Many are speaking out after a Maine restaurant owner screamed at a crying child in her establishment on Saturday. Darla Neugebauer, owner of Marcy’s Diner in Portland, snapped and yelled at a two-year-old after she says the parents did nothing to stop the child’s tears — and she says she’s not sorry for her outburst.
They ordered three for this kid, a two-year old,” Neugebauer told WTHR. “Three pancakes bigger than her head. And then they didn’t even feed them to her.
The business owner says that after numerous failed attempts to push the family out the door, she slammed her hands down on the counter and told the little girl to be quiet. But the child’s mother tells a different story.
I had the worst experience at this establishment,” the child’s mother posted on Marcy’s Diner’s Facebook page. “The owner is an absolute lunatic and screamed in the face of my almost 2 year old child bc she was crying. Who in their right mind would behave like this unless you are deranged.
If it bothered you so much you should have spoken to me and not traumatized my child by screaming in her face,” the mother continued. “May karma bite you in the a@@.
Lit all started because YOUR PARTY needed 3 full size pancakes for this 2 year old! 3 f*cking pancakes at Marcy’s! I believe right there should have told me you were ignorant!” Neugebauer responded angrily through the business page. “The waitress even told you there was an issue with 3 full size pancakes from marcy’s! But no! You want them for you a f*cking child! Whatever!! I have a very small space both on my grill and in my diner! So it takes a moment! So when things get busy we wait!
Though Neugebauer told multiple news stations the parents did nothing to quiet the child, her Facebook post says differently.
After your 4th attempt to shut her up I asked you to pack up your rotten child or take the so important pancakes to go,” she continued. But NNNNOOOOOOO you just sit there and let your f*cking screaming kid go! & p*ss off my staff & patrons! F*ck you! And guess what? She shut the f*ck up after I yelled from 5 feet away! I was in your husband’s stupid face I was in! The without any balls! I have a business to run % yes I am f*cking crazy & you are lucky I didn’t get physical because being physical is not something I cower from…
Apparently, the issue was not the child’s temperament, or the parents — it was that the pancakes took quite a while to make it to the table. Neugebauer’s suggestion “from a non parent,” as making pancakes “takes a minute on a busy Saturday” was for parents to “bring [their children] snacks” to eat during the long wait for their food. She complained that the child “wales for at least 40 minutes” — quite a long wait for pancakes, which parents often order for children because they don’t take long to make at all.
“You all need to go or just her,” she says she told the parents. Neugebauer says that, eventually, the “demon” in her screamed at the child:
I (well the Demon!) Snarled at top volume “THAT NEEDS TO STOP!” Pointing directly at the rotten child! Shocked! They says “did you just yell at a child?” Yup! Sure did! shut her up too!
WLBZ2 got in touch with the parents of the child:
I turned to my daughter and I was like ‘Listen, this is how I’m raising you not to be as an adult. Like, you will never be like this when you get older,'” said the little girl’s mother. “I felt helpless as a mom that, you know, I couldn’t do anything to help her, because I can’t explain why there’s crazy people in this world that behave like that.
The girl’s mother says that their waitress apologized for her boss’s behavior. She says that the suggestion that she take her daughter outside would not work because of the heavy rain on Saturday morning — an understandable concern, since there is not so much as an awning outside to protect against the weather:
via RoadFood
I knew from her behavior she was deranged,” the mother said, “but I didn’t expect [the response on the Facebook page] from her.
She says Neugebauer did not ask them numerous times to leave — the business owner came over once with “to-go” containers in an effort to get her paying customers to leave, then resorted to screaming when they insisted on eating their meal.
She pointed out that he daughter was crying — not screaming — toward the end of the meal. “Anyone with a child that’s been waiting 40 minutes for food is not going to want to sit still,” she added.
Over the weekend, the story went viral, with many condemning Neugebauer’s actions:
Others, of course, praised this heroic woman for screaming at a baby, some even suggesting physical violence as a means of dealing with an almost-two-year-old:
Asked if she was sorry for her actions, Neugebauer responded:
Sorry isn’t the right word. I might have used poor judgement. I wouldn’t say I was sorry, because it stopped. When things stop, it’s usually a good thing.
The business owner says she isn’t worried about people condemning her for terrorizing a child:
Life’s full of choices and you’ve got to live with all of them. I chose to yell at a kid, it made her shut-up, which made me happy, it made my staff happy, it made the 75 other people dining here happy, and they left, they may never come back, other people may not come in. Their loss really.
