Saturday, December 25, 2004

Child infestation

It's Christmas blah blah blah. Today I am going to discuss a problem that I see plaguing America - child infestation in businesses. Those of you with children might not understand my point of view (sorry Mom, you're out-numbered here.) How many times has your meal at a resturaunt been ruined by child infestation? Screaming, yelling, bratty children.

Now, if a business were required to post a sign on the door stating that it was a child infested area, I would know to go someplace else to eat. We could even set up a child infestation rating system, similar to the terror alerts. Green would mean all's clear, come on in and enjoy a quiet meal. Yellow would mean 'we saw a child enter the premisis, but is a quiet one, enter at your own risk.' Orange would mean 'one fussy child, you might get lucky and be on the other side of the resturaunt, not recommended however.' Red would be the mother of them all meaning 'total child infestation, you may as well not even enter.'

I doubt any businesses are going to risk losing customers, so my rating system is out. I would also settle for a special sound-proof child infested room. Imagine the poor waitress that has to take that room. Screaming kids, flying food, yelling parents, and crappy tips.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I have something to say about this. If they have signs on some restaurants, stores and other businesses that say "No Dogs Allowed" Why wouln't they do the same for kids? In my opinion some dogs are better bahaved than some kids. I'd rather have a dog sitting by me and waiting for food to fall on the floor to eat it than a kid throwing food, banging on the table and screaming about not wanting to eat their vegetables.

In addition, shoping would be a blast. Imagine going to a store and not having to deal with scandalous kids upset becasue their parents won't buy them that toy the want?
I go to Pets Mart all the time and notice that Pet owners bring their dogs in for some shopping. I have never seen a dog make a scene because their owner did not buy them a bone. In addition, when you do buy them a bone, they seem to appreciate it better than a kid who got a pair of sox for Christmas.

Just my 2 cents.