The Oasis - A spot for FORT parents - Page 113

Stargazer · 08-08-2004, 06:48 PM

Holy cow, Duxxy.

That story just keeps getting weirder.

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scarlett530 · 08-08-2004, 10:09 PM

My baby starts Middle School tomorrow.

dagwood · 08-08-2004, 10:23 PM

{{hugs}} Scarlett. That is pretty sad.

scarlett530 · 08-08-2004, 10:52 PM

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Originally Posted by dagwood

{{hugs}} Scarlett. That is pretty sad.

*sniff* Thanks. I'm devastated. (But I keep reassuring him how cool it's gonna be!)

Muduh · 08-08-2004, 11:10 PM

I need to vent. Feel free to scroll right on by. Most people do when they see me show up.
We were out antiquing today and stopped at a CiCi's Pizza. There was a group there consisting of three young women and eight (that's 8) Kids. They stayed for about forty-five minutes after we got there and not one of the women ever corrected a kid. They played tag around everyone's tables, picked tidbits out of the salad bar, picked pepperoni off thr pizza and picked up sweet rolls with their hands. They played with every tong there was on the bar and my husband said he had to wait to get our soft drinks till they let about a gallon of soft drink run down the drain. Even though it is a self serve place, the young men working there were going table to table and bringing the requested food to the tables straight from the oven or kitchen. I assume this was because they knew we weren't too keen on eating dirty food. I'm sure that they are not allowed to ask the people to corral the kids. What do you all think should have happened besides the obvious, parents correcting them?

ADKLove · 08-08-2004, 11:38 PM

Had I been the manager I would have told the parents if they couldn't control their children they were all welcome to leave. Ugh - my daughter is 5 but she knows how to behave in a restaurant - gets out her best "Madeline" manners and even sits with a napkin on her lap. Clueless parents = clueless children who grow up to be clueless parents

Unklescott · 08-09-2004, 12:06 AM

I've been in the restaurant business for more years than I care to admit and have tossed that family out of every restaurant I've ever managed. When one group of people is making it that miserable for the balance of my customers then it is my duty to ask them to leave. If they refuse, then you call the police to remove them or arrest them for criminal trespassing. I have the right to refuse service to anyone.

ADKLove · 08-09-2004, 12:11 AM

(threadjack)
Back to work tomorrow, unklescott, right? Hope it goes well. Sounds like they really really need you.
(end threadjack)

Muduh · 08-09-2004, 12:20 AM

The sad thing is that the restaurant would probably get sued. That happens quite often here. And the retaurant usually loses. Unk, I think it's sort of an advanced case of the hair in the food. If you win you get money instead of a free meal.

EvaLaruefan · 08-09-2004, 09:08 AM

*hugs* to scarlett! Goodluck.

08-08-2004, 06:48 PM	#1121
Stargazer RESIDENT JEDI MASTER Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: On a Rocky Mountain High Age: 33 Posts: 11,647	Holy cow, Duxxy. That story just keeps getting weirder. __________________ "Luminous beings are we, not this crude matter."- Yoda "I'll just see where Providence takes me and try to look like I got there confidently." - Craig Ferguson

08-08-2004, 11:38 PM	#1126
ADKLove Leave No Trace Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Seems I'm Lost. Age: 41 Posts: 2,071	Had I been the manager I would have told the parents if they couldn't control their children they were all welcome to leave. Ugh - my daughter is 5 but she knows how to behave in a restaurant - gets out her best "Madeline" manners and even sits with a napkin on her lap. Clueless parents = clueless children who grow up to be clueless parents __________________ Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe

08-09-2004, 12:06 AM	#1127
Unklescott Leukemia sucks Join Date: May 2003 Location: Columbus OH Posts: 20,582	I've been in the restaurant business for more years than I care to admit and have tossed that family out of every restaurant I've ever managed. When one group of people is making it that miserable for the balance of my customers then it is my duty to ask them to leave. If they refuse, then you call the police to remove them or arrest them for criminal trespassing. I have the right to refuse service to anyone. __________________ Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Francis Pharcellus Church Sept. 21, 1897

08-09-2004, 12:11 AM	#1128
ADKLove Leave No Trace Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Seems I'm Lost. Age: 41 Posts: 2,071	(threadjack) Back to work tomorrow, unklescott, right? Hope it goes well. Sounds like they really really need you. (end threadjack) __________________ Love many, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe

08-08-2004, 10:09 PM	#1122
scarlett530 FORT Fogey Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 918	My baby starts Middle School tomorrow.

08-08-2004, 10:23 PM	#1123
dagwood Happy frog Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 37 Posts: 15,440	{{hugs}} Scarlett. That is pretty sad.

08-08-2004, 11:10 PM	#1125
Muduh FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,551	I need to vent. Feel free to scroll right on by. Most people do when they see me show up. We were out antiquing today and stopped at a CiCi's Pizza. There was a group there consisting of three young women and eight (that's 8) Kids. They stayed for about forty-five minutes after we got there and not one of the women ever corrected a kid. They played tag around everyone's tables, picked tidbits out of the salad bar, picked pepperoni off thr pizza and picked up sweet rolls with their hands. They played with every tong there was on the bar and my husband said he had to wait to get our soft drinks till they let about a gallon of soft drink run down the drain. Even though it is a self serve place, the young men working there were going table to table and bringing the requested food to the tables straight from the oven or kitchen. I assume this was because they knew we weren't too keen on eating dirty food. I'm sure that they are not allowed to ask the people to corral the kids. What do you all think should have happened besides the obvious, parents correcting them?

08-09-2004, 12:20 AM	#1129
Muduh FORT Fogey Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Tennessee Posts: 6,551	The sad thing is that the restaurant would probably get sued. That happens quite often here. And the retaurant usually loses. Unk, I think it's sort of an advanced case of the hair in the food. If you win you get money instead of a free meal.

08-09-2004, 09:08 AM	#1130
EvaLaruefan Hockey is life! Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Montreal,Canada Age: 34 Posts: 3,172	hugs to scarlett! Goodluck.