Ill behaved brats in coffee shops and even pubs now FFS rant.

[Racing roadkill]

The real travesty is that children intrude on a non-reciprocal basis.

Many's the time I've wanted to throw myself into one of those swimming pool sized pits of brightly coloured plastic balls you see at furniture stores.

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be welcome.

That thought has crossed my mind too.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I bet those unruly kids are saying to their mums 'who's that sweaty, red faced weirdo in spandex'?

I doubt either the parent's or 'kid's' vocabulary would be up to it.

 

[screenman]

[QUOTE 3496677, member: 9609"]tell them what you think, then spend the next part of your days cycling in anticipation of being splattered in a punishment pass.

I do know where you're coming from though and its dam annoying when you're after a peaceful cup of tea, although I find the offspring of the very wealthy the worst.[/QUOTE]

How do you know somebodies wealth?

 

[Racing roadkill]

Odd, i find it the other way round. But this is about parental control rather than financial status.
The world has changed, when i was young going out to a restaurant was a very rare treat, we even got dressed up to go to a Bernie Inn. Now my kids eat out most weekends.
I make a point of taking my kids to kiddy friendly restaurants, places i would never dream of going without the kids. Mainly for my own sanity, as i feel far more relaxed when i know it doesn't matter if the kids have a screaming fit.

That's exactly it. I wouldn't go to a place that has all the 'child friendly' stuff, I'd expect a lot of boisterous children in those places, and therefore I'd choose not to go there, the wind up is when the parents think it's a great idea to take the (probably easily bored) offspring to an out of the way establishment, then resolutely fail to exert any control over them.

 

[TVC]

I have a work mate who has a son, and when she takes him out to eat, or to a supermarket he runs about, shouts out and throws hissy fits. That's Autism for you, and that's about as good as it gets with him.

I have learned over the past couple of years to try to look at the situation and see if the parents are trying to manage the behavior, in which case they may be dealing with serious issues. If they are ignoring the child and tapping away on their phones then they are of course just nobbers.

 

[Racing roadkill]

[QUOTE 3496874, member: 9609"]i ask them to produce bank statements, home addresses and share portfolios so as I can asses them properly[/QUOTE]
That's the only way to be sure.

 

[rich p]

To be fair, caravans are shíte.

Some buggers have parked theirs all over our local park too.

 

[Milzy]

Ohh joy, another completely useless uninteresting thread.

 

[Racing roadkill]

I have a work mate who has a son, and when she takes him out to eat, or to a supermarket he runs about, shouts out and throws hissy fits. That's Autism for you, and that's about as good as it gets with him.

I have learned over the past couple of years to try to look at the situation and see if the parents are trying to contain the behavior, in which case they may be dealing with serious issues. If they are ignoring the child and tapping away on their phones then they are of course just nobbers.

Again that's a fair point. If they are trying to do the right thing, or there is an obvious disability / condition which may be hampering their efforts, then that's life, no problem, it's the feckless idiots that couldn't give a monkeys about how the behaviour of their offspring might be winding up the rest of humanity that get me. To balance it out slightly, I was in a coffee establishment in Salisbury a couple of weeks back, and the customary screechy I'll behaved rug rat appeared behind my seat and proceeded to start kicking the back of my seat. The mother (I presume) went mad at it. And told it to stop behaving in such a manner, or it would be taken home forthwith (or words to that effect). It worked, job's a good'un. That shows that it's not that bloody difficult, if they give a toss

 

[Racing roadkill]

Ohh joy, another completely useless uninteresting thread.

Oh joy another completely useless uninteresting post.

 

[TVC]

Ohh joy, another completely useless uninteresting thread.

You made it as far as page 2 though.

 

[Saluki]

To be fair, caravans are shíte.

Nooooo. I love my caravan. Without it, we would be able to afford to get a break away.

 

[ufkacbln]

I was in a pub t'other week which had a siding door on the disabled toilet

Two little darlings had decided that a good game would be to slam the door from open to shut and back as loudly and as hard as possible

Lass behind the bar asked them to stop and the older kid (about 9) "asked her to go away"

One of the locals then went across to the parents and told them that thir little darlings were out of order and should not speak to the staff that way.

Parents were equally polite....

The manager then asked them to leave to another barrage of abuse.

20 mInutes later they did leave ... with a Police escort and are now banned from all the pubs in the local area

 

[Fab Foodie]

As per thread title. Why in the name of the wee man, do people think it's acceptable to let little Shazney / Kylie etc, run around screaming shouting and behaving like caravan bred little peanuts, in the places I like to stop at on my rides. It's getting beyond a joke now. I'm currently sat in such an establishment, with said caravan dwellers behind me, their screechy little Jeremy Kyle child is screeching it's head off, and the nine toed, web foot (probably) parents aren't saying a damn thing.

You going for the CC bigot of the year award RR?
If so, I reckon you've nailed it already ....

 

[F70100]

[thread-hijack-alert] Motoring Correspondent Erin Baker wrote disparagingly about caravans in yesterdays Telegraph. I only bought my caravan after reading about her attempts at motor racing; thought I'd better give her a chance at overtaking something [/thread-hijack-alert]