Child abuse comes in many forms, and this is one of them. Fortunately, Neugebauer does not have children of her own to terrorize.
Watch Neugebauer defend her actions, below:
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As long as she got it to shut up without touching it, I don’t see the problem.
Are you aware that “assault” does NOT REQUIRE PHYSICAL CONTACT? This woman has confessed to verbally assaulting and intimidating a two-year-old kid. Glad you’re no relative of mine.
As am I.
Another effect of the culture of coddling brats.
“Coddling brats.” I hear the echo of an abusive parent, internalized by the victim. This is how bullies are made - by parents who scream at kids instead of modeling adult response to stress. Toddlers can be emotionally damaged, for life, by the
stress of being verbally assaulted. Many of them grow up to be bullies. Maybe you are one such, since you
have been numbed to the damage. How would YOU feel if some big
creature 3x your size and probably 5x your weight stood over you and
screamed at you — and you had NO idea what that giant would do to you,
and people who should be protecting you — your parents — just ignored
you?
I guess you are just ignorant, but your rationalization sure
sounds stupid.
Ahhh this is why we have so many entitled kids…
So what? It’s part of raising a child. When it doesn’t stop after repeatedly being told so there is no other option. Don’t worry, it will survive that.
“Coddling brats.” I hear the echo of an abusive parent, internalized by the victim. This is how bullies are made - by parents who scream at kids instead of modeling adult response to stress. Toddlers can be emotionally damaged, for life, by the stress of being verbally assaulted. Many of them grow up to be bullies. Like you.
To be fair, when the pancakes came, the parents didn’t even give them to the child and just let her continue to scream. Maybe she shouldn’t have shouted but maybe parents need to stop just letting their kids scream in public places. It is so rude and so commonplace now.
Screaming at a two-year-old child does nothing but terrify the child.
@ Lee Rowan
Apparently it helped. The owner had no choice since it annoyed her staff and the other customers and since the “parents” didn’t take up their responsibility.
Millions of restaurant owners get crying children all the time and yet they are able to deal with it without looking like a violent lunatic. What’s wrong with this moron that she can’t do the same?
Moron being the operative word.
yes, when the PARENTS help and don’t encourage the kid to keep on screaming.
The the mature thing is to deal with the adults, not the toddler. I can’t believe there are this many idiots that actually think this was a good idea to accost the child.
Approaching the “adults” had already been tried and it didn’t work. Remember they refused to leave. 40 minutes is a very long time of nuisance, Timpundit! It may not have been the most professional way but I can understand that she snapped.
Verbally abusing a child is never a good idea. If people refuse to leave a restaurant, the next step is to CALL THE POLICE — not brutalize a small child who is OBVIOUSLY ALREADY UPSET and far too young to be responsible. Jesus, I hope you don’t have children.
She will survive, don’t worry.
Yelling at that kid will not brutalize the little fella, the problem is not the child, but the parents! Right now it’s a 2 yr old, but you can bet the same behavior will continue with age & it just gets uglier with time!
Get a grip, disipline is not what damages a child it’s the lack of disapline that is damaging & I say borders on CHILD ABUSE & NEGLECT! I’M JUST SAYIN!!
THANK YOU. Yes, I cannot believe the amount of people that think accosting a two year old was a reasonable act, no matter what the parents did, it’s not the kid’s fault.
Hopefully someday you will have someone at a public place come over to your table, slam their hands down, and yell in your face and tell you “this has to stop” because of some behavior of yours that someone isn’t particularly fond of. I’m sure you will have introspection and realize, “gosh, they’re right!”…yeah, probably not…
Call 911 if they refuse to leave.Why scream at a little kid.Is it the Kid’s fault or the parents, huh ?
Me too.I am pretty pissed off at the amount of people that support that place.I live by there and you can bet I will never go there again.
A busy kitchen is very stressful…
The parents neglected to calm their child, ignoring it as they chatted.
Mission accomplished!
Someone yells at my toddler like that they;ll be missing teeth, I don’t care what gender they are.
Well, I’m not a violent man but you better not try that with me if you don’t want to wake up in a hospital. I thought you were on about the “mature thing” not to long ago. Do you think you’re being “mature” now?
No toddler has even been injured from being yelled at.
