Tablets at restaurant dinner tables are blatant lazy parenting.
By @umakindof · Hot Takes
Letting toddlers zone out to high-volume screen time during family dinners ruins the ambiance for everyone around you. Learn to engage your kids or leave them with a sitter.
The full story
If someone pulls out an iPad or props their phone up on a condiments caddy to play loud cartoons while dining in a sit-down restaurant, you failed as a parent. Take five minutes to talk to them, pack crayons, or get takeout. Other diners paid thirty bucks an entree to enjoy their dinner, not listen to squeaky tablet sounds while you zone out on your own phone.
How people voted
- Absolutely Agree — 31% (88 votes)
- Maybe — 36% (102 votes)
- Disagree — 32% (90 votes)
Readers are split: “Maybe” leads with 36% — 280 votes and 5 comments so far.
What people are saying
@paigeok — crank coco melon louder assert dominance over the bread basket
@gusok2 — I would literally start playing my own podcast on speaker right next to their booth and make direct eye contact.
@gusy — You are so right dear, a nice dinner out should be peaceful and people just forgot basic courtesy.
@karaish — Are people actually blasting full volume without headphones or did you just see a screen on silent and get mad?
@nicokk — soft.
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