So we went out to a Thai restaurant the other night ... not Chucky Cheese or Pizza Hut, but a nice (read: not inexpensive) place where you'd expect (well, hope) not to find baybeeeees and young Fruit.
Of course, not the case.
Within 5 minutes of being seated, not one but two Breeders came in. And I use the term, "Breeder" specifically because, in my mind, a responsible parent (and courteous human being) does not bring a baybeee or a young kid prone to loud outbursts and other annoying conduct into an obviously adult restaurant where people have come to enjoy a nice meal - and, in my opinion, have a right not to listen to god-damned kids while trying to eat their $17.00 and up entrees.
And even worse, it's a THAI place. Spicy seafood. No chicken nuggets; no Mac n' cheese. What kind of asshole brings a baybeee to such a place?
What kind of asshole doesn't immediately grasp that it's a violation of etiquette to do bring their spawn into an expensive and obviously adult restaurant?
I am so close to going nuclear over this. I have decided next time it happens, I'm going to immediately call the waiter/manager over and say, "look - we came here to eat a meal in peace - an expensive meal. I am not going to tolerate screaming babies, Either the bay goes - or we do. Like, right now. And that's without us paying for a thing, too."