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[athelind]

Restaurant Says "NO" to Screaming Children

Excerpt the First:

A restaurant in Carolina Beach is stirring up controversy over a couple of signs reading, "Screaming children will not be tolerated."

Excerpt the Second:

"I've never seen a restaurant say, don't bring your screaming kids in here," said Ashley Heflin, who is a mom of two. "You can't help it if your kids scream."

YES. YES, YOU CAN.

You can either pay attention to them -- and that includes "discipline", if need be -- or you can stay the BLEEP home and take care of them.

You can even find a baby sitter, if you just need some out-of-the-house time and a break from parenting.

When I first reacted to this story, hoodahdc said, "Athe is angry about babies."

No, Athe is angry about parents.

Nine times out of ten, when I see some kid screaming its head off in a restaurant or a mall or in my BLEEPing store, the parents are blithely ignoring it and doing their damnedest to hold a conversation over their progeny's howls.

I would, for the record, consider the stereotypical parental brush-off of "not now, dear, Mommy's talking" that is media shorthand for "parental neglect" vastly superior to the parents I see who flat-out ignore their offspring.

So yes. YES. Hooray for Brenda Armes, and I hope beyond hope that she's the harbinger of a trend.

Comments

[tombfyre.livejournal.com]

I've started to see some eating establishments banning children entirely, seeing as parents can't be bothered to raise the things properly. ^^() Kudos to them, for taking a stand and not just putting up with the noise anymore.

[athelind.livejournal.com]

And if it ever comes down to a court case:

"You can't discriminate against parents with children."

"We'll start serving hard liquor."

"... a lot of places serve cocktails. That doesn't automatically make you a 21-and-up establishment."

"We'll bring in strippers."

"..."

[tombfyre.livejournal.com]

Heh heh, yeah that might further things along. :3 I was being told by a friend of mine about some article she'd read, about an adult-only town. No children allowed within city limits, or something like that. Unfortunately she was low on details, and I've never been able to find what she was talking about anywhere online. Or for that matter, if it was something happening, or just a conceptual idea.

That kind of extreme would be a PR nightmare to say the least. ^^() No minors within city limits, crazy shit!

[hafoc.livejournal.com]

Actually, I thought of that. I figured if I ever ran a restaurant I'd get one of those frowzy saloon nudes and put it on the wall-- or maybe just a 3x5 inch nekkid lady pasted to the wall in some obscure corner-- and say "Nope, we can't let the kids in, we gots adult images with full nudity on the walls."