Went to MacDonalds with dd 6, she has ASD and developmental delay. We went sit down with our food, behind where I was sitting was a mini football pitch set up in lights where a very rowdy group of boys (7/8 years mabey) were pretending to play and shouting and cheering and knocking against my chair.
They must have been in a group tat one boys parents have taken out after football, they were all dressed in football gear of their local club. The host parents did nothing to tell the boys to be quiet and tone down their noise and behaviour. The parents got the boys ice cream and because one was messing about his ice cream spilt everywhere behind me. The parents did not tell this boy off, they said never mind the lady will clean it up and will get you another one 
. my dd was behaving much better, sitting quietly eating.
I eventually told them to be quiet after my chair was bashed for the umpteenth time and the screeching got louder, the parent came to apologise but te screeching and shouting still carried on. We eat up and left. My patience was in tatters, but dd was very calm
Aibu to think the parents should have told the boys to quieten down and to stop messing about, and to not get te boy who spilt his ice cream another for messing about, even if teir not the boys parents. I would no have any qualms about telling a child in my care off if they were misbehaving and being a nuscience
AIBU?
These Parents were as useful as a chocolate teapot (MacDonalds related)
pigletmania · 18/05/2013 14:08
Well, I'm still not 100% clear on this projected football pitch thing (and I was in a McDs at lunchtime as it happens 
) but if it's an area for playing in, as suggested, then I would expect excitement and noise. If you feel there's no room for it in the one you go to, then your anger needs to be directed at the McDs for encouraging excitement and moving about, not at the youngsters who are taking advantage of what's been laid on for them, nor the parents who are happy for their dc to enjoy it.
op, I have two dcs with severe Autism ( one has adhd too ) and really struggle with kids flying about the place, i've wondered why I find myself getting irritated, even at kids parties etc and have come to the conclusion it's because our dcs are so controlled ie they couldn't tear around a restaurant as they may well escape, or try to get into the kitchen, so any behaviour of that kind in the early days and they were taken home immediately.
As a result they're pretty damn well behaved kids who sit in their seat properly whether they're in MC d's or the poncy Mexican in town......any 'moments' ( as a result of their Autism ) they have are dealt with by taking them out, pretty rare these days but it is for their safety and the safety of others plus I don't like being judged by gormless twats who can stare at my disabled children simply for being whilst their own darlings run amok
I'm also a miserable old bastard who will firmly fix the death glare on any child running around anywhere that wasn't a park or whatever.......the comment about letting the cleaner pick up the spilt ice cream pretty much sums up their crapness. >
YABU btw 
Yanbu, not YABU......I was so busy ranting about the crapness of lesser beings I got muddled 
Noony an occasional treat is not going to harm. The main thing dd was fine. Exactly McNew, would it be ok to run around knocking people's chairs and screaming and cheering at te local Harvester, no it would not. So why do some of you think that just because it's MacDonalds it's ok to leave your manners at home 
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