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Toby LaRhone
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Yesterday my wife and I had lunch in a nearby restaurant.
In the evening it's reasonably costly but serves quality food very well presented.
For lunch they offer one course for £7, two for £9 - scaled down menu.
A woman entered with 4 children, I'd say between 5 and 10 and they sat opposite us.
I remarked to my wife that it was a costly exercise for 5 people with additional drinks.
It took her a while to organise the children into choosing a meal and drink and the usual "need the toilet" palaver.
Then to our astonishment she reached into her bag and passed them an iPad each!!
Any sympathy I had for the expense of taking 4 children into a restaurant instantly evaporated.
In the evening it's reasonably costly but serves quality food very well presented.
For lunch they offer one course for £7, two for £9 - scaled down menu.
A woman entered with 4 children, I'd say between 5 and 10 and they sat opposite us.
I remarked to my wife that it was a costly exercise for 5 people with additional drinks.
It took her a while to organise the children into choosing a meal and drink and the usual "need the toilet" palaver.
Then to our astonishment she reached into her bag and passed them an iPad each!!
Any sympathy I had for the expense of taking 4 children into a restaurant instantly evaporated.
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In my day we sent our children to boarding school once the Nannies were superfluous.
Also its worth considering this, would you judge the family in the same way if the kids had a playstation or xbox?*
*While an iPad is more expensive than a current gen games console (just the console) it is cheaper overall when you consider the games are £40+ a pop. You could argue that a tablet is better value for money and I know a few parents who have purchased tablets instead of games consoles because they are more economical. Games on a tablet are generally much, much cheaper, if not free.
You can use the same argument against a laptop, considering they get the games maching built into the tablet.
And most importantly, were they iPad minis, 2nd generations or iPad Airs?
I saw two the children key in personal codes to unlock the screens.
It's reasonable to assume they "owned" them.
I hate the iPad mini, it was probably the mini tbh.
Well like I said, an iPad is more economical than a games console plus a laptop (which are reasonable things kids want/need) so I don't think its an over indulgent thing for them to own. You're making an assumption which could be completely wrong.
Also, maybe they have consoles, laptops and iPads. So what? If their parents can afford it then that's great. I don't see the need to get all judgemental about such things.
Of course they are, people tend to either admire success or resent it with little inbetween.
Why did you sympathise in the first place? £9 per meal is hardly ritz prices.
Your definition of " considerably wealthier" is interesting.
Four iPads?
£9 each is pretty much a bargain for a sit-down two course meal.
As for the iPads, what's wrong with someone being able to buy things?
I personally wouldn't but my kids an iPad each if I had that sort of money, but if that's what the woman chooses to spend her money on then that's up to her.
I can't think of anything worse that sitting in a restaurant, trying to have quiet meal near a table with four children.
What's your point? She can spend her money on what we likes
Pate, calamari, risotto, minute steak?
And £50/60 isn't a throwaway is it?
Yes:)
Did your wife not get a bit annoyed that you were paying such in an interest in a family of complete strangers?
I don't get it.
The poster did.
Calm down, calm down.
OP where was the father? Was he outside smoking a ****? Oi! No! He doesn't want to do that.
It's so unfair.
1. A meal out for 4, for £50/60 is hardly expensive
2. Why were you listening in to what they were ordering?
Chances are if they couldn't afford to eat there, they wouldn't. £60 for 5 people is a pretty good price actually and you'll probably find a kids menu price is cheaper.
It's not throwaway, but for 5 people, it's not exactly breaking the bank either, is it?