Text 3270, 49 rader
Skriven 2006-07-12 21:11:12 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
   Kommentar till text 2460 av JIM WELLER (1:123/140)
Ärende: Re: kids and fast food
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*** Quoting JIM WELLER from a message to RUTH HAFFLY ***

 RH> Also, as I mentioned earlier, if the kid(s) have no decent table
 RH> manners, they are more accepted at fast food places

JW> I have a problem with children without manners and feel a rant coming
JW> on which I will try to stifle.

I have no problem with a reasonable rambuctiousness if they are young (under
age 7) and obviously excited by a first real non-fast food outing with all the
trimmings.

Happens I'm often taking kids out as you know (group stuff) and while I wont
bring the youngest ones to the fancy places, I feel no worry taking them to
Guyemon's for lunch crowd level fun.  I'm more concerned that sometimes I find
one that has never been to anyplace but McDonalds or a school cafeteria.

After a little bit, they settle down nicely and have fun.  The Japanese are
tolerant of the littles. It's a misbehaving 8YO and up they do not tolerate,
nor will I.  Had one problem only once and his 14YO sister was required to
take him down to the stairs and wait til the rest finished.  She was mortified
but I had to many others to make all leave and as the only adult, I couldnt. 
After that though, he was a model kid having found out I wasnt the pushover
his Mom was.  We al patiently waited while he and his sister had a fine box
meal then continued shopping.

He's since been out with us, and wont let the other kids get too far astray,
and is rather helpful.  I catch him whispering to the other boys (dont make
her mad, she's gonna make you go sit someplace boring while everyone else has
fun) (grin).

His was the only time of problem, in some 20 or so group trips.  Then again, we
aint trying to take them to a super fancy place.  Guyemon's is 'fancy' but not
that upscale.  Prices are decent and you can get a good meal for the same as
Mcdonalds, or with careful choices, far less.

---Mild digression--
Packing for our trip now.  Charlotte fits in 1/2 a backpack, I fit in the rest
of the backpack, Don fits in a 2nd one with the laptop.  We now stowed those
backpacks in the one large suitcase and it all fits with a little bit around
the corners spare.  Charlotte's book and mine go in a 3rd backpack with me
along with 2 light jackets (airplanes are cold).  Dont worry, we remembered
the toothpaste and stuff like that too.

Wish us well!
                                       xxcarol

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