Woman calls for policy change after 'screaming' baby ruins posh meal out
28.08.2022 - 09:51
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman was left furious after her fancy meal out was ruined by "screaming and crying" children sitting at the table next to her. The diner had booked a posh restaurant for her family, however not long after arriving, a mum and dad with three youngsters were seated next to them.
Taking to Mumsnet to vent her frustrations, she says the children spent the entire meal climbing on the window sills and bashing cutlery on the table. The disruption was so bad that she ended up complaining to restaurant staff and was offered a free bottle of wine - but says this wasn't enough to make up for the trouble.
As reported by the Mirror, she explained: "Four of us booked a table in an expensive restaurant last night for 7.30pm. About 10 minutes after we'd sat down a couple came in pushing a buggy and with two other children in tow. They were seated at the table beside us."
The Mumsnetter then went on to explain what antics the children were getting up to, writing: "One child kept bashing his spoon off the table, another kept crawling along the wide windowsill so that he was right behind my head, and the baby was kept amused by the father playing peek a boo while she screamed excitedly. This went on and on.
"We asked to be moved to another table. There were none available. Then the baby started crying loudly and the toddler got tired and cranky and joined the wailing. We left without dessert and complained on the way out. They knocked the price of a bottle of wine off our bill.
"Am I being unreasonable to think expensive restaurants, charging a fortune, should have a policy for dealing with situations like this? We paid a lot of money for a meal we couldn't enjoy."
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