Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn’t. Why would I interrupt my meal for someone else’s kid? They clearly didn’t drive themselves there so the parents can help.

I am imagining that the people next to the door wouldn’t have to get up to open it. So it isn’t much of an inconvenience. And parents probably send their kids to play without realizing how heavy the door is.

It doesn't matter if it's an inconvenience or not, it's not a random person's job to be the de-facto doorman simply because they are sitting close to the door. it's the parent's job to you know.. parent. Yes, that includes escorting your child to the play area and opening the door. If your child is too small to open the door themselves, they should not be in the play area unsupervised anyway.

Absolutely not.

And I'm the type of person who holds elevator doors open, etc. I even tied our neighbor's shoe the other day because I was right near him and noticed it was untied and his mom was on the other side of the playground. But no, I'm not getting up from my meal to open the door 4,532 times for all the kids who can't open it.

OP, life must be hard for you if you were upset about this.

I would only open for feral orphans who live alone in drains. Kids with a parent/guardian/other adult in their lives don't need help.

Anonymous wrote:Oh, wait -- are you envisioning leaning over the back of a booth to grab the handle of a heavy door and open it away from you?

Have you actually thought about the physics of this?

I haven't commented on this thread yet, but I'm wondering just how far a person would have to extend themselves to open the door in OP's scenario. I did a google image search for "chick fil A restaurant door to play area" to see if I could find examples of how close a booth is in most Chick fil A's, and the best example I could find was this.

https://www.suncommunitynews.com/downloads/69768/download/chick-fil-a_plattsburgh_2018_1002_340a2996_playarea.jpg?cb=d1a60fb01a46d5de0cd25e1d854acaa9

where the person sitting at that table would have to actually get up and out of their seat to open the door.

Would OP really expect someone to do that?

Oh, wait -- are you envisioning leaning over the back of a booth to grab the handle of a heavy door and open it away from you?

Have you actually thought about the physics of this?

Anonymous wrote:

It doesn’t seem unrealistic to me. If the table is right next to the kids play area, the handle to the door could be a few inches behind the booth with the hinges on the other side. It would just take reaching over and opening the door enough for a four year old to get through. No one would have to get up, and the door wouldn’t bang into anyone.

That's not the way building codes and the need for clear walkways and fire exit access work, and franchises like this are very standardized. You literally can't have a table or other impediment within certain inches of an entrance or exit door for an area.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn’t. Why would I interrupt my meal for someone else’s kid? They clearly didn’t drive themselves there so the parents can help.

I am imagining that the people next to the door wouldn’t have to get up to open it. So it isn’t much of an inconvenience. And parents probably send their kids to play without realizing how heavy the door is.

They are not putting tables directly on top of the door, PP. Of course someone would have to move to get to it -- otherwise the door would potentially be banging into them all the time.

Think about how close you'd have to sit to your front door to open it without getting up from the table. How realistic is that?

It doesn’t seem unrealistic to me. If the table is right next to the kids play area, the handle to the door could be a few inches behind the booth with the hinges on the other side. It would just take reaching over and opening the door enough for a four year old to get through. No one would have to get up, and the door wouldn’t bang into anyone.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I dont understand the answers that arc uou don’t know if the parent said it was ok. Surely the parent noticed the kid wasn’t sitting at the table anymore, right? Of course the parents know where the kids are, they just don’t realize how heavy the door is, so they sent their kids over assuming child could open the door himself.

Oh, sweet summer child, you don't have kids, do you?

And regardless, if they sent their kids over and know where they are every minute, then surely they can see the kids needs help -- or how would they always know their kid didn't just run into another room 20 seconds ago? So why not take care of the problem instead of letting their kid bother some stranger who is eating their own meal?

They want to relax and enjoy their hot meal. They want free babysitting. Why should you get to enjoy your meal hot as their needs come first?

No way would I open the door except for my own kids. I am busy opening sauce packets and straws and generally managing the controlled chaos of my 2 and 4yr olds. I am busy. Help your own damn kid.

Anonymous wrote:I dont understand the answers that arc uou don’t know if the parent said it was ok. Surely the parent noticed the kid wasn’t sitting at the table anymore, right? Of course the parents know where the kids are, they just don’t realize how heavy the door is, so they sent their kids over assuming child could open the door himself.

Come to think of it, PP, how do we know that the kid's parents didn't already know the door was too heavy (from last time), and weren't going to worry about the kid getting in because they couldn't open it, anyway?

Anonymous wrote:I dont understand the answers that arc uou don’t know if the parent said it was ok. Surely the parent noticed the kid wasn’t sitting at the table anymore, right? Of course the parents know where the kids are, they just don’t realize how heavy the door is, so they sent their kids over assuming child could open the door himself.

Oh, sweet summer child, you don't have kids, do you?

And regardless, if they sent their kids over and know where they are every minute, then surely they can see the kids needs help -- or how would they always know their kid didn't just run into another room 20 seconds ago? So why not take care of the problem instead of letting their kid bother some stranger who is eating their own meal?

I dont understand the answers that arc uou don’t know if the parent said it was ok. Surely the parent noticed the kid wasn’t sitting at the table anymore, right? Of course the parents know where the kids are, they just don’t realize how heavy the door is, so they sent their kids over assuming child could open the door himself.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn’t. Why would I interrupt my meal for someone else’s kid? They clearly didn’t drive themselves there so the parents can help.

I am imagining that the people next to the door wouldn’t have to get up to open it. So it isn’t much of an inconvenience. And parents probably send their kids to play without realizing how heavy the door is.

They are not putting tables directly on top of the door, PP. Of course someone would have to move to get to it -- otherwise the door would potentially be banging into them all the time.

Think about how close you'd have to sit to your front door to open it without getting up from the table. How realistic is that?

+1

Plus even if it was so close, I’m not interrupting my meal to exert myself to pull open a germy door for some random kids so they can go play. Goodness me.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn’t. Why would I interrupt my meal for someone else’s kid? They clearly didn’t drive themselves there so the parents can help.

I am imagining that the people next to the door wouldn’t have to get up to open it. So it isn’t much of an inconvenience. And parents probably send their kids to play without realizing how heavy the door is.

They are not putting tables directly on top of the door, PP. Of course someone would have to move to get to it -- otherwise the door would potentially be banging into them all the time.

Think about how close you'd have to sit to your front door to open it without getting up from the table. How realistic is that?

Anonymous wrote:No I wouldn’t. Why would I interrupt my meal for someone else’s kid? They clearly didn’t drive themselves there so the parents can help.

I am imagining that the people next to the door wouldn’t have to get up to open it. So it isn’t much of an inconvenience. And parents probably send their kids to play without realizing how heavy the door is.