to be shocked that I was the only parent that disapproved of the rude behaviour at a party today?

[UggMummy]

I took DS to a party today at a very nice Soft Play area in our area. Beautifully furnished, nice coffee bar, organic food and out of town so it's quite exclusive.
DS was invited by our close friend's sister's son. We have met him just a few times and DS and he seemed to click, so it was a kind and unexpected invitation.
Malcolm (let's say) had invited almost all of his class and they all seemed a very well-presented bunch, and all played very well together at the party.
Buffet time came and the staff were actively encouraging cutlery banging and prolonged chants of "WE WANT FOOD, WE WANT FOOD, WE WANT FOOD.". I was horrified at such impolite behaviour.
DS was quite clearly out of his comfort zone, and as the brouhaha commenced, he looked uneasily a me and one small shake of my head was enough to keep his behaviour in check, and his cutlery stayed untouched as is proper, and he sat silently, politely in his chair. I was such a proud mumma.
I glanced around, fully expecting to witness chastisement echoing mine from the other parents, but, no, they were actively encouraging their DC to partake in the shenanigans.
AIBU to think that the countenance of this sort of rough behaviour was completely improper and beyond the pale?
I am also considering emailing the manager with reagrds to this thuggish behaviour - surely this sort of behaviour needs to be discouraged in a society teetering on the edge of anarchy?

Are you Penelope Keith?

Oh no, you misunderstand. He wasn't fazed. He was just completely content to sit and observe the animalistic behaviour. He's a good boy, he knows how to behave appropriately at all times.
Honestly, this Soft Play area really is the paragon of the genre. It's in a converted barn, on exquisite famland with views of the kitchen garden from which many of the natural ingredients for the meals are sourced.

OP, if this is for real, I'd have been just as horrified as you. Awful behaviour.

who are you UM? I'm betting Chaos

It's a party.

Most children are able to understand the difference between being a bit silly and loud at a party and table manners at home.

Let it go, it's not worth the hassle.

Thanks for that onepiece.....Never in my life, have i heard of it, 'tis a new one to me.

Anyone else getting an image of the OP typing that from the 13th floor of a council tower block on the roughest estate in town?

Tapping away on her keyboard...one foot rocking a baby in a bouncy chair, swigging cheap cider from a bottle and screaming at her eldest child to leave her fags alone?

Ohhhh the shenanigans

Ah, he's quite the young David Attenborough :o

OK - well thank you for the update and for helping us to know for sure that this is a pisstake. Not, it has to be said, a particularly good one but I suppose you should be applauded for trying. God, it is said, loves a tryer!

You said he was out of his comfort zone and looking uneasily at you - probably because he knew that you would give him the gorgon eyes.

Ouch. That's a fair few replies. I will say that at one of the parties DD1 was at they encouraged them to run around shouting we want dinner, later had them doing "I scream for ice cream" and I must admit I was unimpressed. It wouldn't be acceptable many places other than a kids party, and at age 2-3 its hard for them to realise where its OK and where its not. Its certainly not the end of the world, but as I said I was rather unimpressed. It just wasn't necessary. Surely there are better ways of making a party special/memorable/fun?

Or maybe he had just made the connection between the animals roaming the acres of pastureland surrounding the softplay and the burger on his plate, and was traumatised by that?

HAHAHAHAHAHA

No, not necessary - but if you don't want them acting like that at home, just tell them. Kids are pretty good at accepting that certain things are only for parties/grandma's house etc. - yes, even at 2/3.

3 out of 10 - a wind up but a not especially witty and amusing one

were they nice, middle class children?

That was @ gemma, btw.

Thank you gemma. I knew Mumsnetters would understand.

Brouhaha is a real word, and I love it. Nearly as much as "shenanigans"

I love "brouhaha".

SPB - no, they were naice middle-class children, of course.

cant be chaos, theres no typo in the title

I am agog that no one has picked up on the "very nice soft play area"

What an imagination the OP has, everyone know there is no such thing.

Just for the record DD1 knows not to do it now. I did get it at home though. I would say only once but actually it was twice

'I knew Mumsnetters would understand'

Actually I think maybe 1 or 2 people agreed, the rest think you
are either winding us up or a little bit mad