I always order a diet coke on the rare occassion I’m having soft drink (I don’t like the bubbles or sweet things that much, but sometimes I’m so tired I just need it and I can’t stand coffee) - I prefer the taste over regular coke (whooo chemicals!) but everyone always has to make a comment about the gay guy being on…

It’s hardly the restaurants fault if noise distrubances occur which are outside their control - you don’t actually pay for the environment, you merely expect it in a sit-in dinning environment - you pay for the food and the person who brings it to you, so just get them to put it in a take away container for you and…

I tend to assume parents are crazy until they prove otherwise... I once grabbed a kid that ran onto a busy road and the mum (who was on the phone and ignoring the kid) screamed at me for touching her child. Crazy. Well, probably feeling guilty and overcompensating. But also crazy.

I worked in a restaurant and catering company, then as a babysitter and cleaner, then as a make up artist and retailer, and then in fashion retail. It all made me hate people. There are so many stories.

I contemplated doing a Masters of Education. But then remembered that I hated kids. And their parents. Ah well.

Cute. I mean, it’s fairly well accepted to whack “tldr” at the end of a long post, because you probably just scanned down it anyway. But sure, feel free to vent. Hope you feel better. Arsehole :)

I admit, I don’t like children and my partner and I have done that oursleves, although we always pay for the entire meal or ask for it to go (and pay for all of it). I don’t think it’s fair to not pay for something you ordered and have chosen not to finish - the restaurant/cafe cannot reserve it, its just a lose of…

As did my parents and my partner’s (although they gave up with his youngest brother it seems). I apply the same rules to children in my care and a few times to adult friends I have been embarrassed by - if you cannot behave in public and eat without throwing a tantrum, you get nothing. If you keep making a fuss, you…

I actually completely agree with you. The owner should not have directed her anger at the child - you never yell at the child, you yell at the parents as they’re the ones responsible for said child’s behaviour.

Yeah - I had a mum tell me to clean up and I told her I’d add on what I charged as a cleaner as well (I also worked as a cleaner at the time). She never asked again, but she only got me to babysit a few times before she found someone new. I don’t know if the new babysitter did her cleaning.

I strongly dislike ketchup/catsup(what is that???) but don’t mind tomato sauce in VERY limited circumstances (it can be useful in making a dry veggie burger edible).

The store I worked at sold children’s clothes amongst other things, so it was understandable that there were kids in the store. HOWEVER, that doesn’t excuse parents letting their brats run wild. And when I’m in a nice boutique, I don’t want my browsing disrupted by a screaming, uncontrolled kid - I’m likely to leave…

Yeah - my only criticism of the diner owner was that they yelled at the kid. Don’t yell at the kid, yell at their idiot parent who is clearly unfit for their role.

As a babysitter, I have been shocked at children’s entitled and bratty attitude - no, I am not your slave or maid and if you tipped your dinner on the floor delibrately because you were pissed at some imaginary slight, don’t then be surprised that I make you clean it up and you miss out on food. Shouldn’t have dumped…

10000% agreed. Go you. My much younger sister has autism and an auditory processing disorder, so when she was younger going out with her was a serious challenge. I just used to leave if she played up and it was always clear a tantrum would result in us leaving, whether it was a cafe or restaurant, a gallery or museum…

Is there ever a time when a restaurant employee is justified in saying something in that situation?

My apologies - you caught the brunt of my annoyance at someone else (we were arguing about the racial connotations of the Confederate flag and I was getting pissed off). Sorry I snapped at you. I completely agree, people are stupid - it’s always far more difficult than many assume to uproot one’s life and just move in…

But you still live in the United States of America. Check and mate.

A lot of it was probably enough to get us into trouble for sexual harassment and even have the boss worried about discrimination lawsuits :P Especially as one friend’s running joke was to be ‘scared’ of ‘my gay’ ‘getting on him’ :D It sounds awful written down but he was hilarious and just the sweetest bloke - out of…

Yeah but you could have a Republican President soon so I’m cool with the spiders and shit. Gay marriage will be a thing soon enough and it’s hardly difficult to smoke weed here as it is. Just don’t try and smuggle it into Indonesia.