Rants - Kids In Pubs & Restaurants
Now I don't know how to break this to some of you.
I've been thinking of the best way to say this without upsetting
you but I think the best thing I can do is tell you outright - I
don't like sitting in a pub watching your bloody kids running
riot!
Now I'm not a father myself so it is possible that I might
mellow in the future when I do become a dad, however I shall not
be as irresponsible as some of you parents out there are.
As a youngster I was extremely interested in the mysterious pub.
On more than one occasion I went with my parents or my granddad,
however while they were allowed inside I would either have to
sit outside the front or use the side gate to take me through to
the beer garden around the back - the simple rule, no kids in
the pub.
As I grew older I could see that the public house was a retreat
for adults, they could go inside and have a drink and they
wouldn't be bothered by kids - it was an over eighteen
environment where the language could be colourful, the card
games were fast and furious and above all you didn't have to
watch where you were walking for fear of stepping on another
bloody child sprawled out across the floor.
Could the adult population be left with this last sanctuary to
themselves?
Of course not, queue the government and suddenly we have new
laws in place, suddenly sixteen and seventeen year olds are
allowed in the pub as long as they aren't drinking alcohol.
Soon it's fourteen year olds that are allowed in - how long
before the local gang of eight year olds are making their way in
for an orange squash before their afternoon nap?
But the thing is, the lowering of the age limit is not actually
the worst of it and this is where I bring restaurants into the
rant.
How would you like to be sitting in a restaurant eating a meal
when you happen to glance to one side and notice a kid stood
less then a metre away just staring at you?
Would you really enjoy sitting down to a meal only to suddenly
find that the kids on the table behind think it is great fun to
throw their food around and in your general direction?
Is it really that good when you return from the bar with a
couple of drinks and suddenly find yourself tripping over a
child laying and rolling on the floor or being bumped into by a
couple of kids playing "tag" in this busy eating establishment?
As if the kids themselves are not bad enough, but you look to
the parents for support.
You look at the staring kid and then glance over to the parents,
silent you are looking at them and saying "Would you please mind
asking your child to not stare at us?" and what do we get in
return?
Parents with some stupid dumb look on their face - as if we
should all be enjoying their kids.
Parents laughing as their children run around the restaurant
playing games, running into people and generally ruining the
atmosphere for other people.
What can't you keep your bloody kids under control? I'm sorry
but this is simply bad parenting, you are allowing your kids to
run riot and do whatever they like and not once are you thinking
about the other people unfortunate enough to be sharing a
restaurant/bar with you.
We personally look for "over eighteen" bars and restaurant's
these days - we can sit down and enjoy a drink and something to
eat in peace and in a really good atmosphere.
This is a lot more preferable to sharing the place with
irresponsible parents who think it's a great laugh to let their
kids do what they want and never once tell them off.
You might like to say "no" or "please stop that" to your
children now and again - discipline should form part of growing
up and gets them ready for later life when they cannot do what
they want when they want while you look at them with some stupid
fucking grin on your face.
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