>> On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 15:09:55 -0800, Dan Abel > wrote:
>
> It depends on the situation, and you have to be there to judge it, but
> I've certainly seen occasional adults who cannot tolerate normal kid
> behavior. They need to find places where there aren't any kids.
>
Ah, but how do you FIND one (unless there is a sign such as the one which
kicked off this topic in the first place?).

I've posted here before about places where you wouldn't *think* you'd find
kids... places that are mostly bars/taverns that happen to serve burgers and
appetizer-type food. No "kiddie menu". I was trounced for being irritated
because there was a couple in the booth behind us with two young (say 4 and
6 year old) unruly kids and the parents wouldn't do anything about them.
The older one kept standing up (turned facing us) and yelling across the
booth over our heads and kicking the booth (which happened to be right at my
back). Neither of the children wanted anything the mother suggested from
the menu - Chicken tenders? No. Hamburger? No. Nachos? No. How do I
know this? Because the kids were so loud the parents had to speak *over*
them so we were privy to every bit of this parent/child interaction.

I didn't feel it was an appropriate place for them to take kids in the first
place. It was around 5PM; plenty of blue collar types sitting at the bar
drinking beer and watching sports. Adults (like us) in booths along the
wall. No other children except the unruly loud ones in the booth behind us.
It was exasperating. We could have left, sure, but we were there first; the
server had just brought us our burgers and a second round of drinks.

Jill