YES, Theo, toddlers are often emotionally damaged, for life, by the stress of being verbally assaulted. Maybe you are one such, since you have been numbed to the damage. How would YOU feel, Theo, if some big creature 3x your size and probably 5x your weight stood over you and screamed at you — and you had NO idea what that giant would do to you, and people who should be protecting you — your parents — just ignored you? I guess you are just ignorant, but your rationalization sure sounds stupid.
Bvll$#!+
This is such BS Lee. I have sometimes been yelled at by my own parents and no, it never left me with any trauma. You’re making a big thing out of something quite trivial. I’m sure the child has already forgotten about it within an hour.
Children that are allowed to cry and cry and cry…with their own parents ignoring them are tramatized…the baby needed to be held and soothed in some way…
They neglected that poor child and tramatized it by ignoring it’s needs …poor child!!!
I wonder why the parents didn’t give the child the pancakes?
Probably selfish jackasses. It’s a pity people are able to reproduce before they realize that childrearing is intensive 24/7 work for the first few years.
Too busy talking or texting?
Maybe they were too hot for her to eat right then? I mean when restaurants bring me food and say “hot plate” I always make sure that I am not touching the thing and if I had a 2 year old with me that plate would be in the middle of the table- completely out of her reach.
Here is the dilemma of parenting: your rights to sit in a diner with a screaming child do not outweigh the rights of the other diners to enjoy their meals in peace. When you create a public disturbance, you should expect the public to be annoyed!
The issue is not the stupid parents, who should have been told to leave. The issue is this woman verbally attacking a child.
It worked didn’t it? Maybe if more kids got yelled at, they wouldn’t progress to the point where they deserve to be slapped.
I hope you never reproduce,
the mere thought of the bratty self-entitled jerks you would raise is a nightmare
Perhaps. Perhaps not. the bottom line is if you got in the face of my bratty whatever, like this woman did, you’d be pissing out your own broken teeth for months afterward. Have a nice day!
Tim, I seriously believe you’re in need for some anger management therapy. After that you can come back to the civilized world.
Protecting one’s children is the basis of raising a child who is secure - and not ready to scream at other kids. You people who think bullying a child is okay need some psychotherapy. You’re halfway to psychopaths already.
My choice.
They were told to leave they refused. If I had been a customer at the restaurant and a child was allowed to scream for any amount of time I would leave. I have taken a child into many restaurants and screaming was not allowed. I would remove her if she wouldn’t calm down. The parents are the ones at fault here. Feed your kid and don’t allow them to scream in public places. Lee Rowan wake up and smell the coffee.
The correct thing to do, Sunshine, if patrons refuse to leave, is to call the police. Not assault a child. This is child abuse, whether it’s done by a parent or stranger. Toddlers are often emotionally damaged, for life, by the
stress of being verbally assaulted. Maybe you are one such, since you
have been numbed to the damage. How would YOU feel if some big
creature 3x your size and probably 5x your weight stood over you and
screamed at you — and you had NO idea what that giant would do to you,
and people who should be protecting you — your parents — just ignored
you? I guess you are just ignorant, but your rationalization sure
sounds stupid.
Ignorant? Stupid. I’d stack my intelligence against yours any day. It is ignorant and stupid not to menion RUDE to call names. Grow up!
It never should have gotten to the point where others had to intervene…this crying did not just go on for 5 or ten minutes it went on for 45 straight minutes… the parents neglected their child’s cries while they just ignored her and chatted.
The parents are the ones who neglected and emotionally abused this poor child!
Poor thing must get ignored and neglected even more at home if this is what they do to her in a public setting!!! Smh…
“The issue is this woman verbally attacking a child”
So what? She did what the parents should have done. I guess it because I’m from another generation that I have no problem with it because it never gave me any trauma. Parents have a duty to raise and correct a child, if they are too damn lazy for that they’re not fit to be parents.
They were asked to leave and given take-out containers…. they refused to leave…nice people huh?!
The parents neglected their poor crying child and created the whole situation.
Maybe it was tired and could have been brought to the car for a nap..with that parents food to go…
Children can make themselves sick from crying… 45 minutes!!!
After 10min of crying, as customer in the restaurant I would have yelled at the kid and the parents to take their goddamn kid outside and calm them down already! I applaud the owner!!! To many effing people feel that they and their crotch fruit are entitled and the rest of us just have to put up with it!!!
Yelling at the parents, yes. Verbally assaulting a 2-year-old child? My, my, what a man you are.
