Went to karaoke night last Friday. Was perturbed to find that not one but two tables had kids sitting at them. One group was a pair of adults with about 4 kids between them, the second was a couple right behind me with one kid.
This is a decent sit-down Mexican place but nothing fancy. Okay, I can see bringing kids. But:
1. It had to be close to 9 pm before they even ordered. Why are you making your kids wait so long to eat dinner?
2. There's AN ENTIRE RESTAURANT that's about 85% empty - why do you feel the need to sit in the bar? The kids were either occupying themselves with tablets or eating. I don't think any of them were paying any attention to whatever baseball game was on the TV.
3. You're taking up tables that people who want to drink could be using.
This is a big pet peeve of mine. And I realize it makes me look like a selfish asshole. If the shoe fits.
But I think any parent who brings their kid to a bar when there's a perfectly fine restaurant section attached is just as bad. A bar is a place for adults to get hammered and yell about football teams sucking and who got a handjob from what co-worker and what actor has the biggest schlong and how well does he use it. There's been nights with lesbians telling stories that would make Arga Barga blush and at least a couple of occasions where someone flashed their tits.
Why should adults feel like they need to dial it down in an adult establishment just because someone forces their kids into the situation? The last thing I want to see when I'm trying to relax in a bar is someone's kid.
Of course, both tables were taking their sweet time in leaving so the karaoke guy had gotten started but I was too disgusted to get up and sing. I just went home.
This has only happened a couple of times in the three + years I've been going to this place every Friday, so I guess that's good. And if it was a standalone bar - of which we have many in the area - I could understand. The kids are hungry, you want to stop in for a basket of wings or fries real quick. But this is an establishment that is primarily a restaurant and they have a small bar attached for convenience purposes, effectively. Literally 90% of the dining area is the restaurant. It's like the bar was an after thought.
This is a decent sit-down Mexican place but nothing fancy. Okay, I can see bringing kids. But:
1. It had to be close to 9 pm before they even ordered. Why are you making your kids wait so long to eat dinner?
2. There's AN ENTIRE RESTAURANT that's about 85% empty - why do you feel the need to sit in the bar? The kids were either occupying themselves with tablets or eating. I don't think any of them were paying any attention to whatever baseball game was on the TV.
3. You're taking up tables that people who want to drink could be using.
This is a big pet peeve of mine. And I realize it makes me look like a selfish asshole. If the shoe fits.
But I think any parent who brings their kid to a bar when there's a perfectly fine restaurant section attached is just as bad. A bar is a place for adults to get hammered and yell about football teams sucking and who got a handjob from what co-worker and what actor has the biggest schlong and how well does he use it. There's been nights with lesbians telling stories that would make Arga Barga blush and at least a couple of occasions where someone flashed their tits.
Why should adults feel like they need to dial it down in an adult establishment just because someone forces their kids into the situation? The last thing I want to see when I'm trying to relax in a bar is someone's kid.
Of course, both tables were taking their sweet time in leaving so the karaoke guy had gotten started but I was too disgusted to get up and sing. I just went home.
This has only happened a couple of times in the three + years I've been going to this place every Friday, so I guess that's good. And if it was a standalone bar - of which we have many in the area - I could understand. The kids are hungry, you want to stop in for a basket of wings or fries real quick. But this is an establishment that is primarily a restaurant and they have a small bar attached for convenience purposes, effectively. Literally 90% of the dining area is the restaurant. It's like the bar was an after thought.
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