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It's an annoying children in hotel one

311 replies

zeezeek · 28/12/2016 23:23

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.

OP posts:
Catsize · 29/12/2016 08:48

YANBU.

It's this kind of shit parenting that makes it harder for all parents.

Ledkr · 29/12/2016 08:50

I agreed until you called them brats!

Fartleks · 29/12/2016 08:50

Selfish entitled rude parents = Selfish entitled rude children.

Fartleks · 29/12/2016 08:51

I'm sure the children were behaving like brats

LazySusan11 · 29/12/2016 08:51

YANBU I think hotels should have family friendly floors with connecting doors and the other floors non connecting and quiet. I say this as someone who stays in hotels over 180 days a year!

Swissgemma · 29/12/2016 08:53

In my previous life as a corporate solicitor I spent many christmasses in important meetings doing deals that had to be completed by midnight on nye.

TrickyD · 29/12/2016 08:54

This thread is so very Mumsnet!

But not totally Mumsnet, Worra, because no one yet has pounced on and flamed the OP for calling brats "brats".

TrickyD · 29/12/2016 08:56

Spoke to soon there, x-posted with Ledkr

TrickyD · 29/12/2016 08:57

Or even too soon.

summerblonde · 29/12/2016 09:02

I can't stand people who dislike kids for being kids. It is like they were never one themselves. However, the children are being very disruptive and the parents are very rude. I would reprimand my DD if she behaved like that in public, it is disrespectful, but worse that the parents are allowing it to happen.

Ledkr · 29/12/2016 09:04

Sorry to be predictable Grin I just thought that at that point the op suddenly came across as a bit grumpy and intolerant.
I don't like badky behaved kids either but it's normally more about lazy parents than bratty lids

Ledkr · 29/12/2016 09:04

Or even KIDS

NathanBarleyrocks · 29/12/2016 09:11

it's normally more about lazy parents than bratty kids

yy to this.

I'm surprised, given that this is MN after all, that someone hasn't suggested the children may have special needs and therefore can run riot wherever they like without consequence.

NewNNfor2017 · 29/12/2016 09:15

good grief! Talk about unimaginative!

Am I the only one who assumed the conference/meetings were linked to some form of volunteering or unpaid work the OP is involved in?

Charities and clubs almost exclusively hold their formal meetings and events at times when their board members are away from work.
Political parties hold training and development events at times when candidates and prospective candidates can attend.

The narrow minded thought processes expressed here are quite alarming - I don't think it's likely to happen so it's made up.

NathanBarleyrocks · 29/12/2016 09:18

Very important meetings happen all year round. Do you think consultants stop having meetings about critically ill patients on Christmas Day etc?

Fucking hell how closed-minded are some people?

SuperFlyHigh · 29/12/2016 09:19

At 6-7 years old running around, not listening to parents etc then the word "brat" does come into play...

Isn't there a swimming pool in the hotel or nearby park so the angels can round around/drown each other and let off steam?

SuperFlyHigh · 29/12/2016 09:20

Strike out fail!

ilovesooty · 29/12/2016 09:20

Perhaps I shouldn't suggest any support for the OP's desire to conduct a work meeting without interruption but I will anyway. I think the hotel needs to sort this out.

SuperFlyHigh · 29/12/2016 09:20

I agree re lazy parents though...

WankersHacksandThieves · 29/12/2016 09:23

Nathan, do they go to a hotel to discuss those?

New, I don't keep an inventory of what industry every poster works in which is why I asked. The OP didn't respond (as is their right) but this has then sparked off a general uneasiness about the OP which they haven't cleared up.

NataliaOsipova · 29/12/2016 09:25

It's this kind of shit parenting that makes it harder for all parents.

Absolutely right. I'm forever saying to my kids "Its nice to have fun, but you have to remember there are other people here". Consideration for others seems to go out of the window with some people, so yes - no wonder people can't stand them and their kids and are wary of others with children.

If you're in a public place with children, it's your responsibility to make sure they don't disturb others. And what counts as disturbance depends very much on where you are. A playground in a park? Children can run around and shout to their hearts' content without disturbing others. At the opera? If you take them there, they need to still as still and quietly as an adult for 4 hours. Those are probably the two extremes. A hotel with a conference going on? You don't expect children to be charging around and shrieking near conference rooms. And it's poor parenting to allow it.

NathanBarleyrocks · 29/12/2016 09:27

Nathan, do they go to a hotel to discuss those? Obviously not. Wanker misses the point spectacularly

Lelloteddy · 29/12/2016 09:28

Unbelievable.

problembottom · 29/12/2016 09:30

I'd be putting pressure for hotel management to sort this immediately. Unacceptable!

I agree that not everywhere shuts down over Christmas. My DP works in football and it's one of the busiest times of the year. His only day off was Dec 25 and he still had work calls to deal with then.

NewNNfor2017 · 29/12/2016 09:31

New, I don't keep an inventory of what industry every poster works in which is why I asked.

The OP didn't say it was to do with her work, though - that's what I mean about closed minded. You've added that to fit your paradigm of the situation described.

I attend dozens of 'important business' meetings & conferences every year - none of them relate to my paid work.

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