Crotch fruit?!? Lol. That’s one I haven’t heard before
You are a misogynistic pig.
How is he a misogynist? He said nothing at all sexist.
“Crotch fruit” is disgusting and misogynistic. He’s talking about children and insulting the vessel that houses and births ALL people. Why I have to explain that to you is depressing.
Ok how about fruit of thy loins! Oh and by the way, children are also the product of mens crotches too!
Ok how about fruit of thy loins! Oh and by the way, children are also the product of mens crotches too! In fact fruit of thy loins (which I spun into crotch fruit for humors sake) is an expression in the Bible used by God towards a MAN! So unclutch your pearls or in your case probably crystals, girlfriend!!!
No, he’s absolutely correct.
this mom needs to grow up (and propbably stay home and cook)
Both so-called “adults” need to grow up. Total fail on both sides.
“yes I am f*cking crazy & you are lucky I didn’t get physical because being physical is not something I cower from..” That’s a threat of physical violence. It sounds to me like the parents ARE idiots, but screaming at customers isn’t generally a good idea. Especially when the customer is a very young child. Not someplace I’d stop for lunch.
I’m hearing from numerous (unassociated) people that people who witnessed this said the child was crying for five minutes (one person said four, another said three, etc) tops, but I have not found any of it myself. If this is correct, then this woman is worse than I originally thought.
five minutes is a long time
as a waitress in a former life, I’ve seen parents who can tune out their children, not matter what the behavior. I remember carrying 2 pots of hot coffee and dodging children running around screaming as their parents sat and talked without a care in the world. What would have happened if I would have spilled coffee on the kids or myself? What about the other patrons who have to listen to screaming undisciplined kids? Maybe taking a 2 year old out isn’t the best idea. My suggestion, if possible a no children section in restaurants. Parents don’t discipline or expect what used to be called “company” behavior from their children anymore. Don’t agree with how the owner handled the situation, but can definitely understand her frustration.
Yelling “That has to stop” hardly counts as assault, get real people. I do think the owner reacted poorly to very poor behavior on the part of the parents. But yelling four words, none of them swears or insults or threats is NOT assault.
Yes, it is verbal assault.
I’m not impressed by either “side” on this matter. On the one side, parents are responsible for managing their children in public. Yes, even on a rainy day. If a child is too young to behave well in a restaurant, the parents shouldn’t take the child to a restaurant. If a child gets grumpy because food is slow arriving and acts out, the parents are responsible for quieting the child or leaving. Yes, even on a rainy day. It is inconsiderate to the rest of the patrons in the restaurant (and to the restaurant staff) to make them listen to a screaming or crying child.
That said, the owner’s way of handling the situation was rude, completely unprofessional, and just horrible. Her shifting statements about what happened at the restaurant make it clear she knows she mishandled the situation but is too insecure to apologize. Clearly she lost her cool and took out her frustration in the face of a two-year old child. Not acceptable. I’m sure the owner was also under pressure just managing a busy restaurant, but that’s no excuse. Once it became clear the child was going to remain disruptive, she should have - politely and with sympathy for the parents! - explained to the parents that the child needed to be calmed down or they couldn’t stay. A really good restaurant manager/owner would have asked the parents if the restaurant could do anything to help and maybe offered to bring something immediately as a courtesy - even a pack of saltine crackers might have been enough to calm the toddler.
I’m not a fan of screaming children in restaurants but I’d never return to a restaurant whose owner treated a customer so unprofessionally.
YES. Exactly.
Well its easy, if your sane and rational do not go in. If your a loose cannon hothead who uses violence to solve your annoyances go in. It will soon look like the Royal Rumble when the syrup gets a little too low for someones liking, or an MMA match will break out after someone spends a little too long in the restroom.
One of the parents should have taken the child outside. I understand the principle of ignoring bad behavior and rewarding good behaviour, but you don’t practice it while the child’s bad behaviour is inflicting misery on a room full of people. You remove her so she can pitch her fit or better tet, run around outside and stretch her legs while waiting for the food to be ready. As for the business owner… It is bad form to yell at someone else’s kid, but given I’ve lost it and yelled at mine a number of times, I can’t really say much in condemnation. Crying babies push different buttons in different people. It’s her Establishment.
Why is this a news story?
Because people took to Facebook over it.
