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In reply to the discussion: Maryland family asked to leave Outback Steakhouse because son with special needs was too loud [View all]obamanut2012
(25,905 posts)56. Most of this thread agree with those people
I was appalled the day this OP was posted and the responses to it, and still am. I have a cousin with CP who is "noisy" and drools badly, and his parents have been told for 50 years he shouldn't be allowed to eat in public because he is disgusting to watch and listen to.
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Maryland family asked to leave Outback Steakhouse because son with special needs was too loud [View all]
Floyd R. Turbo
Aug 2019
OP
A four year old too loud? More likely a geezer with no tolerance for anyone.
marble falls
Aug 2019
#1
What if they use an scenario irrelevant to the OP illustrate a petulant point?
LanternWaste
Aug 2019
#23
You and I feel pretty much the same on this issue. We're both geezers, and politeness
Nay
Aug 2019
#9
Again, I agree with everything you say here, too. I certainly have sympathy for the parents,
Nay
Aug 2019
#16
Several years ago, my amily took me to celebrate my birthday in this restaurant
lunamagica
Aug 2019
#6
The child defenetly didn't want to be there. Her screams weren't of joy or involuntary. She was
lunamagica
Aug 2019
#44
There are places that screaming isn't appropriate, regardless of the reason.
Captain Stern
Aug 2019
#39
Wow - now three responses that favor shuffling people with disabilities off into the closet
Ms. Toad
Aug 2019
#31
While I do have a certain amount of sympathy for the parents, I think it's unfair on the other
OnDoutside
Aug 2019
#20