Posted on 02/07/2013 10:14:50 AM PST by Morgana
A Washington couple were left stunned after their server handed them the bill for their family's dinner - and they saw they had been given a $4 discount for their 'Well Behaved Kids'.
Laura King and her husband took their three children, aged two, three and eight, to an Italian restaurant in Poulsbo to enjoy an early-evening meal last Friday.
As they tucked into their feast of pizza, pasta and mushroom ragu, the family discussed planets, racecars, zebra jokes, and commented on the warm decor of the restaurant, Mrs King said.
'They were just being their normal selves,' she told Today.com of her children. 'Our server came to our table and just really thanked us for having exceptionally behaved children.'
After the server brought them a bowl of ice cream to share, they received the tab - and saw it had been discounted by $4 for 'Well Behaved Kids'.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
This is newsworthy?
Yep.
Now that I have kids, I know the real score.
When I hear a baby crying on an airplane I think, “WTF do you thing babies do?”
No biggie.
Anybody that doesn’t understand should off themselves because they were squallering kids once, too.
Apologies to all... my #39 was a bit aggressive and defensive. My point is that while there are lots of examples of bad parenting out there, don’t just assume that every child that acts up on the one occasion you see him or her is a case of chronic bad parenting.
Forget the children, here in Seattle, I’d be happy if people stopped bringing their dogs in grocery stores.
I will sometimes tease the kids by asking "Didn't your mommy ever tell you not to talk to strangers?" to which they will often reply something like "She's not a stranger, she's a nice lady, just like my Nana!" Mrs. Vigilanteman, of course, eats it up and has more fun than the kids.
“So, as a parent of twins, both with severe autism, we can never eat out at a restaurant, on the chance that one or the other (or both) will have an “autism moment” lest they get labeled as “brats” and us as bad parents accordingly?”
Basically Yes.
I had the opportunity to view on youtube a woman who’s son is very autistic. This woman had posted thousands of videos over the years. Often she needed 2:1 help controlling the lad who was in his 20’s and quite strong. These videos were an eye opener and I will say I don’t envy this woman at all. I will say this however, I don’t want to be near or have my kid near her kid or any kids like those because I am afraid of these people and their “meltdowns”. I can’t tell by these videos what causes them or when they occur. I also don’t want the risk of me or mine being hurt by a “meltdown”.
And any decent parent would have offered to pay for it and then put the child to work to pay it off. After a few weeks of mowing the lawn ect. with nothing to show for it they should learn pretty quick.
Waitress gets the extra tip, bus boy cleans up the mess?
Illegal where I am, unless it's a service animal.
Same here. But “Feel Good/Center of Attention” trumps legality and basic civility in liberal-land.
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