Kids in coffee shops - yay or nay

irishgrover · 06-09-2021 09:48AM

if you are welcome in the establishment by the management then everyone else can **** off..... simples

06-09-2021 10:05AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117851975#Comment_117851975

What an incredibly nasty thing to say - or think.

mistress_gi · 06-09-2021 10:14AM

As a childless middle age grump 😂 i think kids should be allowed everywhere as long as the parents are minding them. It's the lack of parental supervision that annoys me.

If we keep kids away ftom all these places how will they get used to being in public? I really think we are in risk of creating of a whole generation that can't behave in public! And that would just be a real shame....

notAMember · 06-09-2021 10:27AM

It's a cafe we're talking about here, right? Not a strip-show?

DoctorEdgeWild · 06-09-2021 10:32AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852557#Comment_117852557

Hi, have you got an address for this coffee shop strip show? Very interested.

murpho999 · 06-09-2021 10:33AM

No issue with kids being in coffee shops as long as people look after them.

Lately you say families allow kids use phones and tablets with sounds of games coming out of the speakers which is very annoying and anti social. Apart from that you can't complain about kids being kids.

06-09-2021 10:37AM

Nay. Kids, especially toddlers, don't enjoy coffee shops, and neither do their parents, be honest.

listermint · 06-09-2021 10:41AM

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These kids will be paying for your retirement. Have a bit more respect. You probably believe you are paying for your own social security into old age. News flash you ain't ! Your a drain on the system and the system is and will be propped up by those youngsters running around .

High time people started living in the real world.

06-09-2021 10:44AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852607#Comment_117852607

Let's all bow down to our future overlords?

Who cares that they grow up in a society built by their elders? We paid for their birth and medical and child benefit expenses.

listermint · 06-09-2021 10:48AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852617#Comment_117852617

Pales in comparison sunshine. Pales.

HildaOgdenx · 06-09-2021 10:55AM

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I agree. Nobody expects perfect peace and quiet in a coffee shop, or if they do, they are being unrealistic.

It's a pain though if people allow their kids to run around, and get in the way, especially of staff, who may be carrying trays of hot drinks.

Or, as I saw recently, a dad encouraging a small child, to shriek at top volume, in response to some game the dad started playing. The child was perfectly happy before that just sitting in a high chair, eating, and talking at normal volume.

Oh and one more thing, don't do the OTT top of voice 'YOU LIKE MILKSHAKES DON'T YOU, SAM, TELL THE LADY YOU WANT A MILKSHAKE ...' shush!

Piollaire · 06-09-2021 10:58AM

This isn't about kids, it's about how you deal with rude people. You let them get into your head so much that you had to have a confrontation. You let them ruin your morning. You just have to laugh to yourself at stuffy old grumps like them.

Alternatively leave a dirty nappy on their table as a gift of appreciation.

Wilmol · 06-09-2021 10:59AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852631#Comment_117852631

Warning: angry breeder alert!

Wilmol · 06-09-2021 11:01AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117851020#Comment_117851020

What a ridiculous comment. Majority of people are annoyed by kids shrieking and that is by design! the screams are piercing and extremely annoying as an alarm that the child need their needs met.

Mr_Muffin · 06-09-2021 11:02AM

Yes. It's a coffee shop, not a nightclub.

listermint · 06-09-2021 11:03AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852678#Comment_117852678

Angry at the world outside of themselves. Awe bless. Maybe someone will give you a hug ? Maybe...

Princess Calla · 06-09-2021 11:12AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852450#Comment_117852450

It's not really, just basic economics.

One person on their own supping away for an hour maybe spending €7 , or a group of four spending €28/30 and maybe spending 30-45 mins there.....ages don't matter just the numbers.

Like when a staff member comes over asking can they get you anything else, that's the polite way of saying your time is up move along or spend more money.

lawred2 · 06-09-2021 11:14AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058207524/kids-in-coffee-shops-yay-or-nay

They are wrong. Good for you for not letting it slide. If they want to read in silence either head to the library or stay at home.

Fu(king hate miserable anti social people like that. Everywhere should be an extension of their private space because they are so self important.

SonicHook · 06-09-2021 11:14AM

Victor Meldrew is alive and well.

Take your kids where you see fit. Sometimes they might need reining in but that's part and parcel of teaching them social skills.

My wife was in a café with the kids one day and they were laughing and messing. An older man came up to them and my wife thought he was going to complain. He told her it was lovely to hear the laughter of children and handed her a fiver to get them a treat.

spurious · 06-09-2021 11:14AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117851020#Comment_117851020

Read what I wrote again. There seem to be a lot here ready to hop without reason. Pricks, probably.

whisky_galore · 06-09-2021 11:15AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852607#Comment_117852607

That assumes they get a job and live here. They may be someone's shiftless spawn who knows?

spurious · 06-09-2021 11:16AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852338#Comment_117852338

Exactly, unless their parents/guardians are in the 'mine can do no wrong' camp. It extends into school and other areas later.

listermint · 06-09-2021 11:17AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852771#Comment_117852771

Who cares I suppose. That person has probably paid for a coffee and two hot chocolates or drinks and or cookies for the kids. Alot more profit than leechey sitting on the couch for two hours sipping their tea to get away from the missus or mister back in the house . :)

06-09-2021 11:21AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852744#Comment_117852744

I was referring to this half of the comment:

"Cheeky b@stard, the poor kids were locked up for a year so he could survive long enough to drink his coffee, then he has the nerve to say they shouldn't be there."

Which, I repeat, is a really nasty thing to think, or say.

I've no problem with kids in coffee shops - or anywhere - as long as they're not disturbing other customers - but I've a feeling one half of this story is being downplayed. Two sides to every story.

I'd love to know how "antsy" the OP's one year old was getting that he had to take her out of the high chair and walk around the cafe with her to "get her to settle".

If they're that "antsy" then maybe it is time to go.

chrissb8 · 06-09-2021 11:54AM

No issue with it, but the parents who ignore their children as they cause mayhem should not be out in coffee shops with their kids. Say something to your child and if they can't stop acting up then leave.

cnocbui · 06-09-2021 12:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117851052#Comment_117851052

Including governments because many of them will end up paying for the civil service and the pensions of old paper reading people in coffee shops. The Japanese government would absolutely love more toddlers.

06-09-2021 12:31PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117853069#Comment_117853069

You'd swear nobody before the current generation paid any taxes in their day.

Most of them probably had larger families then modern day too.

rob316 · 06-09-2021 12:37PM

I wouldn't be long telling them to go **** them selves. Its a chain coffee shop, the adult equivalent of McDonald's. You can be sure the management prefer hosing a family €20 for a coffee and a few pastries than some tosser that spends 2 hours nursing a €3 coffee.

lawred2 · 06-09-2021 12:46PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117853162#Comment_117853162

and the same tosser who likely serves to discourage repeat custom from such a family as they might think twice about being in the same situation again

Mrs OBumble · 06-09-2021 01:59PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117852607#Comment_117852607

As stated, the ones who behave are fine - and I've no problem with them.

The ones who run around like maniacs 'cos their adults cannot be arsed parenting them will likely be in prison, so I'll still be paying for them in my retirement.

Kids in coffee shops - yay or nay

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