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Should a restaurant be able to turn away clients based on age?

post #1 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:04pm
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I thought this was an interesting article about an Ottawa restaurant that let a couple know that their 6 month year old baby was not welcome. What do you think, should restaurants be able to pick and choose their clients age?

http://www.advicegoddess.com/goddessblog.html
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post #2 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:05pm
Sure, but they have to deal with the consequences.
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post #3 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:19pm


As a side question, if it had been a baby dolphin, should it have been handled the same way?
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post #4 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:21pm
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I thought this was an interesting article about an Ottawa restaurant that let a couple know that their 6 month year old baby was not welcome. What do you think, should restaurants be able to pick and choose their clients age? http://www.advicegoddess.com/goddessblog.html
lolwut Babies are fucking annoying, keep them locked up until they're trained, please
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post #5 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:29pm
Hire a fucking babysitter for fuck sake.

Who wants to spend the evening with a baby around?

At first one could at least sympathize with the parents, but when they filed a fucking HUMAN RIGHTS complaint, then I decided that they needed to be shot.
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post #6 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:39pm
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Hire a fucking babysitter for fuck sake. Who wants to spend the evening with a baby around? At first one could at least sympathize with the parents, but when they filed a fucking HUMAN RIGHTS complaint, then I decided that they needed to be shot.
+1 Going to a nice wine bar with a data and then having to sit next to an attention sapping 3-month old would totally kill it for me. And then they start to whine. And they whine because they shit their diapers, but the restaurant doesn't have changing stations so you're stuck with a whiny baby and the smell of shit wafting in the air. FWIW, some NYC places have a pretty strict no young children policy, I think Alto or La Grenouile has it listed when you book a table.
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post #7 of 123
7/10/10 at 5:45pm
For sure .. no babies allowed. Private establishment, private rules. I'm still hoping movie theatres will start having a policy where you have to be 10 years of age or older to see a 10:00pm or later movie.
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post #8 of 123
7/10/10 at 6:12pm
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Hire a fucking babysitter for fuck sake.

Who wants to spend the evening with a baby around?

At first one could at least sympathize with the parents, but when they filed a fucking HUMAN RIGHTS complaint, then I decided that they needed to be shot.

I think that there are places for kids, and places not for kids. and, having a clear policy is a good thing. what I hate is when they just don't give you the same level of service or try to hide you in the corner.
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post #9 of 123
7/10/10 at 7:31pm
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lolwut

Babies are fucking annoying, keep them locked up until they're trained, please

+50, what restaurant worth its salt would you want to bring a baby to anyway. Per se?
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post #10 of 123
7/10/10 at 7:35pm
Really old people tend to smell bad.
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post #11 of 123
7/10/10 at 7:35pm
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I think that there are places for kids, and places not for kids. and, having a clear policy is a good thing. what I hate is when they just don't give you the same level of service or try to hide you in the corner.

Confused. Who's the you? You? And they put you in a corner? Why?You're not a kid, right?
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post #12 of 123
7/10/10 at 7:38pm
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Really old people tend to smell bad.

it only matters if you order dinner at 4:30 PM
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post #13 of 123
7/10/10 at 7:58pm
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Confused. Who's the you? You? And they put you in a corner? Why?You're not a kid, right?
Nobody puts baby in the corner! (had to do it)
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post #14 of 123
7/10/10 at 8:00pm
How is this even a question? A restaurant should be able to serve whoever they want for whatever reason they want. If they only want to serve 19 year old Neo-Nazi skinheads, that is their right. End of story.
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post #15 of 123
7/10/10 at 8:43pm
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For sure .. no babies allowed. Private establishment, private rules. I'm still hoping movie theatres will start having a policy where you have to be 10 years of age or older to see a 10:00pm or later movie.

They are starting to introduce theatres that serve liquor. No kids at any time of day.
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