Neither of you are helping. Hmph.
Simon ,'Jaynestown'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy, if you were closer I would bring you a chocolate martini.
Oh, that reminds me I should offer money for the birthday cupcake I had...
Buffista parents -
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
My initial reaction is a negative one, but I'm trying to decide if I need to lighten up.
I am a well of disappointment for the lack of snow this winter. Which is already gone. Spring is sprouting everywhere, which...yeah, nice, but not as welcome if there wasn't a winter. I mean rain, sure, and gloom. But no real snow? Who's running this thing?
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
Um, rude. The purpose of bringing toys/entertainment to a restaurant for your children is to keep them QUIET. Loud toys just make things worse!
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
Unless it's something like a sports bar (and thus very loud already), I think it's rude. But I think handheld videos or toys used quietly are marvelous.
I just looked up a guy at Stanford for the mail room, because we got a package addressed to him, but with our address.
The last sentence of his biography [link] makes me think that he sounds like an awesome guy, but Stanford really needs better web editors:
Karl enjoys scuba diving, basketball and two daughters, drives an electric car, and makes excellent homemade beer.
what is the etiquette in which you bring young children to a restaurant and have them use loud videos or toys to keep them entertained? Is this regular practice, rude, a mix?
If loud enough to disturb other patrons, rude. I brought toys, coloring books, etc, but toys were silenced.
I never let the kids bring electronics when they were little, not that there were a lot of options then. We colored or played tic-tac-to or I-spy or the alphabet game.
Karl enjoys scuba diving, basketball and two daughters, drives an electric car, and makes excellent homemade beer.
Wow. I love how his daughters are lumped right in there with basketball and his electric car.