The War on Brats

[Lil'mermaid]

A lot of my friends and I agree with how disgusted we are with the antics of high school students when we're at the mall.

How about us, the ones that are fairly polite, and cause almost no trouble? We maybe the minority, but a blanket statement still is incorrect.

 

[Connor002]

How about us, the ones that are fairly polite, and cause almost no trouble? We maybe the minority, but a blanket statement still is incorrect.

Yes. We do exsist!
However rare we may be...:lookaroun

 

[Woody13]

Although children have long been known to make a fuss in church (the reason some churches created "crying rooms" in the past few decades), generations past wouldn't have dreamed of taking small children into an expensive restaurant. But parents today -- accustomed to eating more meals at restaurants -- often take babies and toddlers to dining establishments both casual and elegant.

This is the key that explains the problem. Past generations did not take their small children to "adult" restaurants. When people needed to make a phone call, they went to a phone booth and closed the door. Now, with cell phones, I regularly observe people chatting on their phones in movie theaters, restaurants, in grocery aisles, in the courthouse and during church services. Frankly, I don't want to hear you chat on your phone in a public place. Go find a private place to carry on your conversation. Bottom line is that it is impolite to allow either children or cell phones to bother any other person without their express permission.

 

[wdwishes2005]

At first I thought this thread was about the war on brats, pronounced Brauts....

 

[Woody13]

I don't have any problem with bringing my kids to places like this...because they behave...we insist on it. If they don't we leave and they don't go out again until they can.

Based upon your last statement, they don't always behave properly. Therefore you have contradicted your previous statement and you should indeed have a problem with bringing your children to places such as the Yachtsman's Steakhouse.

Perhaps you subscribe to the notion that we are a village and the other patrons have a "steak" in the outcome of your children's upbringing?

 

[DisneyCP2000]

I actually saw an interview between the owner and those in oppostion about this on MSNBC. The owner stressed the "...of all ages..." during the interview and seemed to want to encompass the loud or misbehaving children AND those who chose to have pagers go off every five minutes and heavy cell phone users. I think the 'of all ages' part makes the sign more general, so it doesn't necessarily point fingers to little kids. From the owners statements, he only wanted the restaurant to be a quiet environment.
On the flip side, I don't know if the placing of the sign (i believe it was right above the handle) and the small fingerprints necessarily mean it was geared to kids?

 

[dandaman]

Funny thing is, I've been annoyed many more times by snotty teens than snotty kids.

Join the club. I hate the way half of the teens in our school act... I know of at least 2 "potheads" in my business class, for example. :brick:

 

[DDuckFan130]

How about us, the ones that are fairly polite, and cause almost no trouble? We maybe the minority, but a blanket statement still is incorrect.

I agree. I wish I could count how many times people have told me "OMG you sub at a middle school? Those kids are horrible!!" Um...they are? Not really. Not all of them. Of course, it depends on the school, but for the most part I much prefer being at a middle school than an elementary school. I'm sure the same could be said for high schoolers.

Of course Katie, you were raised by an awesome mom As was I. Fortunately, a lot of parents are able to raise their children to behave and so forth. Some parents cannot, or they gave up trying :lol:

 

[speck76]

Join the club. I hate the way half of the teens in our school act... I know of at least 2 "potheads" in my business class, for example. :brick:

potheads are not all bad:lookaroun ......the bad teens are those that want to give the image of being a pothead....but yet they are not.

 

[dandaman]

I have one sitting two seats away right now in business that has a marijuana background. You tell me if he wants it blatantly known. :brick: