grow up to be little !!!!!! if teh parents dont nip it in the bud.

fadetogrey

I always raised my kids to respect other people and rarely needed to smack them.On a plane on our holiday one year I had the brat from hell behind me aged about 6.From the time he sat down he kept kicking the back of my seat.His father looked like a henpicked husband straight from central casting and his mother looked like the dirtiest,slobbyist chav you ever saw.I tried asking the little "person" to please stop and it lasted for a few minutes before he continued.His father kept his own head buried in a book and his mother kept her mouth buried in her beer.After a good hour of it Im sorry to say I lost my temper and turned round and yelled at the top of my voice "leave my Fcuking seat alone.I dont know who got the biggest shock but it was a close thing between the mother who dropped her cup of beer over herself and the father whos book flew out of his hand almost hitting the passenger across from him.The noise I made was enough to keep the boy quiet for the rest of the trip and I think the mother was almost afraid to breath either.I was sorry I lost it but sometimes you reach the end of your tether and...........:eek:

malkyh

fadetogrey wrote: »

I always raised my kids to respect other people and rarely needed to smack them.On a plane on our holiday one year I had the brat from hell behind me aged about 6.From the time he sat down he kept kicking the back of my seat.His father looked like a henpicked husband straight from central casting and his mother looked like the dirtiest,slobbyist chav you ever saw.I tried asking the little "person" to please stop and it lasted for a few minutes before he continued.His father kept his own head buried in a book and his mother kept her mouth buried in her beer.After a good hour of it Im sorry to say I lost my temper and turned round and yelled at the top of my voice "leave my Fcuking seat alone.I dont know who got the biggest shock but it was a close thing between the mother who dropped her cup of beer over herself and the father whos book flew out of his hand almost hitting the passenger across from him.The noise I made was enough to keep the boy quiet for the rest of the trip and I think the mother was almost afraid to breath either.I was sorry I lost it but sometimes you reach the end of your tether and...........:eek:

Although I believe you should have done something, turning round and swearing at the child was wrong.

Should have just punched the little fcuk in the mouth. Actions speak louder than words.

singlestep

My mum and I were sitting waiting for our table at a restaurant recently. The waiting area was against a railing for a raised seating area - there were three or four tables but none near to us. After a couple of minutes, a little kid poured his drink all over us (ruining our tops) and when we dared to complain to his mother, she shrugged and said 'He's only two" and resumed her conversation. Which was kind of the point we were trying to make - he was HER responsibility. A few minutes later and we were trying to dry off and a girl not much bigger screamed in response to the boy slapping her at which point the mother screamed at her to shut the f*** up. Okaaay then ...

fluffnutter

I think most people have 'enjoyed' the delights of someone else's badly behaved child. I remember trying to play pool in a pub once whilst a young lad ran round and round the table grabbing the balls and putting them down the pockets. When I tried to (gently) admonish said child, I was rewarded with a load of abuse from its charming mother who was sat on the other side of the pub boozing, gassing, smoking and ignoring her child. I was a 'fcuking b1tch' for daring to speak to her kid like that. I was going to be 'reported for child abuse' etc.

It stands to reason that, seeing as most people have kids, then some of the parents are going to be wankers. Because, at the end of the day, some people just are wankers.

Becles

We were in a museum recently which had a pond with some beautiful koi carp in. My children were standing watching them when another boy arrived and started poking the fish with the stick off a balloon. The parents were just laughing at him.

The fish were visibly distressed at the poking so I crouched down and asked the boy not to do that as he was hurting the fish.

The parents came over and started shouting at me and calling me a racist saying I was abusing their boy because he was Asian?!

Thankfully they left after that, so we could continue to enjoy the fish in peace.

essex1990

Maybe social services should patrol the area, any parent who shows they are incompetent in bringing up their children should have them taken away there and then. Would solve a lot of problems.

Dave101t

dont go to family restaurants then.
or if you do, make sure you annoy them somehow, repeating 'unfit parents, w ankers', f ing terrible kids' usually works. childish? i dont think so, those are grown up words!

andymc29

I second the point about taking note from our European neighbours, I travel to Europe with work a lot and find in general that European children are much much better behaved than the English ones, it's pretty embarassing. Having said that, you can always tell which flight's heading back to the UK in the airport, it's the one with all the overweight football shirt wearing slobs.