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Staying in a hotel in Colchester and had the misfortune to have a meal at the attached Table Table pub. Now I didn't expect the Ivy but dear god the food was awful, service was worse and the people at the table next to me should have their kids taken away.
Mother and Grandma plus a guy who just seemed to be there with a small child, with the look of the cast of Deliverance. So we have screaming kid, screaming mother and screaming Gran and silent man. Kid was up and down running around, guy was walking in and out and the two fat slags shouting at everyone.
After the kid had fallen off the chair, because using the high chair provided was just not on their list I had had enough. So I said," have you thought of going on the TV programme where the Nanny helps you get your kids undercontrol?
Wow fantastic can you do that, do you know them? It was too good to pass up, so as a result she is ringing a made up number and asking for a Miss Take tomorrow. You shouldn't mock them but they really should not be allowed to breed.
Mother and Grandma plus a guy who just seemed to be there with a small child, with the look of the cast of Deliverance. So we have screaming kid, screaming mother and screaming Gran and silent man. Kid was up and down running around, guy was walking in and out and the two fat slags shouting at everyone.
After the kid had fallen off the chair, because using the high chair provided was just not on their list I had had enough. So I said," have you thought of going on the TV programme where the Nanny helps you get your kids undercontrol?
Wow fantastic can you do that, do you know them? It was too good to pass up, so as a result she is ringing a made up number and asking for a Miss Take tomorrow. You shouldn't mock them but they really should not be allowed to breed.
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Beware of the "you don't understand what its like to be a parent" crowd amassing round this thread right now...
Nah that's bulls
t.I'm a parent, and always had control over my kids.
Now in their teens, my kids still respect me.
It's all about parenting skills - something seemingly sadly lacking in a lot of cases.
TonyRPH said:
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Beware of the "you don't understand what its like to be a parent" crowd amassing round this thread right now...
Nah that's bullst.I'm a parent, and always had control over my kids.
Now in their teens, my kids still respect me.
It's all about parenting skills - something seemingly sadly lacking in a lot of cases.
) However I posted on a thread quite some time ago about an incident in a restaurant where some parents were letting their (estimated) 7 year old stand on a table repeatedly screaming "CAN YOU HEAR ME MUMMY" over and over again - and a frightening amount of the responses were "You don't know what its like to be a parent"I hope next time, I am sitting at the table next to your behaved family when I am eating rather than these usual a
hole 
TheCarpetCleaner said:
TonyRPH said:
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Beware of the "you don't understand what its like to be a parent" crowd amassing round this thread right now...
Nah that's bullst.I'm a parent, and always had control over my kids.
Now in their teens, my kids still respect me.
It's all about parenting skills - something seemingly sadly lacking in a lot of cases.
) However I posted on a thread quite some time ago about an incident in a restaurant where some parents were letting their (estimated) 7 year old stand on a table repeatedly screaming "CAN YOU HEAR ME MUMMY" over and over again - and a frightening amount of the responses were "You don't know what its like to be a parent"I hope next time, I am sitting at the table next to your behaved family when I am eating rather than these usual a
hole It does get frustrating sometimes, I've been turned away from nice pubs for a sunday roast when my son was younger "I'm sorry sir we cant cater for children" so rightly some, some parents do get a bit uptight about it, he'd have eaten the adult dinner and should have been quiet and not run around like a little mong.
He's asked me before if he can run around / play with the other "free-range" children when we've been out for dinner, he's always told no, this is a place fo eating, and chatting, not a playground. That's what charlie chalks/wacky warehouse/mcdonalds is for...
Of course, he then asks "can we go to charlie chalks" to which the answer is "no the food is crap, and the clientelle are all scumbags"
Having said all that, I couldnt agree more with the OP, nice work, or you guys. Just trying to explain why the "you dont have kids do you" crowd get so up-tight sometimes (rightly or wrongly).
davido140 said:
He's asked me before if he can run around / play with the other "free-range" children when we've been out for dinner, he's always told no, this is a place fo eating, and chatting, not a playground. That's what charlie chalks/wacky warehouse/mcdonalds is for...
Of course, he then asks "can we go to charlie chalks" to which the answer is "no the food is crap, and the clientelle are all scumbags"
Of course, he then asks "can we go to charlie chalks" to which the answer is "no the food is crap, and the clientelle are all scumbags"
You've a handshake waiting for you here. Brilliant!
