[artplumber]

Originally Posted by mikester

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Both sides had some wrong here - the parents handled it badly but they were approached very badly by the old guy.

It could have gone much better if the old guy had simply spoken calmly and respectfully to the parents but he did not do that.

Perhaps he had waited for the parents to do something about it (whatever it was) that he was so upset he could no longer speak calmly? Since this 18 month old was having a "blast" were the parents perhaps encouraging the behavior as well?

Originally Posted by mikester

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It could have gone much better if the parents had left the kid at home with a big bowl of food instead of trying to be normal folks who go out to the neighborhood family friendly sushi place (ok - I'll admit some bias).

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Well why couldn't they have stayed at home or ordered take out if their child wasn't going to able to go to a restaurant and not disturb other patrons? Selfish. Child will probably grow up with no manners too.