Sounds to me like the parents were being neglectful. Perhaps they will never return to this establishment. I don’t think the owner will miss them. Perhaps, with luck, this will be their only child, so they won’t neglect the next one as well. BTW, remember, this is Maine. They have a crazy Governor, so maybe he’s rubbing off on the inhabitants . . .
I’d never go there either. Somebody who’d verbally assault a child who’s not even 2 years old instead of dealing with the adults (and, hello, if a disruptive customer won’t leave, it’s time to call the cops) is not behaving in a rational way.
I hope that diner owner has no children. If she does, I pity them.
1. Everyone involved here sounds like a NON WINNER.
2. Babies and toddlers aren’t robots, sometimes they yell and scream and flip out and we’re all just gonna have to suck it up.
3. Don’t yell at kids. There are other ways to diffuse the situation.
4. Bring snacks for your kids if they/re really starving while you wait for your order.
I most certainly am not going to “suck it up”. My generation wasn’t raised like that at all. Lazy parents who don’t care to discipline their child shouldn’t be parents at all.
No idea what “my generation” is supposed to indicate. Parenting is parenting. Kids yell. You did too, trust me. Depending on your lifestyle, I’m guessing you hardly ever have to heart a screaming kid. Any yelling you occasionally hear is temporary, you’ll live. I don’t like it anymore than you do. I don’t have kids but I’m betting it really sucks bit being able to control your kid 24/7.
I answered you but maybe my comment has been flagged. I don’t know. I don’t see it anymore anyway.
When Theo posts, I hear the echo of an abusive parent, internalized by
the victim. This is how bullies are made - by parents who scream at
kids instead of modeling adult response to stress. And then they do the same to their own children and wonder why their kids put them in a lousy nursing home when they get too old to dominate the family.
You’re a whining nag, Lee. Seriously.
Her order arrived, but the parents did not feed her.
Couldn’t have said it better, Ronald.
No, you couldn’t - and what a shame.
You sound like you have some serious anger issues, Steve.
Obviously, this owner is a head case and needs some professional help. When you own and run a diner, you must expect families with young children to dine there. As a parent of a now grown child, the moment my baby-toddler-kindergartner began to act upset publicly, I asked for a container and took my food home. Thank God my parents taught all his children to be responsible and polite. I have 5 siblings; every 2 weeks from the time we were around 6 years old my parents took turns with 2 of us at a time, rotated so we all had our turn. We went to a formal restaurant where we learned what all those forks, knives and spoons were for (not drumming, as my Dad reminded us). It gave us the opportunity to practice our manners publicly and get used to dining in public. We learned to be social, enjoy conversation and behave like we were brought up, not dragged up, as my Dad used to say. My first trip to a local restaurant when my daughter was about 7 months old was great for about 1/2 hour and I was with my parents and husband. The moment my beautiful baby opened her mouth to let me know she had had enough, I asked my parents to get my lunch packed to take home, waited in the car and privately nursed my daughter. She was content and fell asleep as I read a book. As a woman who worked in restaurants during college and as a 2nd job after my husband passed away when my daughter was young, I always believed customers have a right to enjoy their dining experience without screaming babies or toddlers whose ignorant parents allow them to run through the restaurant grabbing at perfect strangers with sticky hands.
But this restaurant owner crossed the line and I hope her reduced business serves as a slap on the wrist for her ridiculous diatribe, bad language and worse choices. I suppose it’s okay for a table of people to sit through a meal bothering customers while they immerse themselves in their smartphones or play games on them or worse, watch some goofy cable thing with the sound turned up all the way. In my opinion that’s much worse than a 20-month old baby reaching the end of her rope.
Finally, I wouldn’t wait 40 minutes for any restaurant, much less some dumb diner that you have to worry about tainting the food or spitting in it if they don’t like your looks, attitude or whatever.
Why didn’t the parents feed the child when the pancakes arrived? What was more important at that moment?
if your child is crying in a public space it is NOT the people around you responsibility to tolerate your brat making a scene. YOU calm it down parents. trying to talk calmly around a crying child is impossible and when irresponsible parents inflict it on others it is up to you to remove the irritating noise. or give her her dammed binky back!
Ok this is her restaurant—Her rules. People are ignorant that they don’t teach their children how to behave, Once the child started crying continuously the mother (and I use that term loosely) should have removed the child. The mother is obviously an entitled person that thinks this is ok for her spoiled brat to behave this way.And to ruin everyone else’s meal that they are paying for. I have been in this situation before. It got so bad I could not eat my dinner. I took it to go and gave my check to the parents of the little monster. The whole restaurant applauded and started dropping their checks on the spoiled brats table People need to be responsible for their children!!!
