"Kalmia" > wrote in message
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On Jun 16, 11:02 am, "The Ranger" > wrote:
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> Experience says that you should move if it's impacting eating that much. ]
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Sometimes you can't. When a kid is shrieking to the point that the
whole room hears him....are you supposed to up and leave? Pay or not?

One cigar smoker landed me sick in the restroom by the time my meal
came - a hundred bucks down the drain. Management said they didn't
wish to upset anyone and maybe _I_ shudda said something to him.
Thank heaven for the no smoking policy now. All we need now is a 'no
kids in this dining room' policy.

I also steer clear of booths where a kid is sitting and kicking on the
other side. Give me a nice, quiet table at the end of a deadend
aisle.

Loud music has sometimes been a turnoff too.



Uh oh.... now you're going to be called out for having a "no kids"
tolerance!

I have no problem with kids if their parents have control over them (which
they should). But I, too, have experienced the kids kicking me in the back
from the next booth experience. And in general these days the parents do
nothing. Some parents think it's normal behaviour, for some reason.

I was on a plane once, seated on the aisle with an empty seat next to me. A
young man asked if he could move to the seat next to mine. He said the kid
behind him kept kicking his seat hard and giggling about it. He'd asked the
mother if she could tell the boy to stop but either she wouldn't or she
couldn't control the boy. If it had been a full plane he'd have had to
endure this unruly child for 1000 miles. Sorry, but no one should have to
deal with that.

Shrieking children should always be taken outside or into a restroom. But
then again, it depends on the style of the restaurant. If I go to a "family
style" restaurant shouldn't I expect cranky children whose parents dragged
them out because they couldn't get a babysitter? If it's an upscale
restaurant and dinner is after "kiddie hour" then no, I'd expect management
to deal with it.

Kids aside, boorishly loud drunken adults in restaurants are annoying as
hell. Often they think they're the life of the party. They may well be the
life of *their* party but they aren't the life of the party for the entire
restaurant.

Would it put me off my food? Only if it got really extreme. It depends on
the situation and the restaurant (and how hungry I was LOL). If the food at
the place is *that* good I may ask to be reseated. Or I might leave and go
someplace else.

I prefer to cook at home anyway.

Jill