A mother was left furious after a restaurant server asked her to clean up the mess her 10-month-old son made.
Posting to Kidspot, the furious mom explained that she went to a restaurant with her husband and their baby.
Most parents know that when babies try to put food in their mouths, most of it ends up on the floor. That’s exactly what happened when the 10-month-old tried to shovel into his mouth.
But as they were preparing to leave, a restaurant server who had been attending to many tables asked the mother if she could help him clean up the mess.
“I was mad,” the shocked mother expressed.
The simple request then turned into a heated argument. “When did we start turning the other way to elements of life that don’t affect us? When did our community decide kids and family were the less cool option and decide that supporting them was also ‘uncool’?
“Is it my job to get on my hands and knees and ignore that my child will not be soothed (my breast was the primary medicine for my teething child) and start cleaning the pasta with my own bare hands?”
“Or is it the waiter’s task who is paid to serve us (at a family restaurant) and support us to have a pleasant evening?” she asked.
The mother then said that she wanted her children to grow up in a place where people look after the vulnerable.
“The elderly and the innocence of children are included in this,” she added.
People were shocked by the situation, with one person writing: “I hate when people make the fact that they chose to have kids everyone else’s responsibility.”
Another said: “The kind of community she wants is where we all work together – except cleaning up after her filthy family – in that situation she wants someone else to do it!”
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The parents should leave an extra large tip to compensate the waitress or bus boy for the time spent cleaning up.
I was a waitress many years ago and cleaned up many kids messes off the floor. I never asked a parent to clean up the child’s mess
I don’t think the waitress should have asked her, but since she did, I think the mother should have helped
Your kid, your responsibility. The staff sure is payed to cleanup, and if it was an accident, fine, but she sounds like she just let her kid throw shit all over the place and then expect someone else to clean it up. Same people who just let their kids tear apart the toy section at department stores. I bet when she goes shoe shopping she just leaves a ton of shoe boxes open and strewn about everywhere. I’ve worked enough restaurant and retail jobs to know the type.
My daughters and grandaughters always clear up after their children leave bits on the floor.in my opinion it’s common courtesy to do so.
Then a quick do with mop and cloth left to waiter.
I, appalled by this mother ,of course I was meant to be w,wasn’t I.
I had three kids and always cleaned up after them. I went to extreme measures to make sure the mess wasn’t too bad but would never expect a waiter to clean it up.
The server did not wait on the baby but waited on the parents. Parents need to clean up after their entitlements
As a former server; I would never ask and just clean it when they leave like countless others. Baby messes pale in comparison to toddlers, small children and teenagers. As a parent; I wouldn’t leave my child’s mess for another, including servers. I stack my plates and put all trash and napkins in the center.