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Recently, I had party of 12 request the front room of my resturaunt (an upscale Italian/Mexican place) when they made a reservation. No biggie, we set up the tables to accomdate before we opened for dinner. We all thought it would go smoothly.
We were wrong. There were about 6 kids in the party, ages 12-16, who were out of control. See the three major strikes:
Strike one: The youngest boy was seated next to the hostess podium/kitchen, and kept acting like he was going to fall out of his chair when the waiters passed. Our waiters always move quickly, and carry large plates of boiling food. After wiating for a parent to do something (no luck, they sat at the other end of the table)I gave him a few sharp looks when I went past, and he quit it. For a while.
Strike two: The sixteen year old girl cried when her food was late. Not 'I'm really hungry' crying, but 'WAAAH! MOMMMMMY! I WANT MY FOOOOD!' pouting-crying. Her dish came out about 5-10 minutes after everyone else (that was waitress's fault), but she was acutally crying and throwing a hissy fit over wanting to leave the resturaunt over it. Then, she sent it back for being cold (it didn't even sit on the kitchen/diningroom shelf). Then she was upset her new dish wasn't out instantly. Sorry girlie, food doesn't cook instantly.
Strike three: Right before they left (2 hours of this nonsense, now) the kids were throwing the complimentary mints across the dining room. 12-16 year olds were doing this.
I've never seen such a rude bunch of teenagers/pre-teens in my life. We've had plenty of kids in the resturaunt, from babies to teens, and none of them have been that rude. We actually had several little old girls there that same night who all sat quietly and were very well behaved for their whole meal. It just made the older kids look even wilder.
We were wrong. There were about 6 kids in the party, ages 12-16, who were out of control. See the three major strikes:
Strike one: The youngest boy was seated next to the hostess podium/kitchen, and kept acting like he was going to fall out of his chair when the waiters passed. Our waiters always move quickly, and carry large plates of boiling food. After wiating for a parent to do something (no luck, they sat at the other end of the table)I gave him a few sharp looks when I went past, and he quit it. For a while.
Strike two: The sixteen year old girl cried when her food was late. Not 'I'm really hungry' crying, but 'WAAAH! MOMMMMMY! I WANT MY FOOOOD!' pouting-crying. Her dish came out about 5-10 minutes after everyone else (that was waitress's fault), but she was acutally crying and throwing a hissy fit over wanting to leave the resturaunt over it. Then, she sent it back for being cold (it didn't even sit on the kitchen/diningroom shelf). Then she was upset her new dish wasn't out instantly. Sorry girlie, food doesn't cook instantly.
Strike three: Right before they left (2 hours of this nonsense, now) the kids were throwing the complimentary mints across the dining room. 12-16 year olds were doing this.
I've never seen such a rude bunch of teenagers/pre-teens in my life. We've had plenty of kids in the resturaunt, from babies to teens, and none of them have been that rude. We actually had several little old girls there that same night who all sat quietly and were very well behaved for their whole meal. It just made the older kids look even wilder.
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