"Cause you sure have a obession with me...."  WOW, Did that just get pitched?

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Kids are Bliss.God Love and Protect each and every one of them. Happy Festivus!

I hate kids in restaurants. Once, while waiting in line in the lobby of ___________, on NF Blve., NT to get in for dinner, there was a bunch of people and one group with babe in arms. Shortly after babe IN ARMS stopped wailing, it puked right into that nicely enclosed alcove waitng area. Mmmm. Lovely pre-dinner smell. THEN, the hostess, the lady with the menus picks up a wet towel and cleans the mess up. She then 'almost' goes into the kitchen witht the dirty rag but is met at the swinging kitchen doors by a bus boy who is a little slow on the draw to begin with. He takes the rag from the hostess and she turns around and goes back to her podium station at the door. She was about to hand me a menu, when my date and I turned around and left. She had not washed her hands before she was about to hand out the menus! The kid should have stayed home because I'll never go back in there again. Kids should be left at home except for the most casual of settings, or at least having parents with enough sense to keep them quiet or go out of the room immediately. There is no excuse at all. This behavior shows disrespect for their entire family by showing to the children disrespect to the rest of the diners. Bad manners are inherited to a great degree and the example set by the parents is a bad one to their own progeny.

Sneeze on my napkin though and I have a butter tab with anyone's name on it. That only serves to show a lower appointment or social station than the offenders. That shouldn't be done. A polite glance. A message to the waitstaff or management is also an alternative. You should always leave a comment card if available about your concerns when something like this happens.

One option is to go where the blue hairs go. There usually aren't any children around and the most annoying noise is denture clatter and the dish washing in back of course. Upon arrival, you can also ask the host or hostess to seat you as far away from potential "problems" right from the beginning. You can also request that none of these sorts of potential "problems" be seated next to you. Use a smile and then they know that this is a civil request.