No Kids Allowed

[mamacatnv]

Might you have the phone number of this restaurant?

where is this restaurant and can I book using OpenTable?

Wonderful!! Where is it, can I go tonight???

Now can we get a NO KIDS ALLOWED Movie Theatre, Supermarket, Dept store and everywhere else I frequent and I'll be a HAPPY woman!!

I'd love a no kid zone restaurant. I like the no kids under 6, we would probably with DD 13 in tow, eat there often. I'm sick of awful kids and their equally awful parents when I go out. I don't find playing peek a boo with a toddler over the back of my booth to be nice, it annoys me. I can't stand wandering children or like the other night we were in a college bar that has great hamburgers and there were 3 kids running around playing hide & seek amongst the pool tables and the different booths. Their parents were ignoring them. We left and went someone else but we did tell the manager why we were leaving.

What I don't understand is why restaurant managers will not tell people to control their kids

 

[mdsoccermom]

Its kinda weird for the airline to ban kids... Do you know what the reasoning is? Honestly, I've seen more adults on airlines causing a commotion than children. Mine just sleep!

Restaurants I can totally understand. If I go to the trouble to get a babysitter and go out to a nice, quiet meal with my husband, I have to admit, its a little annoying when the toddler at the next table is whining over his foie gras.

The airine did NOT ban kid. They banned kids from first-class. Big difference.

 

[mdsoccermom]

I wouldn't patronize such a place even if the kids weren't with us, but if that's their business model, that's up to them.

Why?

 

[MIGrandma]

What I don't understand is why restaurant managers will not tell people to control their kids

Unfortunately because they don't want to risk offending the parents and they don't come back.

Believe me, as a waitress, I would love to work in a no-kids restaurant. It would be wonderful not having to worry about tripping over one as you're coming out of the swinging doors from the kitchen and yes, some parents would let their toddlers roam around and just stand there in front of the doors.

And it would be wonderful to not worry about spilling hot coffee on a child when they dart in front of you.

And it would be wonderful not having to clean up "mashed potato finger paint" all over the table.

And...and...and...

And as a customer, it would be wonderful to enjoy dinner out with DH and not be subjected to a crying baby or bored, screaming toddler and have the parents act oblivious to their child's behavior. I have gotten bold enough that now if a hostess tries to seat us next to anyone with a baby or toddler I ask to sit elsewhere. I don't care if at THAT particular moment the baby or toddler isn't making any noise, but it's the potential for it that I want to avoid.

Actually there is a restaurant near here that has two rooms, the larger is for families and the smaller is for adults only. Unfortunately it's an Italian restaurant that we've eaten at a few times and just really don't care for, so we never tried it after they did that. I wish more restaurants would follow suit. We used to have "smoking" and "non-smoking" sections, so now that the entire restaurant is non-smoking, why not change it to "family sections" and "adults only sections?" That would be awesome!

 

[No.17CherryTreeLane]

I love how the owner said "parents need to know that although their kids may be the center of their universe, they are not the center of THE universe"
Good for him!

 

[tlbwriter]

Actually there is a restaurant near here that has two rooms, the larger is for families and the smaller is for adults only. Unfortunately it's an Italian restaurant that we've eaten at a few times and just really don't care for, so we never tried it after they did that. I wish more restaurants would follow suit. We used to have "smoking" and "non-smoking" sections, so now that the entire restaurant is non-smoking, why not change it to "family sections" and "adults only sections?" That would be awesome!

I'd avoid it like the plague. I don't want to eat in the rowdy "family section" just because I have one quiet, well-behaved 12 yr old. But then the adult section could be equally rowdy with a large party. I'd rather see "quiet" and "not so quiet" sections. And if you aren't as quiet as you thought you were going to be, you will be politely moved to the more appropriate section.

 

[dngnb8]

I just read this weekend about another restaurant that is forbidding young children (this restaurant forbids kids under 6). A couple weeks ago it was Malaysia airlines forbidding kids on some of its routes. Not sure what to make of this. What do you think? Is it okay to ban kids or is it simply wrong?

The issue is screaming me me's. I cannot tell you how many times I see a wailing child in a restaurant with the parent ignoring it.

Many places dont have a cry room and the adult shows ZERO respect for others trying to have a quiet pleasant meal.

Thus, since adults wont act on their own childs needs, the kids get banned because the parents are selfish. I have no issue with the decision.

