Damnit, she's only 18 months old, she's gonna touch that hot plate no matter what you say!

This is why I don’t understand kid’s meals with a large liquid or gravy component, unless they’re served at a low enough temperature to be safe.

Yes, if a restaurant is lacking high chairs, to me that says that they aren’t set up for kids, and if I try to eat there with my toddler, someone’s going to end the night with a flaming gravy bath. So we go elsewhere. Well, hypothetically we would, as I have never actually tried to take my kid(s) to such a place.

I vote yes. You bring a toddler into a fondue restaurant, you’re practically asking for it.

No, that’s wasteful of good cheese.
Chocolate covered children, however…

Depends on the circumstances. Sometimes it’s worth the sacrifice.

It’s probably already been done in this thread, but what the hell:

Won’t someone think of the children?!

… You’re not a pleasant person are you? It’s like you’re arguing some other point entirely - and getting all nasty about it. Are you even aware that when entering a business establishment there are unspoken expectations? And yes, there are bounds to these expectations but these bounds are pretty well (up until recently) uniform. They include, but are not limited to, not intentionally or UNintentionally harming your customers, and GASP going out of your way to make their experience as pleasant as possible to promote future business. Taking greater than usual care with a customer’s children would definitely fall into both of these categories.

Do you understand the word “negligent”? It’s pretty common. Your response here seems to indicate that you do not. Get back to me when you do. Cheers!

Mmmhmm. Doesn’t get humour - check.
Doesn’t like being called hyperbolic names - check.
Doesn’t understand the gist of the pit - check.

I hope you fall down the stairs and end up ass - over - head with a case of horrendous explosive diarrhoea. Bring the pain - then choke on the foetid faecal rain!

It’s the pit…if you can’t have fun calling each other ridiculous names and using expletives - then why are we even here and not in Great Debates? :smiley:

Well that’s just a case of different life experiences. I used to work at a restaraunt - and quite often a plate left in the hot window all evening could get hot enough to burn your skin. Maybe not hospital grade - but to someone who’s never experienced a burn before, or never had a kid before, it would bring enough pain to make them think they needed to go for sure.

Pouring hot fondue is dangerous. Always dunk.

NO! NO! NO? Wait… NO! To sum up the thread, when flaming gravy shooting porcupines are ridden to the table by waiters it’s okay because they have said in a firm manner “LOOKY HERE AT THESE FLAMING GRAVY SHOOTING PORCUPINES!” and if someone gets injured it is absolutely neccessary to castigate and rebuke in a snooty why have you chosen to reproduce way all parents of the injured. At this point the wait person produces a get out of humanity free card and recieves a medal.

Plus if you see a kid in the street it’s bonus points if you hit them when the parent isn’t looking.

Huh. Well, we are going to Laughlin this weekend and if we eat someplace outside the casino, I’ll try to remember to look around and see if there are any highchairs at restaurants of that type.

Makes sense!

… is a waste of chocolate! :smiley:

You dropped in with insults and have tried to argue things I haven’t said. Since you continue to do this here I’ll leave you to argue with yourself.

As for humor, I doubt many people consider being called a a jizz covered harlot amusing.

This is against the rules - I suggest you don’t do it again.

This thread was moved here by the mods because of people like you.

The thread was moved here by the mods because you’re a drooling idiot actually.

Now now, children - you can ALL be drooling idiots. :slight_smile:

CW, that gave me my first HUGE laugh of the day. Thanks!! :smiley:

I like to go to Erik’s Restaurant near the Paris opera house. Families with small children are seated under the grand chandelier.

Here’s an interesting twist on the hot plate issue. Warning, it’s a pdf Redirect Notice

This case referenced in yours is more pertinent. It specifically points out that a fajita skillet is an ‘open and obvious danger’, meaning that it is avoidable, and not a ‘risk of severe harm’.

Hell, sorry, that is the case I meant to link to. Thanks!

Interesting, here are a couple of quotes

I think the question here is… Who is the invitee? If the toddler is considered the invitee*, then a sizzling hot platter, a cup of boiling water, or a loaded pistol would not be considered an open and obvious danger.
*Is there any reason the toddler would not be considered an invitee? He’s clearly not a trespasser. Does the fact that he has a protector in tow remove the property owner’s duty?

You’re welcome!

While we’re at it, we should probably ban all food from restaurants - choking hazard, you know.