Peppa bloody pig in garden centre cafe

[peppaaargh]

Out for lunch while DCs at school to a nice busy local garden centre cafe. Had a look around then ordered food.

2 women sit down with a toddler in high chair. One provides the toddler with a tablet and proceeds to blast out Peppa bloody Pig episodes

The most annoying thing was that there were child's headphones poking out of her bag.

AIBU or is this just rude and entitled?

YANBU super rude and annoying.

It’s a bit rude I guess especially as it was loud.

I’m mum to 2 toddlers (2&3).
If we go out to eat, I do bring the tablet, and they are allowed to watch cartoons between ordering food and food arriving, either on low volume or with headphones - trying to get them to sit in chairs, next to each other and remain civil is much louder
If it’s loud enough the next table can hear it then it’s too loud and yes it’s rude.
I have no issues with kids using tablets/parents phones in restaurants as long as the noise levels are kept to a polite level.

It was a garden center - not the ritz. Get over yourself!

It is rude, why should everyone else have to hear it!?

@Motherofcreek my point is that it's a garden centre not a bloody playgroup. I don't want to hear peppa pig. I don't care if kids use phones or tablets but why do I have to listen to george wailing in a cafe? They could've put the headphones on!

Why didn’t you just ask them to lower the volume?

Yes I find it rude. We have several naice garden centres with lovely cafes round here. There's an outside play area so kid friendly but blasting out Peppa isn't on in any instance.

however not as rude as Daddy Pig's face with hairy chin

You should have said something, no one likes confrontation but a friendly request would have sorted it.

It was a garden center - not the ritz. Get over yourself!

Because if it's "not the Ritz", no rules or manners apply?

That explains the strange goings on at my local Starbucks.

Wow that’s really rude and so self centred of the mother. Either the volume should be low enough so that neighbouring tables can’t hear it or they should should use headphones. We have some toddler headphones and they literally cost about £10 from amazon. And I have no issue with screens at the table for young kids; whatever keeps them quiet/happy but it should be obvious that other people don’t want to listen to cartoons at full volume.

YANBU. It’s rude. Use headphones or keep the volume down really low.

We were out for Sunday lunch at a local hotel and the couple at the next table played nursery rhymes through their phone LOUDLY for their toddler. The toddler wasn’t even interested in it!

On our way home from holiday a kid roughly about 8 years old was watching LOL doll videos (the type with wince inducing, sing song, highpitched American voiceovers) with the volume turned up loud and no headphones.

Why should orhers have to listen to that crap? And imagine if a few kids in the same vicinity did it?

You should loudly order a bacon sandwich and announce to them Peppa is delicious.

Haha, missed a trick there cause I did have bacon!!

Every parent can surly relate to this it can be a battle to get out with little ones so I really don't see the issue with it much better than child being restless...
If it bothers someone so much move or choose not to sit near children or if they sit after you tell them politely to turn it down.

Yes, could've asked them to turn it down but I didn't. Why she couldn't just put the headphones on I don't know. In that situation I'd let my kid listen only with headphones or use the tablet for a game or colouring app without sounds!

No option to move until after we'd started eating and they sat next to us!

It's rude and annoying

I had very similar today in a Naice Farm Shop. I was 5 empty tables away but it still grated.

Not one for confrontation I gave a death stare while ostentatiously putting in my own earphones

that is not acceptable but you should have said 'please can your DC use their headphones?'

As long as grown adults don't stand up for themselves this kind of thing will continue.

Imagine if a person sat down and started playing their choice of music as loud as this on their phone in a cafe or restaurant.

• Would more people be comfortable challenging that?
• Would the posters here who think it's fine for a cartoon to be playing that loud be ok with a person just playing their music that loud?

Maybe because no one challenges them the people involved they don’t perceive it to be a problem?

Ignorant twats.

It doesn't matter where it was. It's still rude to play something loud enough for others to hear it.

As headphones exist - use them. No reason not to. If your child won't keep them on then teach them - no headphones, no iPad sound.

Just like we teach our children things like no helmet, no bike or no car seat, no journey.

I hate the whole idea that we only have to be courteous to others if we are in a 'posh' place. Shouldn't matter it it's the Ritz or McDonald's !