How far is too far to drive for lunch and/or dinner?

[organicmama]

We only eat outside of SoWal if we are actually going somewhere in particular. We don't leave particularly to go out to dinner ever. BUT, with Mr. Clean busy at night and 3 kids at home, we don't do a ton of eating out anyway.

I will happily stay far, far away from Chuck E Cheese or anything like it....

Sadly, last week, I had to take the kids to dinner in PCB because Mr. Clean had an MD appt. I won't even name the "restaurant" (but it was a chain & I use the term restaurant lightly). A 8 year old yelled behind an elderly woman's head about something. The woman asked if she would refrain from screaming in her ear. It scared the pee outta the little girl. The worst part was that the mom of the girl told her to "Next time, smack anyone on the back of the head that talks to you like that!" Then she claimed her daughter was raised right. By who? The 2 elderly couples finally left after a showdown, then the mother kept complaining about them loudly for the rest of the time we were there. I will not use any description for the woman. I felt very sorry for the manager & employees.

 

[SHELLY]

Sadly, last week, I had to take the kids to dinner in PCB because Mr. Clean had an MD appt. I won't even name the "restaurant" (but it was a chain & I use the term restaurant lightly). A 8 year old yelled behind an elderly woman's head about something. The woman asked if she would refrain from screaming in her ear. It scared the pee outta the little girl. The worst part was that the mom of the girl told her to "Next time, smack anyone on the back of the head that talks to you like that!" Then she claimed her daughter was raised right. By who? The 2 elderly couples finally left after a showdown, then the mother kept complaining about them loudly for the rest of the time we were there. I will not use any description for the woman. I felt very sorry for the manager & employees.

....Jerry Springer opened a chain of restaurants??

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[30A Skunkape]

We only eat outside of SoWal if we are actually going somewhere in particular. We don't leave particularly to go out to dinner ever. BUT, with Mr. Clean busy at night and 3 kids at home, we don't do a ton of eating out anyway.

I will happily stay far, far away from Chuck E Cheese or anything like it....

Sadly, last week, I had to take the kids to dinner in PCB because Mr. Clean had an MD appt. I won't even name the "restaurant" (but it was a chain & I use the term restaurant lightly). A 8 year old yelled behind an elderly woman's head about something. The woman asked if she would refrain from screaming in her ear. It scared the pee outta the little girl. The worst part was that the mom of the girl told her to "Next time, smack anyone on the back of the head that talks to you like that!" Then she claimed her daughter was raised right. By who? The 2 elderly couples finally left after a showdown, then the mother kept complaining about them loudly for the rest of the time we were there. I will not use any description for the woman. I felt very sorry for the manager & employees.

And they say dinner theater is a dying art...

 

[organicmama]

....Jerry Springer opened a chain of restaurants??

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It was about that bad. The mom was definitely straight off of Springer. Our kids got the "You treat others with respect, especially your elders" speech after we left. My "tired of being in the car" toddler looked tame compared to that.

 

[scooterbug44]

Dinner for the sake of dinner doesn't take me further than Destin or PCB - but I will drive further for an event - like an alumni dinner etc.

Thanks to being so close to many great places to eat, more and more often people come to 30-A for dinner rather than making me drive somewhere.

OM - scenarios like you describe are why your kids are on my sparse list of 'kids who I will be seen in public with'. Ridonkulous how people let their kids behave!

 

[Matt J]

We only eat outside of SoWal if we are actually going somewhere in particular. We don't leave particularly to go out to dinner ever. BUT, with Mr. Clean busy at night and 3 kids at home, we don't do a ton of eating out anyway.

I will happily stay far, far away from Chuck E Cheese or anything like it....

Sadly, last week, I had to take the kids to dinner in PCB because Mr. Clean had an MD appt. I won't even name the "restaurant" (but it was a chain & I use the term restaurant lightly). A 8 year old yelled behind an elderly woman's head about something. The woman asked if she would refrain from screaming in her ear. It scared the pee outta the little girl. The worst part was that the mom of the girl told her to "Next time, smack anyone on the back of the head that talks to you like that!" Then she claimed her daughter was raised right. By who? The 2 elderly couples finally left after a showdown, then the mother kept complaining about them loudly for the rest of the time we were there. I will not use any description for the woman. I felt very sorry for the manager & employees.

This reminded me of the my "incident" at an Australian themed steak house in PC. We had just been seated with friends of ours when the baby at the other table started screaming. Not a cry, but ear splitting blood curdling screaming. The parents response was to order another round and start speaking over the screaming. I started "crying" and tossed in a few "take me outside" comments. The wife finally took the kid outside. I don't mind people taking kids and even babies out to dinner, but for the love of cod take them outside when they act up.

 

[SHELLY]

This reminded me of the my "incident" at an Australian themed steak house in PC. We had just been seated with friends of ours when the baby at the other table started screaming. Not a cry, but ear splitting blood curdling screaming. The parents response was to order another round and start speaking over the screaming. I started "crying" and tossed in a few "take me outside" comments. The wife finally took the kid outside. I don't mind people taking kids and even babies out to dinner, but for the love of cod take them outside when they act up.

If I ruled the world, I would open a restaurant with a special room set aside for cellphone users; loud-annoying laughers; screaming parents, and crying-whining-bratty kids--they all deserve each other.

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[ItzKatzTime]

Having lived in Texas all of my life, I'm used to long drives!

Hubby and I regularly drive 30 min each way to dine. We don't think much about driving an hour each way, especially if the drive is pretty. We have been known to drive 3 hours each way to eat somewhere that we really wanted to try (several times in fact)!

I drive 30-45 min each way to work 5 days/week so why not do the same for good food!? Of course my commute is only 12.5 miles but that's another story!!

I remember these times before I moved to SoWal. Now I'm spoiled!