August 4, 2012
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To Parents – A public service announcement
yesterday at a restaurant there were two ladies and their children. They let their children run wild and make a mess of the ketchup bar. The ladies saw their children made a mess but they did not clean it up. My wonderful son Wayne cleaned it up. They let their children sit alone and act wild while they sat together talking and joking (seems like they were best friends and their kids hang out all the time). Parents like those are why people hate children. They made me really appreciate my three children who listen to me and behave. PARENTS if your children make a mess make them clean it or you clean it. And have your children behave in public…. everyone doesnt want to deal with them running about screaming. THANK YOU!
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wen always clean up after ourselves… i have a 6 year old and a 1 year old so when we go out there is usually a mess… but i try my hardest to make sure that we pick up as much of the floor as we can and stack our dishes nicely… i hate going out and being sat by kids who dont know how to behave.
That’s for sure!
Ugh. Your kids sound great.
I’ve only witnessed that kind of behavior once or twice. Wow. I can’t believe they didn’t clean up after their children and they just sat there and watched.
props to you and your son : )
Irresponsible parenting, at the very least. Lazy as hell at worst. People need to realize it is not the job of the serving staff or busboys at a restaurant to clean up after your kids. The last time I took Zoe to a restaurant she slapped two water glasses off the table and repeatedly tried to invade the kitchen. I helped clean up the mess, apologized to the folks at the next table who got splashed (they understood once I explained about her autism) and then held her on my lap until Larry came and got her so I could finish my lunch in peace.
If I can manage all that, surely they can control their own bratty little offspring.
i’ve never seen anything like that…but i did see something worse awhile back. driving down the road this mom was letting her 2 kids crawl all over the car. i just…….oh my gosh. i about lost it.
Most awesome of your son to take the time to clean up the mess! Giving him the badge on this one.
As a former waitress….I hated this. Parents that would let kids make huge messes and the bussboy and I would clean it up. Once a child poured left over soup on the seat before they left. The mother just looked at me and shrugged her shoulders. I’ve seen children throw mashed potatoes on the wall for me to wipe off. It would really scare me when kids ran around the restaurant I worked at. Servers have VERY HOT PLATES and when kids run into or run around…it’s a recipe for a disaster. I watched a former co-worker get fired because she spilled some pasta on a child that was running around the restaurant and bumped in to her and the parents had a fit. I’ve got a million horror stories like that. Your kid is amazing. Thank you. Kids like that make a waitress’s day. Parents like you make our day.
Some people don’t know how to raise up their kids. It is sad to see such things happen in public.
Strict parenting is a dying art.
You raised your son right. Good job Mom.
The unacceptable actions of those two moron Moms proves not everyone should have children. What saddens me is that children do as they are taught and these kids are going to grow up wondering why people want nothing to do with them.My boys never did this and neither do their kids, my grandkids.My oldest son and I were in Burger King the other day, (resturants here have all gone out of business except fast food), and there were three kids around 4, 5 and 7 years old, running around climbing all over people and booths. Their parents just sat there ignoring them. My son went up to their parents and asked them if the chidlren were theirs. They answered yes and asked why. My son told them that he couldn”t tell by the way they were ignoring their kids and letting them run wild botherign people and getting into things. The parents got up, got their kids and left.I felt bad for the kids.
I agree with the person above who mentioned that it’s dangerous for children to run about- my parents used to own a restaurant and once one of the waitresses spilled a hot drink over a child because they were hiding and jumping out from under tables, she got into a lot of trouble as no one can possibly ever blame the child or parent…. *sarcasm*
Not all children are like this, not all parents are like this, but there are still some out there who need to handle their responsibility and take control of their children.
Don’t you think we should let them know that they are not teaching their kids how to behave in public?