Ok, so I have been wrestling with this one pretty hard. It would be very easy for me to turn this into a discussion on parenting Do’s and Don’ts.
However, in the interest and spirit of what I’m trying to accomplish with these posts, I will do my best to keep it about awareness in a professional manner. Wish me luck!
1) Keep your child in their seat - Children that are allowed to get up and roam the restaurant freely can actually cause serious accidents. Younger children are not really in the line of sight for servers, or even other patrons. This could be potential danger when there is a possibility of collisions which involve hot food.
2) Be aware of other guests - While many will understand that you can’t spend every night at home, a dining experience should be pleasant for EVERY guest who enters the restaurant. What does this mean? As a parent and a conscientious human being, you should be ready at a moments notice to ask for your check and retreat in the event that a child becomes unruly, loud or bothersome to others. I can ASSURE you that your server will attend to taking care of cashing you out, getting food to go, and in many cases even helping where needed to make this happen as smoothly as possible.
3) Cleaning - I understand that kids are kids. And quite often, some of my funnest experiences as a server have involved tables with families and kids of all ages. Please be respectful of the area around you. YES, its our place to clean up, but let’s use some common sense. If you are not going to at least attempt to keep the mess in check, then you should be compensating those that you leave to deal with the ensuing disaster. TIP APPROPRIATELY.
4) Your server is NOT your babysitter - While you will find that most servers will at least in some form attempt to entertain the kids, and even treat them as equals in some respects (age dependent usually), we DO have other tables and guests to take care of.
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