Last night I went with friends to a pizza palace at Cammeray, Sydney, where we had an overdose of out of control kiddies.
I don’t think we will be going back again, especially on a Friday night for more of the same.
The pizzas were ok but the noise was not. I didn’t try their coffee. We wanted to leave early as another shipment of kiddies had arrived.
When you get two families with 6-8 kiddies out of control, the decibel rate can be extreme.
I think that the hard surfaced floors and ceilings in many places make it worse.
When I was young, many moons ago, children were to be seen but not heard.
Barry
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Somehow I can relate to your experience as several times it has happened to me. Could not even hold a proper conversation with my peers in a cafe one day and was forced to leave because of the kids and their seemingly nonchalant parent!Originally posted by Yelta View PostThe title says it all.
Two flat whites and a bawling child, please
Obviously some (not all) parents are simply unaware that their grubby screaming little brat is causing other customers discomfort/distress.
I've been known to walk out of a cafe with an over supply of the noisy little devils.
Macca's have the right idea, quarantine em.
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Unless the kids are screaming in my ear, it doesn't bother me one bit. That's not to say that I'm not forming an opinion of the so-called responsible parents thereof.
I love kids but their parents? Meh...
Mal.
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And so the saga of out of control kids in public places continues, grumpy old people seem to have found quite a bit of support in this article'
"But the majority of posts, and comments on the news stories on Fairfax websites, approved wholeheartedly of the cafe owner's stance. If you wanted a place where kids could go nuts, take them to McDonalds, more than one contributor said.
You can see the yummy mummies curling their lips in distaste at such a thought, and to be fair, McDonalds coffee is notoriously undrinkable. But is it so terribly Victorian to expect children to sit up nicely in public eateries, and not run around like stunted warlords, or squeal in that high pitched way that small children seem to enjoy so much?"
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Nah...it's generally about coffee related stuff...
I'm happy to see it stay here for now. It seems we've moderated it before but I think that was at people's requests to mod their own posts. I'm confident about the current tone of the thread.
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Is this coffee related?
maybe it was at the very start, but it's broad brushed opinions about parents , children and "grumpy old people" (or something) now.
My thinking is, behave & have your children behave in a manner that is sensitive to the tone of the establishment. Act in an appropriate way. Have appropriate conversations ect..
Off topic?
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I saw that the post had gone viral on Facebook too. Had a bit of a chuckle as that description fit my cafe perfectly. No noisy kids or prams here and I can turn the coffee machine on when I want!
The joys of having your own espresso machine in your own home.
But it is still a shock when you go out to enjoy a bit more of a social atmosphere (as it seems to be the thing to still do - go and talk to a real human being that is!) and find that humans still behave the same ie. let their kids run around a room screaming while they have a conversation with other adults as if nothing was going on and in public too! haha!
Still, it is what makes me shy away from ever returning to making coffee as a profession. Might have PTSD I think...
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Pissed myself laughing at the diversity of the posts on this topic. It seems like the mature ones would like to simply go to a nice, quiet & pleasant cafe, enjoy the serenity whilst sipping their shot of gold.
Then we have the protective parents set (oh no !.... not my child, they're perfect) who staunchly defend their brats behavior that does indeed intrude upon the peaceful privacy of others.
Bottom line ?... leave 'em at home !
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Hope no-one stayed up to watch that over promoted non-event.
Shallow journalism? No..... it was a mirage.
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Gone viral...... about to be on channel 10. Show I don't watch on @ 6.30... but I'll check this segment out.
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Originally posted by Bernsbrew View PostSome people don't have a choice about their kids. Youngsters can and do become over-excited, some more than others. My youngest daughter is highly active, climbs on and up everything, runs everywhere, screams with excitement. She simply finds it difficult to sit still for an extended period, consequently we have to choose our venues carefully. Many children are like this. The problem is grumpy old f@rts from a generation that regarded the world as theirs. Well tough, the world has moved on. Children have a place, and it's everywhere. GOFs - underworked and overpaid - saddled the nation with debt in their quest for a blessed latte lifestyle they never earned that the rest of us and our children must now repay. With their comfy retirements secured, the least GOFs can do is tolerate the generations that are paying their bills. I have no time for GOFs who think the rest of us owe them a debt of gratitude. GOFs who don't like youngsters should stay home.
You want to knock that chip off your shoulder going way OTT with those comments.
And what's a GOF when it's at home?
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I think the owners second comment was fine, but the first probably lost it's effect with the condescending tone. I can, however, understand the frustration with parents who don't parent. A symptom of the apparently increasly absense of courtesy in public in general, perhaps?
That said, the babychino thing on the otherhand is just self important nonsense. What's next? Refusing to sell juice or tea?
The pram issues is interesting. I've always loved going out for breakfast/coffee on weekends. I had 6 weeks off when my son was born, so plenty of opportunity to do it on weekdays too. Sadly I found I couldn't walk to half my local cafés, because there simply wasn't enough space. So my custom went elsewhere.
Given the size of some places, its understandable they can't accommodate (how do they deal with wheelchairs?), but ostracising people with prams or small children is only going to hurt your business in the long run. Children grow up, young hipsters settle down and have kids. Odd fact about life.
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