Parents talking non-stop and allowing younger siblings to shout and be annoying

[sitbackandenjoytheride]

My son does an after school activity at the leisure centre. The activity takes place in a sports hall, all the parents sit in the cafe next door and look through the viewing windows.

Aibu to think everyone should try and be respectful of everyone else and not talk at the top of our voices, try and keep younger siblings behaviour sensible and not encroach on other people's space?

Honestly it makes me so cross.

Today I had to endure someone else's inane conversation which took place while their younger child repeatedly bashed on the window shouting to get their sister's attention.

As you can tell, I'm now over-stimulated and grumpy!

OP, I have a naturally quiet, bookworm child, but I know plenty of tired stressed mums, with naturally noisy, extrovert dcs, who are doing their best.

I'm not going to judge them, there but for the grace of God and all that. I'd rather cut them some slack, give them a chance to relax and be out and about without anyone disapproving. They just don't need it.

Meh. A leisure centre cafe is pretty casual.

I used to take my kids to a sport session and the cafe was always full of little ones waiting for their big siblings, eating crisps, playing, being a bit disruptive.

I also find that to be quite a noisy environment anyway, chatting, plates and cutlery clattering, etc, loud acoustics if you know what I mean.
I am sensitive to overstimulating places with lots of noise / ambient sound .
Maybe listen to a podcast and zone out for a bit.

This.

My main thought would be why they are all there! Surely if there are two adults available one stays at activity & the other takes the toddler off to do something more interesting than hanging around watching their sibling?

This just about sums up what is wrong with the world today. I will go out and do exactly what I want irrespective of the impact on everyone else.

Well presumably because in the late afternoon after school, two adults aren't available? When mine were young, I worked part time and did the after school activities, DH worked full time so wasn't free then. Or maybe there is a third child at another activity with the other parent. Or maybe there is only one parent anyway? It's not that hard to imagine these scenarios, surely?