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From: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Newsgroups: net.flame
Subject: Re: Re: air-horns in restaurants
Message-ID: <375@zinfandel.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 10:30:05 EST
Article-I.D.: zinfande.375
Posted: Thu Apr 18 10:30:05 1985
Date-Received: Sat, 27-Apr-85 04:23:11 EST
References: <1596@decwrl.UUCP> <2362@mit-hermes.ARPA> <754@mhuxt.UUCP>
Reply-To: berry@zinfandel.UUCP (Berry Kercheval)
Organization: Zehntel Inc., Walnut Creek CA
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Summary: 

In article <754@mhuxt.UUCP> js2j@mhuxt.UUCP (sonntag) writes:
>  Please don't assume that *all* parents are that
>irresponsible.

Indeed.  I have been deliberately staying out of this discussion, but would 
like at this point to present what my wife and I do when going out to dinner
with our son, who is 2 and a half.

	1) We order a glass of milk or crackers to be brought immediately.
	   This will often keep him busy until the food comes.  If a waitress
	   brings it without asking, she gets a BIG tip.
	2) If he screams, runs around or makes a disturbance we 
		a) leave, if our order can ba cancelled. or
		b) Alene and I negotiate taking turns to sit with him
		   in the car while the other eats.

He has learned that loud, rude behavior is unacceptable in retaurants, and
is usually quite well behaved.  However, he IS only 2 and a half, and can't
act like an adult yet.  If angry diners can cut him a bit of slack for a minute,
we'll either quiet him down, or take him outside.  

Is that acceptable?  Lest this be construed as being to concilitory for
net.flame let me add an obligatory inflammatory remark:  "You jerks won't
make us change, and if you flame me I'll leave him at your house for a week,
so there Nyah Nyah."
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Berry Kercheval		Zehntel Inc.	(ihnp4!zehntel!zinfandel!berry)
(415)932-6900				(kerch@lll-tis.ARPA)