1/5 Eri U. 3 years ago on Google
This
evening
I
took
my
boys
to
Landsdowne
to
see
the
Christmas
lights.
My
best
friend
and
her
kids
who
are
friends
with
my
kids
and
have
been
together
through
all
this
were
meeting
us
there.
My
kids
have
been
in
online
school
during
the
pandemic,
haven’t
seen
their
old
school
friends
in
months
and
so
were
excited
to
spend
time
with
their
other
circle.
When
we
arrived
she
had
mentioned
they
were
at
Jack
Astors
as
the
kids
were
hungry
so
we
decided
to
join
them.
We
were
seated
at
a
table
ourselves
as
4
is
the
current
limit,
and
our
table
was
about
20
feet
across
from
them
so
we
were
visible
to
each
other.
At
one
point
one
child
came
over
from
their
table
to
say
hi
to
my
son.
It’s
natural
that
a
child
would
want
to
see
their
friend
and
he’s
a
child
and
did
so
not
realizing.
One
of
the
hostesses
came
over
after
to
tell
us
that
we
couldn’t
walk
over
talk
to
the
other
tables.
I
said
that
we
understood
but
then
to
let
the
other
table
know
too
as
my
kids
hadn’t
left
the
table.
We
ordered
and
were
waiting
for
our
food.
My
son
moved
from
his
side
to
sit
next
to
me.
He
made
a
comment
to
his
friend
at
the
other
table,
he
was
not
yelling
but
spoke
to
his
friend
from
where
we
were.
Moments
later
a
manager
came
over
with
a
stern
look
on
her
face
and
angrily
told
us
that
we
had
already
been
warned
and
that
were
not
to
be
talking
to
ppl
At
other
tables.
I
explained
to
her
no
one
had
said
not
to
talk
and
he
hadn’t
left
the
table.
She
was
extremely
belligerent
and
said
no
talking
was
allowed
at
all
because
it
could
spread
COVID
and
they
could
be
fined
etc.
Now
believe
me
I
understand,
I
understand
the
pressure
of
their
job
and
what
the
restaurant
industry
is
facing,
and
the
rules
they
need
to
follow
to
stay
open
and
not
to
be
fined,
but
there
could
have
been
some
understanding
showed
here.
Which
I
said
to
them.
My
child
isn’t
trying
to
break
any
rules
speaking
to
his
friend
who
was
20
ft
away,
it
was
the
first
time
they
had
spoken
in
that
way
in
the
time
we
were
there.
In
any
case
they
were
extremely
defensive,
showed
no
compassion
to
these
children
and
obviously
didn’t
like
that
we
were
trying
to
reason
with
them
and
the
situation
and
said
that
at
this
point
they
were
going
to
have
our
food
that
we
hadn’t
received
yet
packed
up
and
ask
us
to
leave.
My
son
was
so
confused
and
upset
and
in
tears,
and
while
trying
to
comfort
him
they
kept
insisting
we
need
to
leave.
I
told
them
they
were
upsetting
my
child,
I
need
to
deal
with
him
and
then
yes
we
were
leaving
and
without
the
food.
They
insisted
they
would
wait
right
there
by
our
table
and
escort
us
out,
and
I’m
livid
at
this
point.
As
I
said,
belligerent
and
no
compassion.
I
told
them
they
could
have
deescalated
this
situation
a
long
time
ago
but
instead
they
chose
to
create
an
argument
and
in
front
of
children.
They
could
have
said
what
they
needed
to
say
and
enforce
their
rules
in
a
completely
different
tone
and
manner
which
wouldn’t
have
led
to
an
argument.I
got
their
name
before
leaving
and
informed
them
I
would
be
addressing
this
incident.
Now
this
isn’t
a
post
to
say
boycott
Jack
Astors
or
any
restaurant
for
that
matter.
All
of
our
restaurants
need
support
right
now.
And
tonight
we
were
trying
to
do
just
that.
But
it
seems
that
our
business
was
not
wanted
in
this
case.
All
I’ll
ask
is
that,
Jack
Astors
Landsdowne
work
on
training
their
management
and
staff
on
how
to
deal
with
clients
with
children,
and
to
show
some
compassion
and
proper
use
of
tone
when
dealing
with
issues
that
arise.
From
the
minute
we
walked
in
to
when
we
left
were
weren’t
made
to
feel
welcome,
with
the
exception
of
our
actual
server.
It’s
a
tough
time
for
everyone
and
we
should
all
be
showing
compassion
and
support
to
one
another,
but
especially
to
the
kids.
Everyone’s
kids
are
confused,
stressed
and
dealing
with
a
situation
which
is
not
normal
to
them
and
they
lack
the
same
understanding
we
do
to
cope
with
it.
Compassion
is
the
lesson
here,
that’s
all.
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