The proper thing to do is what you did: address the ADULTS, not attack the child.
Wow!!!! Angry much???
Besides this Steve and his silly temper tantrums there is yet another crazy short fuse on here going by the name of timpundit who is even threatening with physical violence. Welcome to the “civilized world” of the internet I guess.
Because she verbally assaulted a 20-month-old baby. Punch up? NO, Sunshine. Don’t punch at all.
I would not patronize a restaurant where a woman warns that she’s not averse to violence. Breakfast at the Bates Motel, what a treat.
Just listening to this shouting diner owner speak about her version of this event leaves me with a bad taste in her mouth. Now, the parents get the pancakes which SHE thinks is too much for the kid. Guess what, buttercup, not your call. Maybe they were going to eat some of them. Maybe they were going to save some for later. Some toddlers get on a kick where they will only eat one thing, even cold pancakes so what’s it to you? Now, the pancakes arrive. Either you serve your pancakes fairly cold which is gross or you serve them piping hot, right from the griddle. I am sure that most people would give those piping hot pancakes a few minutes to cool off before handing them off to a toddler, but then again from your actions you would be fine with a serious burn because hey, it’s just a kid, right? Now the toddler who is obviously hungry and impatient is being loud- so to beat her at her own game you just get louder and you win. Against a toddler. At a toddler’s game. Kudos.
Screw it. So many parents let the kid scream and scream. They think that it will show them no one cares, and that they can’t have their way by screaming. However, the rest of us have to listen to that crap. I like her style, and screw them if they don’t like it.
Go ahead yell at a child traumatize a 2 year old brilliant idea. (warning heavy amounts of sarcasm in this post)
So why didn’t this idiot parent not give the kid the food???
I will never go near that place and it is a 5-8 minute wlak from my home.I do not care how much that kid was crying that owner should of never started screaming at a child.Give me a break !!! Terrorizing a defenseless kid is not cool at all.So many people seem to support her.She is a foul person who could of easily pulled one of the parents aside and said to either quiet the child or you have to leave.She could of said this nicely.
None of you should be supporting people who scream loudly at little kids.
Yes, the parents are also at fault and in a big way but my point is very valid.As a business owner you do not go around screaming loudly at little kids.Casll the cops if that is what you have to do.
I agree with the restaurant owner, she is telling the truth. Some people are totally unfit to raise children, and impose their unruly children on others, whom they think should just grin and bear it. I hate it when a god damn child is screaming for absolutely no reason, I feel like I could literally kill the idiotic parent. Too many losers are having children nowadays, for reasons unknown. The owner should make that restaurant, an adult only establishment.
When I was in the Teacher Corps I worked with a Title I reading teacher who always kept her voice soft and kind. She talked with kids up close and personal. In turn the kids listened very carefully to her. Our tendency to yell is, in part, due to the loud culture we live in. I think it is far better to get close to a family or person and speak assertively and truthfully. All of us could benefit from a course or a review of assertiveness training. Yelling is normally aggressive and not assertive.
Half of you should do your current or future children a favor and not have any or give them up for adoption. I’m almost certain you’re terrible and stupid parents. Do the world a favor and stop spreading the stupid to innocent children.
A cracker could have solved the whole thing. Why didn’t they just feed the poor child….toast, a french fry, anything until the pancakes were done!
What is wrong with these people…
also rocking the child…taking her to the restroom washing her hands and face, walking her…nobody likes to hear a nonstop crying kid.
The parents were neglectful for just ignoring their child’s cries for 40 plus minutes.
I feel the parents let their child down by neglecting her crys… they should have been more pro active to find out if the child just needed to be cuddled, and soothed or if was extremely hungry fed the child a cracker or some milk that most restaurants carry.
If the child were teething…they should have that available in the diaper bag…
Good Parents should stay prepared for their child’s needs.
And more attentive to its cries.
If this place doesn’t like screaming kids, and neglectful parents, it really doesn’t sound like that bad a place! How’s the food?
I’m tired of idiot parents who don’t take the time to train their kids. If your kid isn’t ready for dining in public just leave and try again in a few months after you’ve taught them about how to behave in public. Don’t make the rest of the public suffer because you misjudged your child’s readiness for a particular step in life.