Question for parents who let kids use electronics with sound in public places without headphones

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Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on but this happened to me last night at a relatively upscale restaurant (Et Voila). Family of 4 sat down and kids were promptly handed their parent’s iPhones. One watched video with the volume up. These were not toddlers, but early elementary. They even propped up the phones while they ate. Sorry, but I never give my kids (9 and 5) my phone to play with (even when they were toddlers!), let alone at a restaurant. They color/draw or read.

My parents took us to restaurants and it was expected that we sit and behave ourselves. There were no electronic or coloring books, etc. I did the same with my children and until such time as they could fobtjud, they stayed home with a sitter. Restaurants, particularly upscale restaurants, need a 'no child under 12 policy."

I'd be happy with a "no audible electronics' policy.

Restaurants are free to ban children under 12 but they certainly won't be getting the $20k per year I spend eating out. This is why you will never see this happen at 80% of restaurants fail by their 5th year anyway. And yes, I let my kids use ipad at low volume (where I can barely hear it at the table is the rule).

This is embarrassing. You should feel embarrassed. [/quot

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But I don't though. haha. Eat it.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on but this happened to me last night at a relatively upscale restaurant (Et Voila). Family of 4 sat down and kids were promptly handed their parent’s iPhones. One watched video with the volume up. These were not toddlers, but early elementary. They even propped up the phones while they ate. Sorry, but I never give my kids (9 and 5) my phone to play with (even when they were toddlers!), let alone at a restaurant. They color/draw or read.

My parents took us to restaurants and it was expected that we sit and behave ourselves. There were no electronic or coloring books, etc. I did the same with my children and until such time as they could fobtjud, they stayed home with a sitter. Restaurants, particularly upscale restaurants, need a 'no child under 12 policy."

I'd be happy with a "no audible electronics' policy.

Restaurants are free to ban children under 12 but they certainly won't be getting the $20k per year I spend eating out. This is why you will never see this happen at 80% of restaurants fail by their 5th year anyway. And yes, I let my kids use ipad at low volume (where I can barely hear it at the table is the rule).

This is embarrassing. You should feel embarrassed. [/quot

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But I don't though. haha. Eat it.

We can just end the thread here. OP, these are the kind of people you're dealing with. They will never change.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:On a cruise we were once seated with another family with a toddler. Great! we thought — until they immediately turned out a tablet with volume on an incredibly high value. My spouse and I were mortified at how rude it was for the other diners.

We don’t show a tablet to our toddler during dinner (we had it with us for the airplane), but I went back to our cabin to get the device because our toddler was screaming that we couldn’t watch a tablet too.

We were going to be seated with them for the week, so we weren’t exactly in the position to ask them to turn it down and they didn’t use headphones. We set our child’s tablet on mute, but the other family never picked up on our cues.

You find a manager who tells them to put on mute as it is bothering many other guests.

I tried this at Mike’s American in Springfield last year. Kid watching movie on an iPad loudly during Easter dinner. Was told they couldn’t ask the family to put it away, so we no longer dine there.

Had your food already come? I would have left if my food had not already come.

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Anonymous wrote:Not to pile on but this happened to me last night at a relatively upscale restaurant (Et Voila). Family of 4 sat down and kids were promptly handed their parent’s iPhones. One watched video with the volume up. These were not toddlers, but early elementary. They even propped up the phones while they ate. Sorry, but I never give my kids (9 and 5) my phone to play with (even when they were toddlers!), let alone at a restaurant. They color/draw or read.

My parents took us to restaurants and it was expected that we sit and behave ourselves. There were no electronic or coloring books, etc. I did the same with my children and until such time as they could fobtjud, they stayed home with a sitter. Restaurants, particularly upscale restaurants, need a 'no child under 12 policy."

I'd be happy with a "no audible electronics' policy.

Restaurants are free to ban children under 12 but they certainly won't be getting the $20k per year I spend eating out. This is why you will never see this happen at 80% of restaurants fail by their 5th year anyway. And yes, I let my kids use ipad at low volume (where I can barely hear it at the table is the rule).

