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I went out for dinner with a friend tonight and was immediately reminded of this thread..
So we decided to go eat at Legal Seafood at the mall today, as we're standing there waiting there is a family - two adults and two children - my guess is that they were 2 and 4. well there was this fishtank built into the floor, so of course the kids were standing on top of it - playing and whatever..not paying attention to the fact that they were in anyones way, and of course the parents didn't do anything to tell them to move - the kids were running around, screaming..just in general being really obnoxious. finally we were sat, and about 5 minutes later..guess who was sat next to us. the behavior only got worse - the youngest was basically banging silverwear, dropping plates (which luckily didn't break). eventually both kids were running around the restaurant - screaming, etc. did the parents say anything to them? no, of course not. by this point we are giving them really dirty looks, making really loud comments, etc. nothing. finally two hours later - we had finished our meals, they had finished theirs..you would think that with how attrociously their kids were acting they would have had the common decency to leave as soon as they finished their dinner, but no - they ordered dessert..note: the kids are still running around the restaurant at this point and the parents really haven't done anything to discipline them. finally they paid and are getting up to leave when my friend jennifer (who is not known for keeping her mouth shut in these situations, and i'm surprised she restrained herself as long as she did) turns to the father and says "well, i hope you enjoyed >your< meal" to which he gets all defensive and is like "what do you want me to do? they're small children blahblahblah" so she said "you can try disciplining them a little better" so the mother then chimes in at this point basically yelling saying that >we< should have had >our< table moved (note: we were sitting there first) and that we shouldn't come out to eat if we didn't like it. uh? excuse me? your children are terrorizing the restaurant and >WE< should have stayed home? basically the people refused to accept any blame for their inability to control their children. so clearly that explains the children. seriously, what the hell is wrong with people? after they left the people sitting behind us and the waiter basically applauded us, and told us they couldn't believe we dealt with it as long as we did. seriously - what the hell is wrong with people?!?!
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