Who Takes Their Baby to a Fancy Restaurant?
This country is becoming more and more selfish, ignorant, and down right rude by the minute. It appears that common sense has become anything but common, it is almost a rarity.
The latest uproar was ignited when a couple brought their 8-month-old baby to a very high end restaurant in Chicago. I can’t even fathom why anyone would do this? Having had two 8-month-old babies, I can tell you they are anything but predictable.
Apparently their sitter canceled or something, so instead of this couple thinking, “Well maybe it wasn’t meant to be Roger, we should probably just cancel our reservation because little Minzy has no sitter…” Instead they thought, “Sh!t We haven’t been out in eons! And I totally want to go to dinner… so screw all the other adults at this restaurant we are throwing caution to the wind because our little precious sweet angel baby would never cry!!”
Ok I don’t know if that is exactly what they were thinking, but really, it is the only reason I can think of that would make these two adults take an 8-month-old to a fancy schmancy restaurant.
Let’s even give them something… let’s assume that their golden spawn does not EVER cry in restaurants. Who knows? I have actually met a child that seriously was always behaved, it wasn’t mine by the way.
But you know what? As soon as that little dumpling uttered her first WAAAA! I would have picked her up (I am also going with a girl – after all we do love fancy restaurants) and whisked Princess Penelope out of that dining room in seconds flat. You couldn’t have said, “Wrap It!” any quicker than I would have vamoosed from my chair and the Hubs would be foraging for his credit card and the valet ticket – Stat!
I can say this with all certainty because when our first born was little, maybe 14-months-old, we tried going to Carabba’s (a FAMILY restaurant for the record) and he was a total sh!t. We had the meal wrapped before it was even delivered to the table. You know why? Because other people did not go out to eat to listen to our kid scream and carry on. But we didn’t do it just for them – we did it for us too – because seriously, how enjoyable is a meal when your child is throwing a tantrum? It’s not.
Why is this so hard for people to do?
The chef at the restaurant sent out a tweet (gotta love social media) about the child crying, people being upset, and how he wasn’t sure what to do. Why does the restaurant have to police their patron’s common sense?
As a parent the obvious thing to do is not take your child to a restaurant that does not have a kids menu – which is code for NO KIDS! And if your child is too small to eat at the restaurant and you bring them – by god get up and LEAVE when your kid becomes a disruption to other people.
And really, if the table is set with fine china, crystal water goblets and silver that is heavier than your Grandma’s – leave your wee one at home where they can scream as loud as they want. No sitter – no fancy dinner.
Is it really that hard? It shouldn’t be.
Originally from NJ, Alyson now lives in the Midwest but has kept her sarcastic cynical Jersey attitude. She is the mother of two kids who provide constant fodder for her blog, The Shitastrophy. Her husband lives in fear that every thing he does or says will be highlighted in her next post, Facebook update, or Tweet. Alyson loves her two huge dogs, even if they do eat their weight in food each month. You can also find her on Pinterest and Google+.
