Why do you let your kid run around at a restaurant?

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of you guys are just mean-spirited, miserable and likely perpetually single assholes making up stories. I don't see this epidemic of kids running around fine dining establishment and I eat out for virtually every meal. You dislike children and happy parents because you are lonely, unhappy people who begrudge others joy.

I agree. I mentioned somewhere upthread that this is never a problem for me, and someone replied that the frequency with which this occurs is irrelevant to the conversation. Crazy.

I think people are just bitter, and this is their moment to have a weekly "holier than thou" moment. I do think that some of these people are parents who are complaining because they've done all the "hard work" of parenting their children "properly" and want some kind of societal pat on the back by making up incidents of kids running around $150 / plate restaurants.

Yeah, that's definitely it

I think it is. I hear this crap all the time. You're a wonderful parent and everyone else sucks by comparison. Society is going to hell in a handbasket, but you're doing your part. Why can't more people be like you. It must be because they're lazy.

Whine, whine, whine.

Yes you hear it because it's largely true. Free range children. Hmphf.

In my view the same thing that happens to free range chickens should happen to free range children

Sorry what happens to free ranging chicken? And also I still didn't get the answer to my question about where does tea come from? Sorry I was a SN kid back in the days. Thanks in advance.

NP Free range chickens get their heads cut off. Tea comes from little bags that you submerge in boiling hot water, just like you submerge a beheaded chicken in boiling hot water so that the feathers are easier to remove.

You made me even more confused! How does boiling water make it easier for feathers to come out? Sorry pardon me. Like I said I was a SN kid. Sorry.

Hot water opens the pores of the dead chicken so that feathers are released. Then you can gut the chicken, chop
it into at least 8 pieces, and bake it in an oven at 350 degrees for 37 minutes. If you want to pour half a glass of the wine you are drinking over the chicken, that's cool.

A personal quibble: meat is not baked but roasted. If something is changing (i.e. rising) then it is baking. Solid forms like vegetables or meat are roasted.

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I usually don't roast or bake vegetables. It takes away all their nutrients. Better steam them right?

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Baked vegetables are really healthy if you eat them with jasmine tea. Try it.

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Unless you eat them in a restaurant with no kids running around. I was at Applebee's today and had the same exact experience.

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Anonymous wrote:I was one of those who used to judge parents very harshly when the kids were not on their best behavior. And then I gave birth to a wonderful, adorable little boy with non-visible special needs. We rarely go out to eat, but sometimes my husband's relatives basically force us by taking offense if we don't come to their events at restaurants.

My son cannot sit still and becomes easily agitated. He calms himself by running up and down the aisles of restaurants and through tables. Everyone takes a turn going to follow him and make sure he does not get in trouble, but I know he still disruptive to other diners. He is trying his best and so are we, his parents. But it is very hard.

Your son's special needs consist of discipline and fit parents. Based on the above and your replies, you offer neither of these.

Now, let's talk about YOUR special needs. You need to find enough love for your son to place him in the hands of fit parents who will give him the discipline to help him become a functioning member of society. Then you need to sew your crotch shut. Then you need to get off the Internet.

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Yes jasmine tea is the best with sautéed vegetables. I have once tried it in Ulan Batur. But really don't know where it grows.

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Anonymous wrote:A lot of you guys are just mean-spirited, miserable and likely perpetually single assholes making up stories. I don't see this epidemic of kids running around fine dining establishment and I eat out for virtually every meal. You dislike children and happy parents because you are lonely, unhappy people who begrudge others joy.

I agree. I mentioned somewhere upthread that this is never a problem for me, and someone replied that the frequency with which this occurs is irrelevant to the conversation. Crazy.

I think people are just bitter, and this is their moment to have a weekly "holier than thou" moment. I do think that some of these people are parents who are complaining because they've done all the "hard work" of parenting their children "properly" and want some kind of societal pat on the back by making up incidents of kids running around $150 / plate restaurants.

Yeah, that's definitely it

I think it is. I hear this crap all the time. You're a wonderful parent and everyone else sucks by comparison. Society is going to hell in a handbasket, but you're doing your part. Why can't more people be like you. It must be because they're lazy.

Whine, whine, whine.

Yes you hear it because it's largely true. Free range children. Hmphf.

In my view the same thing that happens to free range chickens should happen to free range children

Sorry what happens to free ranging chicken? And also I still didn't get the answer to my question about where does tea come from? Sorry I was a SN kid back in the days. Thanks in advance.

NP Free range chickens get their heads cut off. Tea comes from little bags that you submerge in boiling hot water, just like you submerge a beheaded chicken in boiling hot water so that the feathers are easier to remove.

You made me even more confused! How does boiling water make it easier for feathers to come out? Sorry pardon me. Like I said I was a SN kid. Sorry.

Hot water opens the pores of the dead chicken so that feathers are released. Then you can gut the chicken, chop
it into at least 8 pieces, and bake it in an oven at 350 degrees for 37 minutes. If you want to pour half a glass of the wine you are drinking over the chicken, that's cool.

A personal quibble: meat is not baked but roasted. If something is changing (i.e. rising) then it is baking. Solid forms like vegetables or meat are roasted.

A personal quibble: chicken is not meat, it is poultry. Although I often make Ina Garten's recipe for baked chicken, I wasn't able to find PP's cookbook with recipes for roasted chicken, poultry or meat.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes jasmine tea is the best with sautéed vegetables. I have once tried it in Ulan Batur. But really don't know where it grows.

Jasmine tea grows on the steep-sloped island of Komodo, in the lesser Sunda chain of the Indonesian archipelago, and the nearby island of Rintja, Padar and Flores.
Strangely enough, this is also home to the Komodo dragon of Bob and Ray fame.

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I don't. And I honestly have never seen this. We go out to eat about once a week.

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WTF? Is this thread about a stupid jasmine rice or kids in restaurants? Have all here gone nuts? WTF?

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Anonymous wrote:WTF? Is this thread about a stupid jasmine rice or kids in restaurants? Have all here gone nuts? WTF?

It is jasmine tea and kids running around in restaurants. Please stay focused.

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Okay its Jasmine tea stupid. Can someone explain what does jasmine tea, SN kids and restaurants have in common? This is now keeping me awake at nights. Please!

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And where does "lesser Sunda chain of the Indonesian archipelago" fit in all this crap?

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Calm down and pour yourself a glass of vine. It's Friday for Gods sake!

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Just came back from our date night and one family with two kids ruined it for us at the restaurant. What you guys have been talking here was exactly right on the spot!