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Restaurant says no to screaming kids
upi ^ | Sept. 8, 2010

Posted on 09/09/2010 4:44:10 AM PDT by JoeProBono

CAROLINA BEACH, N.C.- A North Carolina restaurant said signs reading "Screaming children will not be tolerated" have brought in more customers than they've scared away.

Brenda Armes, owner of the Olde Salty restaurant in Carolina Beach, said she put up the signs after receiving multiple complaints from customers about screaming children and reception to the policy has been positive, WECT-TV, Wilmington, N.C., reported Wednesday.

"It has been a good thing for us," Armes said. "It has brought us in more customers than it has ever kept away."

However, some parents have complained about the signs.

"I've never seen a restaurant say, don't bring your screaming kids in here," said mother-of-two Ashley Heflin. "You can't help it if your kids scream."

Armes said the policy is to ask the parents of a screaming child to take him or her outside to calm down. She said no one will be asked to permanently leave the establishment.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: kids; northcarolina; oldesalty; restaurant
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1 posted on 09/09/2010 4:44:11 AM PDT by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono
...do you like Children

I do if they're properly cooked.

2 posted on 09/09/2010 4:48:37 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Vaquero

Bring the little tykes over here....

I’ll give them a piggyback ride on my buzz saw....


3 posted on 09/09/2010 4:54:37 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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To: JoeProBono

Finally someone grew a pair!!!! I hate parents who will not control their crumb crunchers


4 posted on 09/09/2010 4:54:57 AM PDT by NCBraveheart
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To: JoeProBono

Can’t stand screaming kids. Hooray for this restaurant!


5 posted on 09/09/2010 4:57:20 AM PDT by goseminoles
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To: Vaquero
You're Telling Me?!!
6 posted on 09/09/2010 4:57:56 AM PDT by mylife (Opinions $1 Halfbaked 50c)
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To: NCBraveheart

Just give the little darlings some Taser tots. ;-)


7 posted on 09/09/2010 4:58:00 AM PDT by glorgau
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To: JoeProBono

I have nothing against children, however there have been a few times a nice lunch or dinner out has been ruined by a two or three year old screeching the entire time. Parents seem to have an ability to tune them out, but others do not.

I do not blame the childen, they do what they do. I do blame thoughtless parents.

Having said that, I am not sure a sign is necessary (although I support the owners of the restaurants the right to such a policy).


8 posted on 09/09/2010 4:59:06 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN
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To: NCBraveheart
I hate parents who will not control their crumb crunchers

Back when I traveled frequently with my work I ate out virtually every meal. When the host or hostess would ask "Smoking or non-smoking" my standard reply was "Preferably where there are no screaming children". Inevitably shortly after I was seated, usually in a quiet area of the restaurant, the very next people they would seat (right next to me) would have 2-3 screaming children. I'm talking about nice restaurants, not Chuckie Cheese......

9 posted on 09/09/2010 4:59:34 AM PDT by Thermalseeker (Stop the insanity - Flush Congress!)
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To: JoeProBono
"I've never seen a restaurant say, don't bring your screaming kids in here ...

That's not what it says, Ashley ... but civilized people don't have to be told not to enter an establishment (except an emergency medical establishment) with a screaming child.

10 posted on 09/09/2010 5:00:15 AM PDT by Tax-chick (I'm on vacation. Posts, if any, will probably be silly. You been warned! Fins up!)
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To: NCBraveheart

‘”You can’t help it if your kids scream.”

LOL!

I’ve *got* to tell that one to my dad.

Salamander

[who was an extremely well behaved and quiet child...but not by choice]...;]


11 posted on 09/09/2010 5:01:05 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm everything I pretend to be.)
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To: JoeProBono
However, some parents have complained about the signs.

"I've never seen a restaurant say, don't bring your screaming kids in here," said mother-of-two Ashley Heflin. "You can't help it if your kids scream."

First off lady - it is their restaurant, their rules. You know, part of that liberty and freedom thing we're supposed to live under here in America.

Second of all, yes, you can "help it" if your kids scream. It is called parenting: administering discipline, teaching acceptable behaviors. You know, taking some responsibility for that person you are going to unleash on the world in a few years.

12 posted on 09/09/2010 5:04:45 AM PDT by ThunderSleeps (obama out now! I'll keep my money, my guns, and my freedom - you can keep the change.)
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13 posted on 09/09/2010 5:07:05 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: Salamander

She can’t help it if her kids scream. That tells me all I need to know about her parenting, or lack of it.


14 posted on 09/09/2010 5:07:19 AM PDT by Shimmer1 (you can't make up anything anymore. The world itself is a satire. All you're doing is recording it.)
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To: JoeProBono

I had four children, 2 girls and 2 boys, all 2 or 3 years apart. The problem isn’t screaming children. The problem is parents permitting it. When my oldest son came to visit, one of his three kids (the 2 year old) was having a fit and wouldn’t walk across a hotel lobby to the beach. I interrupted my son’s negotiations with the child and simply picked the child up and carried him across the lobby to the beach. When I picked him up, I simply told him “Be quiet, your going to the beach whether you like it or not and if you keep screaming, I’ll throw you in the ocean”. He shut up after a few steps. When my son asked how I did that, I simply told him that you never negotiate with children.

CC


15 posted on 09/09/2010 5:08:17 AM PDT by CapedConservative (Stop Obama)
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To: Vaquero

16 posted on 09/09/2010 5:08:56 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
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To: JoeProBono
Up here, Chicago west subs, screaming in-your-face kids are one of the newest status symbols. Like driving around in Escalades and Navigators, women carrying biggest, most expensive designer bag - Kids taught to be as loud, bold, aggressive and pushy as their parents.
17 posted on 09/09/2010 5:13:27 AM PDT by Esther Ruth
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mother-of-two Ashley Heflin. "You can't help it if your kids scream."

Then you're an unfit parent and guilty of disturbing the peace/creating a disturbance.

Should I call Child protective services or a cop?

18 posted on 09/09/2010 5:14:42 AM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate: Republicans freed the slaves Month.)
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To: JoeProBono

Parents with unruly kids are almost always liberals. The upbringing is based on daycare and/or parents who can’t say no to them.


19 posted on 09/09/2010 5:15:53 AM PDT by albie
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To: Shimmer1

Yup.

Even as a little kid, I’d be sitting in the shopping cart seat watching the other kids screeching for the candy hanging by the checkout.

I was horrified by it.

-Never- occurred to me to try it myself.

I don’t care what “new parenting” claims, the old ways were the best.

I’m grateful for my parents raising me the way they did.

My dad always said “If I have to take you out to the car......”

I was never sure what the ~rest~ of that sentence was and definitely had no desire to find out....LOL!


20 posted on 09/09/2010 5:16:12 AM PDT by Salamander (I'm everything I pretend to be.)
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