SteyrAUG
07-22-12, 20:08
Was eating at one of my local pizzerias and the family at the table next to me had two kids who were about 14 years old.
They were acting up a little bit, blowing straw wrappers off of straws at each other, making loud comments and the like. About a 3 on a scale of 10 with respect to what I've seen unruly kids do in public in South Florida. In fact I probably wouldn't have even noticed it much if it wasn't followed by something extremely unusual.
The father stood up and told the two kids, assuming brother and sister, to get up and then he parked the brother on the bench by the front door and took the daughter outside. After a couple minutes he returned with the daughter who returned to the table and then he took the brother outdoors for a few minutes.
When he returned with the second kid they both sat mostly quietly and began discussing the events of the day without annoying the tables next to them. Their food arrived and they enjoyed their meal and let others do the same.
Been so long since I've seen anyone actually even recognize when their kids are being unruly and potentially disturbing those around them much less take actual corrective action. I thought about buying the guy his next beer but I didn't want to risk embarrassing him or his kids. Wouldn't have been polite.
They were acting up a little bit, blowing straw wrappers off of straws at each other, making loud comments and the like. About a 3 on a scale of 10 with respect to what I've seen unruly kids do in public in South Florida. In fact I probably wouldn't have even noticed it much if it wasn't followed by something extremely unusual.
The father stood up and told the two kids, assuming brother and sister, to get up and then he parked the brother on the bench by the front door and took the daughter outside. After a couple minutes he returned with the daughter who returned to the table and then he took the brother outdoors for a few minutes.
When he returned with the second kid they both sat mostly quietly and began discussing the events of the day without annoying the tables next to them. Their food arrived and they enjoyed their meal and let others do the same.
Been so long since I've seen anyone actually even recognize when their kids are being unruly and potentially disturbing those around them much less take actual corrective action. I thought about buying the guy his next beer but I didn't want to risk embarrassing him or his kids. Wouldn't have been polite.