Mom, rude. Kid, clueless. You, innocent victim.
I might have moved, depending entirely upon my gut reaction to the kid and how he asked. If my snap impression was of a nice kid who liked to keep a tradition with his mom, then I probably would have moved. But if the way he asked gave me the feeling he believed he was entitled to sit there, then too bad, he could go sit somewhere else.
The mom was definitely rude for staring
I don’t think you were rude for not moving, but I would have. If there were plenty of empty seats but he said that that particular table was his and his mom’s, I’d assume that there was some sort of history associated with that table for them.
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I’m trying to understand how this kid and his mom thought the table was theirs. It wasn’t - it belonged to the restaurant, and you were using it. I think the kid’s request was astoundingly presumptuous, and the mother’s behavior was beyond rude. It sounds like there’s something wrong with these two people. The kid has an excuse, being a kid. The mother doesn’t.
If he asked politely, and moving isn’t that big a hassle, then sure, why not? There’s nothing wrong with making a kid happy.
Would I have moved? If he had asked extremely politely, I might have considered it.
Was it rude? He wasn’t rude to ask. You weren’t rude to refuse. The mother was rude for giving you dagger eyes.
I wouldn’t have moved without a compelling reason, but then I’m an old grouch. Like others, I don’t think the kid was rude - it’s not like he came over and said “Move it, bitch, this is MY table!!” But it did seem to be an odd request and I’m thinking Mommy was behind it all. She sounds like a real piece of work.
I think exactly this.
People, even arsehole entitled twats don’t behave like this without some sort of reason or history -
I probably would have been so nonplussed that I would just have moved, or would have blurted out a confused “Why?”
I was trying to think how to word all of this last night, and failed, so I’ll just +1 this this morning.
I would have offered to move for five of his fries, or maybe a sip of his shake. No free rides.
I would have asked what made the table special and then made my decision based on his answer.
Honestly, my first thought when reading the OP was that the kid had some kind of OCD and would be all messed up if he couldn’t sit at “his” table. Like Sheldon’s “spot” on the couch.
My husband and I go to a diner for breakfast on Saturdays and it’s one of those old-timey places full of regulars who always sit in the same spots. If we get there at a different time and someone is in “our” seats it really does feel weird to sit somewhere else. One time we sat on the other side of the u-shaped counter and the owner was all “Go sit over there! It doesn’t feel right when you’re on this side.”
I can totally see a little kid (or special needs kid) who hasn’t been taught social graces yet asking for “his” regular seat.
It’s McDonald’s. You get burgers, you get fries, sometimes you get a grimace.
Ordinarily, I wouldn’t recommend this kind of snark, but in this case, I think you’d be justified in growling at her, “How often are you taking your kid to this damn McDonalds that he has a usual table!?”
I think I would have moved, but I’d have to ask the kid why he wanted that particular table.
This type of thing has never happened to me or to anyone I have been with.
I wonder why? < VEG >
The proper response would be to answers "Of course, just as soon as we finish our meal. You don’t mind waiting do you? Or letting people use your table when you aren’t here?
Then take it from there.
Also, the only real question is “Was his Mom hot?”, because that is the real question. If she was hot then move, but if she wasn’t then bitch slap the kid and tell him his Mom is a whore.
None of the above is serious, in case you couldn’t tell.
Except the first part. Except who can think that fast?
Also, any time you are eating at McDonalds you deserve whatever shit crazy drama happens.
Because now you are reinforcing to the kid that he can be an entitled little shit.