So I've never felt so judged before in my life. So I have 4 under 4, so my husband and I have never attempted going out to dinner the last almost 2 years because we were worried are kids would be too crazy for a restaurant lol. We'll we finally went on Sunday and it was the absolute worst experience ever! The kids were great! Behaved weren't all loud and crazy. The service was so terrible! Our waitress sat us in a corner, took us flagging her down to get drink orders. Had to repeat ourselves 3 tines just to get drinks. Gave us our drinks and walked away. Had to flag her down again to get food ordered. We sat and waited for almost 10 minutes after she brought our drinks. And the place was empty. She finally came to take our order and it's as if we were asking her to feed our kids she was so annoyed with us needing to even order. She took our order and never came back unless we could get her attention. I was so mad at the end of our shitty meal I didn't even leave her a tip. She made our meal unenjoyable
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Don’t give up just ignore people like that ! I get it all the time and just stick up for yourself and look at your beautiful family she’s most likely jealous keep going out and enjoying moments ! ❤️

Unfortunately it sounds like you had a bad waitress. I hope she didn’t completely ruin your experience of trying another restaurant!! Sorry that happened :(

Next time just ask for the manager and get someone else. I’ve learned that I’m not allowing some cranky waitress to ruin my experiences. Especially having kids… it’s like they assume we won’t tip or something! Meanwhile my son is the biggest lover and remembers all the waitresses at our local diners

You should’ve talked to the manager
This is unacceptable. I really don’t like putting people in trouble but at this point .. hey not my fault and I am not eating for free so do your job right.

That sounds absolutely shitty. I get so worried taking my two out at times because I know they can be a handful. But most times we go out, they’re so well behaved and I can’t go anywhere without being stopped. I know it wasn’t an ideal outing but on the positive side at least you know you can head out with the gang and it not be a total whirlwind of chaos!

That’s too bad! Definitely try again. Sometimes you get a great waitress and you end up making sure you’re in her section when you go. ❤️ Mine stopped working at the restaurant we’d been going to and I actually found her on FB and asked where she was working now. It’s not a restaurant we go to often, but when we do we get one of her tables! She’s sweet and a single momma just trying to work her hustle so she definitely understands and assists when the kids are getting inpatient.

We always go with little ones and enjoy are meals but one time my daughter isn’t feeling well we went blue water shopping centre for shopping and then pizza hut waiters taking so long for order when our order came we just started eating my daughter vomit and waiters bring tissue for us to clean then she gave us spray and bin bag to clean with spray and put in bin we did clean the table and we leave the food there and went home was very bad experience we haven’t even started our food yet so sometimes people don’t understand the situation of parents

I'm so sorry that happened hun. Service has to be very bad in order for me to not leave a tip. I think that has only happened once. I would complain. It's not too late. Find out who the manager was that day as well as the store manager and complain. Let them know that dining out is a treat for a family of your size, and that the experience was anything but a treat. Express how you are speaking up because you don't want anyone else to have the same terrible experience you had. Also, maybe throw in something about further customer service training for their wait staff to ensure every customer experience is a special one...mangers eat that up...

So I just want to Thank all you ladies for these comments. You all made me feel that I wasn't over reacting and being rude. I know the US is more tips, tips, tips and I think you have to deserve your tip. I appreciate servers and food workers and any other industry that serves people. But if you want more than your job pays you and expect customers to tip you need to earn that tip.