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Read this story, then come back and answer the question below >>>> Georgia Restaurant Adds $50 Surcharge to ‘Loud’ Family’s Bill for ‘Adults Unable to Parent’
QUESTION: Should parents be charged extra if their children misbehave at restaurants?
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Sure, why not…..
Are you kidding. If that happens, than we would stop going to their restaurant if they charge more if kids misbehave. Maybe depending on what they did. Did they draw on the wall, Write on the wall in the restroom? If it physical damage to the restaurant than yes maybe the restaurant might charge parents for their misbehavior. Than the parents could say Okay we will pay for the damage but we will not come back to your restaurant we can go somewhere else.
Two words … Chucky Cheese!
I suggest they just trespass the family…
Parents will ill-manner children should leave the restaurant.
Changing them more will not make my dining experience better if the kids are unrulily.
Good luck with that. Parents of misbehaving kids never think anything their kids do is wrong.
I like it, but I don’t see how it can be enforced. The parents can refuse to pay any extra fees and just walk out. There are parents that think their kids are well-behaved, when in reality, they can be annoying and disrupting to other people. There are also adults that fall into that category, especially when on their cell phones, talking loudly in a public setting.
The parents in this case didn’t take it seriously, and thought it was a joke until they were confronted by the owner. They need to realize that even though they love their children and think they are special, nobody else feels the same way. To this day, they probably still believe their children behaved like little angels.
Ridiculous question
Who would ever pay it?
Plus it would always be subject to opinion
And , if children were a nuisance and disruptive, how does the $50 help the other patrons that were disturbed by their behavior ?
Absolutely not unless they do damage. They can also be asked to leave after a warning. If there’s a crying baby they should be asked to take the kid out of the restaurant to try and get the kid calmed down. If you charge someone that means you allowed for that to take place which hurt the people trying to eat a meal who will receive none of the compensation.
Yes!!!
What constitutes “misbehavior”?
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Perhaps restaurants should just have a minimum age restriction and posted behavior policies so customers know what is expected of their children and the consequence(s) for non-compliance.
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Parents should be warned that if their children don’t behave, that Governor Newsome will personally knock them down and spank them. Especially if they’re Chinese!
That technical foul was almost a testicle foul. Terrible optics.
Nope.
Management could ask them to NOT return if the kids are that big a problem!
What kind of a putz would come back to a restaurant that tried to make him pay extra because his kids were noisy anyway?
But parents ought to know if their kids are going to be a problem and not take them out to eat at any place that does not have a ball pit or a bounce house anyway…. otherwise give other diners a break & hire a babysitter!
No but they ask the family to leave because their child is disturbing the other people around them. They may not get paid for the order and may loose them as customers but if word gets out then they may end up new customers.
Yes. I am all for it. Have you ever seen the mess kids leave behind? It is absolutely beyond acceptable.
As a parent who on more than one occasion had to return to our vehicle and sit there with a misbehaving child, then eat my meal from a “to go” box, I have no problem with this.
Generally yes, but if that becomes difficult to fulfill – bar them from returning … or how about this… take the food away, don’t charge them – and bar them?
I can see the lawsuits if this was tried in California.
“It’s my child’s God given right to misbehave!!”
How about some restaurants that don’t allow children at all?
“There’s a time and place for everything,” and creating havoc in a restaurant isn’t one of them. Well-behaved children speak well for the parents and the way they have been reared.
The children need to sit quietly and eat their meal. Anything else is misbehaving … crying loudly, running about the tables. throwing stuff, including food, etc. The parents might be warned once if their children’s behavior is disturbing to other diners. Or, the parents could take them out of the restaurant to have a little talk with them.
But, a warning to the parents needs to be all it takes to get the children to settle down. Otherwise, the parents don’t have control of their children.and trey all need to leave for the comfort of the other diners. It’s expensive to eat out and it should be an enjoyable experience.
No fines. They should be taken away and put in an orphanage to build iPhones. Silly question. 🙃
Ridiculous. The restaurant has a kids menu, so children are expected. It’s on the river and advertises that you can paddle up to eat there and that it’s dog friendly and has a gift shop. Clearly it is not a super formal restaurant. The owner is just being a jerk.
If an owner wants to charge annoying patrons extra, then he ought to include the old folks who yell everything because they are deaf, the obnoxious table of drunks, and the big family group singing “Happy Birthday” and shouting at family members seated at the opposite end of the table. No reason to only pick on families with children.
I refuse to return to a restaurant where children are ill mannered, unruly and the owner doesn’t remedy the situation one way or the other. I’m sure most people won’t go back there, either.
Those “kids meals” won’t pay the bills. So, the owner of the establishment will be the one making the decision, ultimately.
You might expects unruly drunks at a bar, not at a “respectable” restaurant.
There are plenty of places designed to let kids have the run of the place, bad behavior included. The jails and prisons are full of people who can’t follow the rules for good behavior because they didn’t learn them early.
You choose!
Great idea. Collect a refundable deposit upon entry. The only people to pay it are the ones with free range children. Call it a “lousy parent surcharge”.
If children are misbehaving, speak to the parents.
If the parents are unable to control their children, the family should be asked to leave
There should be little tolerance for poor behavior.
There are some parents that misbehave, this is not necessarily just children. And would this be a rolling scale? If you throw your food, is that more costly if you spit your straw snake? I’d say no, but I also do have the expectation that parents would remove unruly children (as Rollo said they did). I must admit, I do not recall seeing any kids that were that bad, most have been very well behaved. My kids were, for sure, years ago. I think the worst I have seen is lack of manners (not saying please to the server, or thank you).
How are you gonna enforce that? What defines misbehavior, especially given the number of whiny Karens in society?
If they cause damage to the restaurant, then the parents ought to be held liable for that….
The owner of the establishment defines misbehavior within the establishment.
Must have took a lot of complaints about children misbehaving.Parents not doing anything to control their kids is probably the real issue. They give a warning on the menu but the fee they charge is not listed. Also, the menu prices are cash only prices and charge 3.5% for non cash adjustment. Haven’t seen that before.
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