[makes note of "Free Range Children"]
TheCarpetCleaner said:
Beware of the "you don't understand what its like to be a parent" crowd amassing round this thread right now...
The OP's people sound like my neighbors. Of course, since I don't have two kids (and esp not if one of them was an 'accident' from another guy), I cannot understand the sheer impossibility of raising them without the entire neighborhood hearing from it the entire summer
Dog Star said:
You people are all so selfish - I need that child and parent space so I can get out of my MPV and take my darling children shopping in B&Q. Who do you think will be looking after you and paying taxes when you are an old man etc etc
Who will you be paying taxes for in fifteen years when they are unemployed?
EFA Who will you be paying taxes for in fifteen years when they are unemployed?
Emsman said:
I would be mortified if Emsman Jnr was running amok- there is a time and a place for doing so, and at the dining table isn't it.
I'm guessing your have to physically restrain him at the dining table, or else he'd hurtle through the nearest plate glass window?Presumably you only allow him to eat with a plastic spork too!
I think the trick is to start taking your child/children out to eating establishments as young as possible. They then get used to the environment, and know how to behave.
I remember taking my son to a city centre pub once when he was 5, and being told by several other customers (mainly OAPs) how nice it was to see a well behaved child for once.
But then I make sure he even sits down and behaves in Mc D's
I remember taking my son to a city centre pub once when he was 5, and being told by several other customers (mainly OAPs) how nice it was to see a well behaved child for once.
But then I make sure he even sits down and behaves in Mc D's
ZesPak said:
Dog Star said:
You people are all so selfish - I need that child and parent space so I can get out of my MPV and take my darling children shopping in B&Q. Who do you think will be looking after you and paying taxes when you are an old man etc etc
Who will you be paying taxes for in fifteen years, and defending your own property from at gunpoint when they are unemployed and feral?
EFA Who will you be paying taxes for in fifteen years, and defending your own property from at gunpoint when they are unemployed and feral?
Speaking of this, we had a similar incident with a chav family on our holiday flight last year.
There was a really horrible woman, something that must have been her mum, noisy brat of a child, and a man (who I think was the boyfriend, but I doubt was the dad (well he may have been the dad but I'm guessing that there was a right old mix of different man fluid in there when the egg was breached, maybe like a milkshake in a cement mixer, so it's probably doubtful)) who didn't really say much.
The kid was jumping up and down on the seats and the mum (in a lovely skanky cigarette riddled accent) just kept going on about how they would get to the hotel and 'crash' (as in sleep, I think. Not that she looked like she did much anyway to warrant a holiday). Eveything she said was extremely loud and quite annoying.
Anyway, we land and head over to the luggage collection point. It's at this point that I notice she is stood near the conveyor crying her eyes out and screaming at the boyfriend, who still says nothing. She was calling him a prick, wker etc because apparently he wasn't helping her get her suitcase off the conveyor.
In the end he gave up and dragged the suitcase off but she followed bawling her eyes out calling him a heartless tt etc because he knew she had a bad back. He still said nothing at all. Whilst this was going on the kid was playing on the conveyor and nearly got her leg trapped. Unfortunately she didn't.
Needless to say, we were very proud of the impression we Brits must have given to the Spanish that day.
There was a really horrible woman, something that must have been her mum, noisy brat of a child, and a man (who I think was the boyfriend, but I doubt was the dad (well he may have been the dad but I'm guessing that there was a right old mix of different man fluid in there when the egg was breached, maybe like a milkshake in a cement mixer, so it's probably doubtful)) who didn't really say much.
The kid was jumping up and down on the seats and the mum (in a lovely skanky cigarette riddled accent) just kept going on about how they would get to the hotel and 'crash' (as in sleep, I think. Not that she looked like she did much anyway to warrant a holiday). Eveything she said was extremely loud and quite annoying.
Anyway, we land and head over to the luggage collection point. It's at this point that I notice she is stood near the conveyor crying her eyes out and screaming at the boyfriend, who still says nothing. She was calling him a prick, w
ker etc because apparently he wasn't helping her get her suitcase off the conveyor. In the end he gave up and dragged the suitcase off but she followed bawling her eyes out calling him a heartless t
t etc because he knew she had a bad back. He still said nothing at all. Whilst this was going on the kid was playing on the conveyor and nearly got her leg trapped. Unfortunately she didn't.Needless to say, we were very proud of the impression we Brits must have given to the Spanish that day.
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