Kids Behaving Badly...
http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/12/06/kids.behaving.badly.ap/index.html
Good for this guy. Granted I just became a father and I am sure my kid will be a holy terror in a public place, but this will happen once. That's right...once...because it's not publicly acceptable to let your kids run around and scream in public places (unless they are designated for that type of thing...). I can totally see why this guy wants to keep kids from running around in his restaurant. First of all...there's liabilty involved. What happens when little Johnny gets a hot cup of coffee dumped on him because he wasn't looking where he was going and ran into the waiter? Who do you think the parents would blame first? Their little shit kid for running around or the waiter for "not paying attention"?
This kind of shit always had me worried when I worked for Starbucks as a manager. I was in a very busy store in a very nice area of Dallas. Every day, these snotty soccer mom types would drag their little brats into my store. While the yentas yapped it up, their kids would run wildly in my store, tearing up displays and getting into everything. Would the moms do anything about it? No...that's right...because I was working retail it was MY job to clean up the mess. People like that have earned a special place in hell....and let's hope their single duty upon arrival is to roll silverware every minute of the day. (Only if you have worked in a restaurant will you get that joke).
Another prime example... I was in Wal-Mart doing a little shopping yesterday. All the way across the store I hear a child screaming bloody murder. When I turn around to see what the big deal is, a father holding his (what appeared to be) 5 year old son in his arms and the kid is screaming about wanting something...AND THE DAD IS IGNORING IT!! He's got the kid right there in his arms and he lets the kid scream like that. This makes about as much sense as my dimwit f**khead neighbor who thinks it's cute to blow an airhorn every time the Packers score a touchdown...even if it's 10 at night. It's all about simple common courtesy...people don't want to hear your kids having a shit-fit. That kid was in need of the Wal-Mart spank. Yes...you know what that is...everyone has seen it happen in Wal-Mart. This is where the kid is picked up about 10 inches off the ground by one arm and the parent smacks the kid in the ass a few times.
Anyhow...parents of the world...be parents. Teach your children how to act appropriately in public. It will do them more good than you might think.