This is embarrassing. You should feel embarrassed. [/quot

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But I don't though. haha. Eat it.

We can just end the thread here. OP, these are the kind of people you're dealing with. They will never change.

This. Most a-hole parents know it and don’t care. And raise a-hole kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:On a cruise we were once seated with another family with a toddler. Great! we thought — until they immediately turned out a tablet with volume on an incredibly high value. My spouse and I were mortified at how rude it was for the other diners.

We don’t show a tablet to our toddler during dinner (we had it with us for the airplane), but I went back to our cabin to get the device because our toddler was screaming that we couldn’t watch a tablet too.

We were going to be seated with them for the week, so we weren’t exactly in the position to ask them to turn it down and they didn’t use headphones. We set our child’s tablet on mute, but the other family never picked up on our cues.

You find a manager who tells them to put on mute as it is bothering many other guests.

I tried this at Mike’s American in Springfield last year. Kid watching movie on an iPad loudly during Easter dinner. Was told they couldn’t ask the family to put it away, so we no longer dine there.

Had your food already come? I would have left if my food had not already come.

There was a connection (part of a 50+ person group we were there with, and they were closely connected to someone we're closely connected with), so I couldn't go nuclear. I probably could have pressed the issue more, but I also was on vacation and just trying to avoid conflict in general because that's all my day-to-day job is. Connecting this back to the broader point, I was really frustrated that the family was so inconsiderate of others and the position it put us in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a cruise we were once seated with another family with a toddler. Great! we thought — until they immediately turned out a tablet with volume on an incredibly high value. My spouse and I were mortified at how rude it was for the other diners.

We don’t show a tablet to our toddler during dinner (we had it with us for the airplane), but I went back to our cabin to get the device because our toddler was screaming that we couldn’t watch a tablet too.

We were going to be seated with them for the week, so we weren’t exactly in the position to ask them to turn it down and they didn’t use headphones. We set our child’s tablet on mute, but the other family never picked up on our cues.

You find a manager who tells them to put on mute as it is bothering many other guests.

I tried this at Mike’s American in Springfield last year. Kid watching movie on an iPad loudly during Easter dinner. Was told they couldn’t ask the family to put it away, so we no longer dine there.

Had your food already come? I would have left if my food had not already come.

There was a connection (part of a 50+ person group we were there with, and they were closely connected to someone we're closely connected with), so I couldn't go nuclear. I probably could have pressed the issue more, but I also was on vacation and just trying to avoid conflict in general because that's all my day-to-day job is. Connecting this back to the broader point, I was really frustrated that the family was so inconsiderate of others and the position it put us in.

Wait, so these people were part of your party, and you wanted the restaurant manager to intervene?

And the host/organizer that you are "closely connected" to didn't do/say anything? I'd have second thoughts about my "close connections" in that case.

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Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

Oh another a-hole parent has joined us. Sorry your kid can’t eat a meal without a screen. You must be so proud.

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

Oh another a-hole parent has joined us. Sorry your kid can’t eat a meal without a screen. You must be so proud.

I'm sorry that your spouse's company is so poor that your attention to drift to other people's tables

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

Oh another a-hole parent has joined us. Sorry your kid can’t eat a meal without a screen. You must be so proud.

I'm sorry that your spouse's company is so poor that your attention to drift to other people's tables

On the contrary, my spouse’s company is so excellent that I care to give him my undivided— or at least minimally-divided— attention. Your obnoxious Paw Patrol theme music is drifting in my direction, or my attention wouldn’t be drifting to your table.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

Oh another a-hole parent has joined us. Sorry your kid can’t eat a meal without a screen. You must be so proud.

I'm sorry that your spouse's company is so poor that your attention to drift to other people's tables

It’s hard to ignore your child’s loud terrible show. Shameless.

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Anonymous wrote:Well, how about adults who put their cell phones on speaker and you have to listen not only to them, but to the other party?! So irritating. My kids refuse to use my iphone headset, so if I don't have the other bigger headset with me, I have to struggle for them to turn the volume down.

