Shut it up!

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Jasson

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I work at Perkins, which is a resturaunt that serves breakfast all day amonst other foods. We get a lot of families comming in because you get a lot of food for a decent price. I hate when people come in with little kids. There was one point tonight where all 12 of our high chairs were being used and about 10 of our booster seats were out on the floor. Some kids are nice, polite, they look down when you smile at them.

But then there are the other kids. The kids who don't listen to anyone, who run around the resturaunt screaming their bloody heads off, knocking into other customers, and dribbling food all along the way. They crumble crackers onto the floor beause they think it's funny and we even had one child dance on the table in a puddle of maple syrup while wearing nothing but his diaper. (I blame that one on the parents cuz they were sitting there laughing while I scowled at the mess I'd have to deal with when they left.) One child was running from the bathroom and I heard his mom say, "Walk, DON'T run." And he bolted even faster right in front of me. I had to stop abruptly to keep from running into him and my entire tray went tumbling. The mom turned red and put her hands over her face mumbling how sorry she was. Later, she grabbed my arm and appologized again. I think her naughty little boy should be the one saying sorry.

I'm so tired of hearing children scream when they don't get what they want. What? I don't have my juice right this second. :eek: *insert loud long screeching scream* The kid will turn purple until they get what they want. What? I can't keep coloring? :mad: *scream* You didn't let me say what I wanted, you said it for me?! :cry: And what do the parents do? They pat their arm or yell at me, a busser, to get what their child wants.

When they leave, I'm forced to drag out the vaccume cleaner, the bleach, and make 6 trips back to the kitchen because of all the shit left on the tables and floors. It's fricken rediculous. Watch your children. If they're crumbling stuff onto the floor, stop them. If they are running around the resturaunt, grab them and make them walk. If they're screaming, take them outside until they calm down. Nobody want's to deal with your little brat. Especially not people who have been working for 6 hours scraping gum off the bottom of tables and scraping half eaten gooey eggs off of plates.

P.S. Salad dressing is the worst thing to get on your hand when you're bussing. I don't know why, it's just gross.
 
Do you have kids?
I have a baby and she is JUST learning to eat... and she makes a HUGE mess. I feel so embarrassed and short of bringing my vacuum with me there isn't much to do.

Some kids are rugrats... some well some are just kids. You work in a family resteraunt. Get over it.

I hate working in the food service industry because it sucks ass.

I think highchairs should have this nifty thing around it to CATCH all the spillings of small children...hrm...

As for screaming. Well if my kid is 2-3 I will ask for my food to-go and leave my food service reps in peace.
 
I'm not talking about the tiny kids. I'm talking about the fricken 4-6 year olds who really make trouble. Yeah, 2 and 3 can be a pain too, but they're still little. I can understand them making a mess.
 
Mmm, Perkins. Very good food, especially hash browns and pancakes. I bought some pancake mix from Perkins so I could make them, hehe :D

Yeah, the way some kids act in resturants really pisses me off. Even if the parents try to stop them, they will continue their rampage. :mad: But what can you do, you know? They're kids, afterall.

I went to a local resturant once in my town called Uptown Cafe, a little rugrat jumped on the table and started singing, I started laughing at him, he jumped off and punched me in the chest. Bitch! :sad:
 
5-6yr old beasts need some drugs in their milkshakes! You should bring some nyquil with you and a dropper.

The parents are so dumb they will think their kid is behaving. For once.

But don't you ever get 18-20 year olds acting the same way?
 
My kids are pretty good at restaurants, because they know I will just get up and leave if they are not. Then they just get soup for dinner.

But, about holding thier breath or screaming to get thier way---kids do this, even generally good kids. It is a power play on the parents.

My daughter tried that a few weeks ago. She said she was going to hold her breath until she died and got her way.

I laughed, and told her she would pass out first and not die.

Then me, dustin and his brother in law watched her until she finally relented and breathed. Us grown ups had a good laugh at that.
 
Now I don't have kids, but I know what kids do. I have seen the holdong the breath till they get what they want to the laying in the middle of the floor and screem for 30 minuts bullshit. Its a parenting problem, spoliled kids are different than kids that are raised with maners and morals.

I have had to tell a 8 year old to get out of a fountain (in a park) he said no and kept playing, I said I was leaving, and he said leave him there or come get him, I walked away. I got 13 feet away and walked around a bush and watched him, he stoped playing and looked where I had walked real scared, he was used to his parents doing things for him.

The best thing I have seen is a sing that was hanging in a resturant that said "Parents, control your children. We reserve the right to remove patrons from the premisis due to problematic children." I also saw some mother get told to leave, she just couldn't understand why they wanted her to leave (or she was deaf thanks to that kid of hers)

The parent is in charge, not the child. The parents need to learn this.
 
What these people are lacking is common courtesy, and respect for others.
Anyone who would allow their child to disrupt an entire restaurant, has none of the above, therefore it is completely understandable that the child acts the way they do.

These people are morons and should be asked to leave. The loss of the income of one table is not near as important as the comfort of all others.

Been in your shoes.
 
I don't remember ever being problamatic in restraunts... but I almost got my family kicked out of a hotel once. But I was fighting with my brothers, not whining about juice.
 
I understand completely what your saying! It's not necessarily the kids that get me, it's the parents. Kids will be kids, and there are some fucking monsters out there. I don't think parents these days really take enough action to discipline their children.
 
One thing to keep in mind is that most parents are AFRAID of disciplining their children in public. Why, you ask? Because there are so many mollycoddling buttinskis out there that will accuse you of abusing your child, or stifling their growth and self-actualization (and other psychobabble bullshit) and call CPS on your ass. Then you have to go through all this shit just to keep your children.

All part of the pussification of America.
 
Let me tell u something my little 5 year old brotttther is a little god damn fucking devil... once he punch my grandma in her stomack..... she is so fucking sick... she cant even stand up of the sicknes,,,, she is 68
 
I have absolutely no problem telling children if they're annoying me.

Was on a plane one time, coming home after a long business trip. Hate flying to begin with, so wasn't in the most congenial of moods. The person behind me kept kicking the back of my seat, (Sounds like that CSI episode, eh?) I lifted my head and said, in a reasonable voice, "Please stop that." A couple of minutes later, the kicking began again. So, "Please stop kicking the chair." Silence, and about 2 minutes of stillness. Then, kick, kick, kick. I got up, and without taking the time to see who was in the seat, said in a firm, fairly loud tone, "Stop that, NOW!" Well, I thought the maybe 6 year old was going to melt into his chair, and the grown-up sitting next to him could have caught flies with an open-mouthed expression.

It worked.
 
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