In a message dated 12/26/2006 10:08:47 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
lainiewolf702@yahoo.com writes:
If you were at the next table and having your holiday dinner disrupted,
would you speak to the parents directly or would you call over a manager? What
would you say, and what outcome would you expect? Also, do you feel that
restaurant management should proactively take action before customers complain
(i.e. when the noise from the player began) -- or are they better off pretending
that there's no problem until complaints begin?
I would think it is appropriate ONLY if the child had a headset on that did
not allow ANY sound to leak out.
I would first call the manager. I do not believe in confrontation with
situations like that and it is not my job to convince people to behave properly.
I would suggest to the manager that he move one party or the other,
preferably the one with the child, to a more isolated location in the restaurant..
they are creating the annoyance so they should be willing to be moved.
Frankly I think management should be proactive about that sort of issue.
They will lose clients if they do not handle it correctly and they will perhaps
lose more than one client if it is not handled well.
Karen
It's 99 percent of the lawyers who give the rest a bad reputation!!!
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