Adults who do that are super rude. Full stop.

But if your kids refuse to use your iphone headset, you refuse to let them use your iphone. Is that really so hard to understand? Why are you struggling with your kids to turn the volume on your phone down? Really, read what you just wrote. Are you not the parent? And yes, I have kids.

Because I am a single mom of twin boys, and this might not be on the top of my "survival" list, that's why. And just to clarify, this only happens when we fly for a trip, or when kids are sick and I bring them to my office, so rarely. We do not go out to restaurants much, so it is not a constant issue for me. And even with these challenges, I struggle until they turn the volume down. So you can stop judging in the typical DCUM way.

I'm the PP. I also have twins and my husband travels overseas a lot for long stretches at a time. Sure, you win because you're a full-time single mom, but I don't think your excuse is a valid one for letting your kids listen to your phone without headsets on an airplane. It's just rude.

What can you not understand from my post? Is it my English maybe? I did not say they listen to it loudly. I said it is a struggle for me make sure they have the volume down IN case I do not have the big headphones, since they don't like to use the iphone headset. I leave a big headset now with the ipad in the case, so not a problem. But even if I don't, they need to have volume down.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:On a cruise we were once seated with another family with a toddler. Great! we thought — until they immediately turned out a tablet with volume on an incredibly high value. My spouse and I were mortified at how rude it was for the other diners.

We don’t show a tablet to our toddler during dinner (we had it with us for the airplane), but I went back to our cabin to get the device because our toddler was screaming that we couldn’t watch a tablet too.

We were going to be seated with them for the week, so we weren’t exactly in the position to ask them to turn it down and they didn’t use headphones. We set our child’s tablet on mute, but the other family never picked up on our cues.

You find a manager who tells them to put on mute as it is bothering many other guests.

I tried this at Mike’s American in Springfield last year. Kid watching movie on an iPad loudly during Easter dinner. Was told they couldn’t ask the family to put it away, so we no longer dine there.

Had your food already come? I would have left if my food had not already come.

There was a connection (part of a 50+ person group we were there with, and they were closely connected to someone we're closely connected with), so I couldn't go nuclear. I probably could have pressed the issue more, but I also was on vacation and just trying to avoid conflict in general because that's all my day-to-day job is. Connecting this back to the broader point, I was really frustrated that the family was so inconsiderate of others and the position it put us in.

Wait, so these people were part of your party, and you wanted the restaurant manager to intervene?

And the host/organizer that you are "closely connected" to didn't do/say anything? I'd have second thoughts about my "close connections" in that case.

No, I think you’re confusing me with another poster. I didn’t want a manager to intervene, I just hoped the family would realize how inconsiderate they were being. Close mutual connection wasn’t there during the same seating time; it was a cruise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

Oh another a-hole parent has joined us. Sorry your kid can’t eat a meal without a screen. You must be so proud.

I'm sorry that your spouse's company is so poor that your attention to drift to other people's tables

On the contrary, my spouse’s company is so excellent that I care to give him my undivided— or at least minimally-divided— attention. Your obnoxious Paw Patrol theme music is drifting in my direction, or my attention wouldn’t be drifting to your table.

They don't watch videos and the volume is inaudible, fool

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why is it your business what other people are doing at their own table? lol. Do you get the manager to tell loud talkers to be quiet? Bunch of snowflakes on this thread.

Oh another a-hole parent has joined us. Sorry your kid can’t eat a meal without a screen. You must be so proud.

I'm sorry that your spouse's company is so poor that your attention to drift to other people's tables

On the contrary, my spouse’s company is so excellent that I care to give him my undivided— or at least minimally-divided— attention. Your obnoxious Paw Patrol theme music is drifting in my direction, or my attention wouldn’t be drifting to your table.

They don't watch videos and the volume is inaudible, fool

Literally no one here is talking about “inaudible volume,” also known as... silence.