Could have addressed problem by throwing out the offending parents/child.
That gives you an unending stream of judgment calls which will certainly be second-guessed. “You let a white kid act up last week. You’re only kicking us out because we’re black/Latino/gay.”
That would have been discrimination. And that would have resulted in a major lawsuit, boycotts and your reputation being smeared around the world. If you are unlucky it could result in your business being vandalized and your family threatened.
You used to be able to refuse service to anyone you pleased, then you could refuse service to people who were disruptive, now you can either ban entire classes of people (such as children or people who can not pay) or you have to serve everybody.
No discrimination allowed. No being allowed to say "well behaved children and adults welcome. The rest, stay out!"
“Could have addressed problem by throwing out the offending parents/child.”
Probably a protected class due to having two fathers.
A number of years ago, I was at a restaurant. There was a couple with a child, about 5 years old, at a table about 15 feet away.
The child was climbing all over the booth and making noise. Some pounding on the table with spoons and such.
We (me and the "adults") made inadvertent eye contact a few times.
But I finally started giving them a scowl. They just had a helpless look on their faces.
Finally, after putting up with this for way too long, I said "Somebody needs a spankin"
At which point, formerly meek and quiet mama, becomes loud and bossy super woman.
Don't really remember what she said, But I said "OH!!! I'm sorry...it's not the child that deserves the beating, It's you."
Suddenly, Melvin Milquetoast decides he's going to grow a pair, and proceeds to get up and tell me "nobody talks to his wife that way".
My response was "that he didn't have enough balls to stand up to his kid, he definitely didn't have enough to stand up to me, and that he'd better sit down while he was still able".
At which point, Super Woman decides THEY'VE had enough and grabs her child and man child and leaves. (I'm not sure, but I think I heard a couple of claps or comments from near by.
They stopped near the exit and angrily talked to the manager, who did nothing, so they left in a huff.
The manager then came over and apologized about the situation, grabbed the check and said that dinner was on him and asked if we'd like dessert.
Now a completely different experience.
I took my buddy and his family out once, to a pizza place that serves peanuts on the tables. (You know, shells on the floor and all)
At the time, my buddy and his wife had about 6-7 kids. One being in a car seat carrier.
After being seated about 10 minutes, the waitress had just taken our orders, and she started bringing other waitresses by to see the well behaved kids.
Here was a waitress who worked at the type of place where she's going to see the worst in kids in restaurants, and this family is behaved like they are at a fine dining restaurant.
After we were done with the pizza, the manger came by and commented that they get all types of kids in there, but never had any that were as well behaved and respectful as these, and the fact that there were so many. He offered and provided ice cream sundaes for all of us.
At church, the older men, in their 60's and 70's and 80's, called my buddy, Super Dad and his wife, Wonder Wife, for how well behaved the kids were.
They started discipline with all their kids when they were each babies. (The children were the babies, not the parents :)
Now they have 10 kids. All EXTREMELY well behaved.
(Heck, their 22 and 18 year old boys and 20 year old daughter, STILL call me Uncle Dave, even though we're not brothers, but almost could be)
I've discussed it with them and they are just comfortable with calling me that.