A Georgia restaurant is gaining national attention for charging customers a fee for “bad parenting.”
The menu at Toccoa Riverside Restaurant – about two hours north of Atlanta – offers a selection of dishes like steak, trout and American fare. But look a little closer, and you’ll notice something else.
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I've got mixed feelings on this.
When I go out to eat, which is rarely, I expect a meal that can be eaten in peace without kids running rampant around the restaurant. I also understand that kids are going to be kids and sometimes they don't always behave in public despite their parent's best efforts, and this is coming from somebody that doesn't care for children.
So who's making the call on this? Is it only the manager or some waitress that's tired and cranky because she's been on her feet for the past 10 hours? Or is it a Karen customer that looks for shit to bitch about? And does it include a child that starts crying because the parents tried to make the kid finish their dinner?
Then, given the other charges further down in the article, it makes me wonder if the restaurant isn't just trying to milk you for whatever they can on top of a 20 or 25% tip, something I can guarantee they're not going to get if they hit the parents with a 50 dollar charge for misbehaving kids.
