[Kenton]

Not likely that “wait slugs” (servants) are qualified to comment on parenting, etc.

Well, I'm not a "wait slug", and I'll comment on peoples' parenting all I like. I'm not saying that the waiter should have written that on their bill, they should have been fired for that. But I've had meals I paid for ruined by some totally unconcerned parents' spoiled brats at adjacent tables, and I don't have much tolerance for it.

[Hoffer Rand]

Here, here. Having reared my children and not tolerated that from them, I know it's possible. Now that they're grown, hubby and I would like to be able to enjoy a meal without somebody else’s out of control child ruining the evening for the entire restaurant. We are now in perpetual pursuit of restaurants that are NOT kid friendly. Believe me, in Utah, that's not easy.

[EricT.]

My kids used to get asked if they needed a “trip to the bathroom.” It only took one or two such trips to put an end to bad behavior in public.