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From: chabot@miles.DEC (L S Chabot)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: air-horns in restaurants
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Date: Wed, 10-Apr-85 11:41:44 EST
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ron vaughn  ==  >
> one of these days when i have little rug-rats, i won't take them to
> a nice restaurant (the kind where you are putting out some $$$$$) only
> to watch everyone else *cringe* every time jr. lets out a yell.

Ah, yes, the de rigueur net.flame attitude: you don't conform to my
standards of decency, therefore I will violate them myself.  And in this
case, there is no guarantee that you'll be inflicting loud children on
anyone who would have inflicted them on you!  Very clever!  We see you
actually do approve of screaming children, since you indicate your
willingness to continue this practice!

Melanie  ==  }
} I think the thing that really gets me is when I go out on my
} lunch hour (at work), and I have to wait for these mothers and their kids--
} who don't work, and have nothing better to do at 11:30 in the morning--
} to be seated!  I mean they can eat anytime they want whereas I have one hour
} to eat and get back to work.  Then the kid starts screamin his little face
} off to boot (although that doesn't bother me nearly as much as waiting for
} some mother with her three kids to finish eating so I can sit down for
} my lunch).
} 
} Why can't these mothers continue doing their shopping till say 2pm?
} This way those of us who work for a living and get one hour for lunch
} won't have to wait (and inevitably be late getting back to work)!!

And yes, here we have mothers as lower class citizens.  Non-productive.
All they do is sit around at home with children until they feel it's time
to go clog restaurants that rightfully belong to superior employed people.
Perhaps they're hungry then too?  Perhaps their schedules also constrain
them to eat lunch at lunch time?  Nah, let's legistlate this, so that only
Citizens with working cards and picture ids can dine at noon.  

How about finding a decent company to employ you that is more flexible than
your current one?  Or dining at your local rude beef and brew?  (no minors)
If you're really shelling out the bucks, though, you won't ever see loud
children, but at your measly $10 for lunch places, you might.

Of course, *none* of us were *ever* screaming children.  No, no. 
Shall we assume that we were either perfect little angels and are having to
experience the rowdier aspects of childhood by having tantrums in net.flame?
Or the alternative, that *our* parents always neglected us and left us home
to scream at the baby-sitter, and so we're jealous? (Aaaawwww.)

And to bring in another conversation:
> to watch everyone else *cringe* every time jr. lets out a yell.
} to eat and get back to work.  Then the kid starts screamin his little face
Only boys yell in restaurants?

L S Chabot
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