 

[Debbie7452]

Mom to four here. I would LOVE to eat at this place. I taught my kids to behave, but there are so many who haven't.

 

[dngnb8]

I taught my kids to behave, but there are so many who haven't.

And this is the real key. It isnt the kids that are the problem.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I don't think it is bad to have a no kids place to eat. I just think a 6 and under rule is stupid. No kids is one thing, a selrct group is another. FTR- I have seen more ill behaved over 6ers than little ones. Of course I blame the parents.

 

[Mouse House Mama]

I'd avoid it like the plague. I don't want to eat in the rowdy "family section" just because I have one quiet, well-behaved 12 yr old. But then the adult section could be equally rowdy with a large party. I'd rather see "quiet" and "not so quiet" sections. And if you aren't as quiet as you thought you were going to be, you will be politely moved to the more appropriate section.

I agree. Our kids are well behaved. We have actually asked not to be seated near some families because they weren't watching their kids.

 

[college_student]

I just read this weekend about another restaurant that is forbidding young children (this restaurant forbids kids under 6). A couple weeks ago it was Malaysia airlines forbidding kids on some of its routes. Not sure what to make of this. What do you think? Is it okay to ban kids or is it simply wrong?

I think that since it's a private business, they can set their own rules (as long as THEIR laws don't break the law). If they don't want children under 6 in their restaurant, the owner has the right to make that their rule.

What makes me curious is why just under 6 year olds? 6 is not the age where children stop being loud. You still have children screaming above that age. Why age 6? Why is that the magical number? Just wondering...

 

[FoundMyPrince]

Where does the banning stop? How about banning everyone over 60? My restaurant, my rules.

 

[Marionnette]

Where does the banning stop? How about banning everyone over 60? My restaurant, my rules.

Good luck with that business model! I don't know of too many people who would go out of their way to dine at an establishment than bans Grandma. But the next time I'm in Pittsburgh, I'm going to make it a point to patronize this guy's child-free restaurant.

 

[powellrj]

http://www.tmz.com/2011/07/09/octom...sun-airplane-argument-flight-delayed-jfk-lax/

Octomom in Plane Fight with '3rd Rock' Star

7/9/2011 7:51 AM PDT by TMZ Staff






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Flying on a plane next to 12 screaming kids is enough to drive anyone insane -- and that's exactly what set Kristen Johnston off last night ... and the 12 kids belonged to Octomom!


Nadya Suleman was flying back from New York City last night and her and the brood took up most of the business class section of the plane. The flight was delayed for more than two hours and Nadya tried to silence the kids -- to no avail.

The crying babies annoyed the "3rd Rock from the Sun" star so much, she marched over to Nadya and told her keep it down.

Nadya's rep tells TMZ Nadya fired back, "How would you like me to keep eight 2-year-olds quiet?" To which Kristen allegedly responded, "Get more help!"

The rep says Nadya shouted back, "Why don't you grow a baby and get a life!"

Eventually Kristen returned to her seat, but according to Nadya's rep ... Kristen got off the plane and never returned.

We got Nadya when she belatedly landed at LAX, and she had no idea Johnston was a celebrity, telling us, "I guess there's some people that don't like kids."

 

[miralys]

Businesses are allowed to ban kids. We, in turn, are allowed to either patronize the business or not, as we see fit. To me it is as simple as that. If the restriction is unwise, it will soon be clear by lack of profit and customers

 

[Sweetpancake]

I prefer they ban the parents that allow their kids to wild in restaurants.

I SO agree!!

 

[POPCITY]

The Alamo Drafthouse movie theater in Austin doesn't allow kids under six. I think they have one day a week, early in the day, when kids under six are allowed in, the rest of the time, nope. I love it.

 

[Acklander]

Where does the banning stop? How about banning everyone over 60? My restaurant, my rules.

If that's how you wanted to run your restaurant you'd be welcome to do so. Every business tries to find a nitch that will cause them to stand out from the masses and fill a need. That's how they make money. Nothing wrong with that.

 

[Acklander]

The Alamo Drafthouse movie theater in Austin doesn't allow kids under six. I think they have one day a week, early in the day, when kids under six are allowed in, the rest of the time, nope. I love it.

The movie theatre at down town disney now does the dine in movies with waitress service. I don't think they allow kids (or the kids have to be with a parent, I can't remember which it was).