On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 09:43:39 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

> On 2015-07-27 9:30 AM, sf wrote:
> > On Mon, 27 Jul 2015 07:24:59 -0400, Nancy Young
> > > wrote:
> >
> >> In the paper yesterday, they had a bunch of people commenting about
> >> that recent incident where a diner owner got fed up with a noisy kid and
> >> yelled at him/her to shut up. I was kind of surprised that most
> >> people sided with the restaurant owner, even the ones who disagreed
> >> did say they would have taken the child out before it got to that point.
> >
> > Did you see that it took 45 minutes to be served and the child was a
> > hungry 2 YO? I wouldn't want to wait 45 minutes for food, no matter
> > what the circumstance.
>
>
> There are times of the day not to take toddlers to restaurants. Kids
> tend to be grumpy at nap time and when they are hungry. Fast food
> restaurants are a more appropriate venue for someone with a kid who
> needs to be fed fast.

Agree.

> However, this is another case of credibility. The
> owner said they had ordered pancakes for the kid. The pancakes had been
> served but the parents had not fed them to the child. The hungry kid
> would have been sitting there looking at her food.
>
As if that's a believable story. I didn't read that version and I've
read both sides. Are you saying there's a third version now?

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sf