Kids eat free discrimination

I have noticed a lot of parents with multiple children complaining that certain restaurants are being unfair as they only get one free kids meal.

on the basis of a few comments underneath an ad 😀

Actually (having had 2 tall dc and 1 average) I think that's fair enough because so many people lie about the child's age. I saw someone once with a very embarrassed teen with broken voice swearing he was under 10 and just "well developed".

The one below I spotted locally made me laugh though.

@RainingRoses -presumtious? Just because a single lady was chance her luck at every kid with her being "entitled"to eat for free - doesnt mean she can not afford to feed her children.!!!
Realistically she could potentially approach other adult diners without children +if they are willing request the "freebie"entitlement is served to her table.
In which case -i think id probably let 2 extra kids meals slide....swings and roundabouts.

I'll bet they already see the offer abused - or at least stretched as far as possible - with parents deliberately having the cheapest possible adult meal/combo and then choosing the dearest free kids' one for their child.

You'd deffo get people lying and abusing that, though, if they have any kids with similar-ish ages.

"Yes, isn't it strange how these things work: Jimmy has always been by far the bigger twin and Katie much, much smaller having been born 6 years after her brother!"

Surely that's like saying if toilet rolls are on a BOGOF offer you should be able to buy one and get two free if you've got two toilets in your house?

Aye of course you've seen this a lot and aren't just shit stirring.

Surely the woman with 3 dc could have just got 1 adult and 1 child meal and asked for 2 extra plates and shared it out ?

Does she think she should get free meals for both of them with one adult meal purchase? If not then it's not about her, is it?

Did anyone reply 'make them a sandwich at home?' 😅

I do have some sympathy for your friend but ... yes, I'd be telling her that she couldn't have two free meals.

Some people just want everything fo free. That's their problem!

I think part of the problem is the whole school holidays cheap meal deals got muddled into the Free School Meal debate. So its seen by some as a right, not a special offer.

It's not even close to 'discrimination', it's a BOGOF deal. Someone just didn't want to pay for their children to eat out, which is a privilege not a right.

Can you imagine? I take groups of students into town on occasion to a museum. Should we just rock up to one of these places and demand all the kids eat for free if I buy a meal? I'd be laughed out of the place.

Everyone knows you can't complain about getting something free. Unless it's herpes.

Seriously for real? youve noticed that instance repeatedly coming up?....in multiple eateries.?...then subdivided into single parents of multi troops? !!!
one lady. ok
i doubt that.
I think providing any advertisement details one free kids meal with every adult meal theres no room for confusuion.

Well, it’s eating out…
It’s always going to be more expensive than buying the ingredients yourself from the supermarket 🤷🏻‍♀️
That’s not news.

If that woman with the three kids can't afford to pay for her kids to eat in a restaurant, then she should eat at home or pack a picnic. No-one is forcing her to eat in a restaurant and it's not a god given right to be given free meals. She sounds an entitled bint.

These 'deals' are just a marketing ploy. Unless you have already planned on taking the kids out for a meal, then you are actually spending more than you intended. They are never a good offer. If your friend wants help with food, she should check out local community centres (one near me has a cafe that does free soup on a Thursday, and another runs a 'holiday club' in the school holidays where they offer lunch and arts and crafts - parents need to stay and also get a free lunch, again usually soup or pasta).

In Tesco you only have to buy two things to get two free kids meals.
So a meal and then a drink of water counts as seperate. Might be the same in other places

Don’t see how this is discrimination.

What I always thought was unfair was when restaurants offered free / discounted meals to children below a certain height, rather than based on age. That arguably is discrimination for taller families. Not sure how that’s allowed.

I don't think it's discrimination either, but it potentially is a bit misleading if the restaurant has KIDS EAT FREE plastered all over it in massive letters, and the requirement to purchase an adult's meal for every free child is buried in small print somewhere. Some restaurants are worse for this than others - I've just googled my local area, and many are very clear, but Bella Italia (for example) puts it right down at the bottom of the FAQs.

They wouldn't stay in business if they provided unlimited kids' meals with each adult meal.