It's an annoying children in hotel one

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Am at a series of fairly important meetings which are being held in a hotel. It's got a reputation as being a place where conferences are held and business people stay, rather than a holiday type of that makes sense? Anyway, we are in a suite of meeting rooms that are kind of on one side of the hotel, so not anywhere where people not involved in the meetings are likely to be.

However, all day today - from the start at 10am and to the finish at 5 pm we have been disturbed and interrupted by what seems like a family/friend group of children all about 6-7 years old. They have tried to get into the room, actually did on a couple of times before being booted out and we were then subject to various shouting from the parents, called entitled child haters, that sort of thing.

When they weren't physically interrupting the meeting they were running around the corridor outside and shouting an screaming at each other, whilst their parents sat in the bar and shouted at anyone who dared complain. The hotel management have done their best to control them and have warned them that they will be asked to leave if it happens tomorrow.

Couldn't even escape the little brats this evening as they were dining in the same room, at the same time as us and spent the entire time running around the restaurant.

I know children can be lively and rowdy, but ffs it's a hotel, not their home and surely it's not unreasonable to expect them to fucking behave and not interrupt people trying to have a serious meeting? We didn't manage to get through half of what we wanted today because of this.

Seriously though.. the world does not revolve around kids. HTH

Yes *supermoon 100' - exactly what you just said. I couldn't have put it better myself.

I assumed that the crunchie refers to the granola for breakfast.

Thanks squirrel .

The only time I've been called a crunchy mum involves a certain chocolate bar (which has become too sweet to eat anymore).

As annoying as the children of lazy, disinterested parents can be to others, I feel so sorry for them.

I especially feel for the children of the couple staying at the same hotel I was in last week. The oldest was about 7, next about 5. They were left in the room opposite ours for the night while idiot/selfish parents went down to the bar with the baby, about 6 months. There are no babysitting services at the hotel and the noise coming from the room was what you'd expect from 2 bored kids on their own. Their poor neighbours.

Meanwhile, the parents sat right in front of the huge screen showing the darts - no biggie really, except that the volume was so high it hurt my ears. And I was a few tables back.

The baby was obviously disturbed and restless, but both parents were just poking the pushchair with their feet while playing on their phones. They obviously had no thought whatsoever for any future hearing problems for LO. They were still there when I left at nearly midnight.

I had no sympathy for the parents at breakfast the following morning when LO was screaming constantly. They had the cheek to look embarrassed, too.

Why have children when you have so little regard to being involved with them? This pair couldn't be bothered and when things started going wrong, didn't want to be there but couldn't just leave either. I'm genuinely puzzled why people like this have children.

I think it's more the parents than the children, they must have been bored stiff & decided to explore.

You shouldn't have to, but could you look for a local attraction and maybe buy the tickets on expenses so you're guaranteed a quiet day.

That way they're out of your hair, any luck you'll have a peaceful dinner too.

I can't imagine anything worse.

We always go away in cottages, we've never been abroad, because I value the sanity of fellow travellers/occupants.

It's not exactly showing them how to conduct themselves. It's made me think of another AIBU post!

They sound terrible and agree it should be down to management to sort it or get rid.
One hotel / conference place i go to had kids there over half term. Fwiw it was lovely to see happy kids who were all well behaved around the place. And nice to chat to their parents about normal stuff rather than the cost of widget production.

Bit of an update - my colleague has a meeting with the area manager on Thursday. He said that the area manager was very apologetic and have waived the bill for our rooms (8 - two people are partners so shared) plus the meals and the conference room hire. No idea how much it all cost, but definitely in the £000's.

I wondered what would happen about this. I bet they are worried if they know about the conference cancellation.

It still doesn't make up for the hassle we had to endure last week though. The institute that booked it may well save the money, but we as individuals get bugger all.