|
Welcome to the YorkieTalk.com Forums Community - the community for Yorkshire Terriers. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. You will be able to chat with over 35,000 YorkieTalk members, read over 2,000,000 posted discussions, and view more than 15,000 Yorkie photos in the YorkieTalk Photo Gallery after you register. We would love to have you as a member! Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please click here to contact us. |
|
| LinkBack | Thread Tools |
02-13-2006, 06:03 AM | #1 |
YT Addict Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Philadelphia
Posts: 257
| Dogs welcome evening at German eatery, small children not Dogs welcome evening at German eatery, small children not Sun Feb 12, 2:56 PM ET A German restaurant has drawn protests and plaudits for refusing to give a dinner reservation to a mother who wanted to bring her two small children. Dogs would be welcome, it said, but "here, children are not allowed in the evening." Jana Schmid, 32, wanted to celebrate a christening with five adults and two small children at the "Boheme" restaurant at Augsburg in southern Germany, the only non-smoking eatery in the area. "We are always being told that Germany must do more for children," she told the weekly Bild am Sonntag. "And then we are told they are not welcome, all they do is whine and disturb people. It would be unthinkable in countries such as Italy and Spain." Peter Degle, the owner of the "Boheme" and father of two, said he had to think of the interests of his regulars. "After a hard day's work they want some peace," he said. "Recently they have complained on several occasions about crying babies." "During the day children are welcome but in the evening businessmen have priority and we wanted to spare them crying children," he said. "In any case at that time of day small children should be in bed." Dogs were welcome at both lunch and dinner. Schmid conceded that many people in Augsburg, in the conservative Bavaria region, backed Degle. "And I get taken for a wicked mother who drags her children around nightlife haunts." But, she said, she only wanted to celebrate the christening of her year-old son and "be home by 8:30 pm." http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060212...RpBHNlYwM3NTc-
__________________ Daisy's Dogster: http://www.dogster.com/?252921 |
Welcome Guest! | |
02-13-2006, 06:52 AM | #2 |
Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Brittany France
Posts: 2,420
| I can see the sense in this lol I have dogs and human kids and the dogs are far more well behaved in public LOL
__________________ Anne, Pippa, Jake Woody |
02-13-2006, 07:32 AM | #3 |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: none
Posts: 1,495
| I think that is horrible. My son is VERY well behaved and I would be very upset if he wasn't allowed to eat in a restaurant and I was forced to go to a place that has him around smoke. They should just play background music or maybe even separate the two sides. If anything, they should do it on a case by case basis and if anyone complains, then ask the people to leave. |
02-13-2006, 07:35 AM | #4 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: NJ
Posts: 1,767
| Quote:
__________________ ~Carolyn~ Brutus' Video Montage | |
02-13-2006, 07:46 AM | #5 |
I Love Thor Donating Member | If you don't want to be around children...STAY HOME! |
02-13-2006, 08:01 AM | #6 | |
YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: none
Posts: 1,495
| Quote:
| |
02-13-2006, 08:16 AM | #7 |
Got Yorkies? Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: S.E. Mo
Posts: 1,602
| OMG! That is so wierd!
__________________ She-Ra Marie ~ 9-22-02 to 2-22-06 Dixie Belle ~ 10-12-2006 to 12-13-2008 You girls left us way to soon. I miss you both. |
02-13-2006, 09:01 AM | #8 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 779
| Okay I know I am going to catch hell for this, but I sort of like the idea of a place other than a bar where children are not allowed...Now I am not a person who hates children, but I am a person who believes there are just some situations that are for ADULTS ONLY. I would never go to a restaurant that was obviously a kid friendly place and expect there would not be hoards of children, but at times I would like to go out with other adults to a nice place and not have to deal with the possibility of the child at the table next to us interrupting our conversation, having a temper tantrum or whining loudly. Moreover, I suppose it is not kids that bother me but the attitude of many parents, that those of us that do not have kids need to be sensitive to their parenting needs...Meaning how other adults are always expected to sympathize with the parent of the screaming 5 month old that arguably should not be out at 9pm, or we are supposed feel bad when we ask to change seats on the plain upon discovering we are sitting next to a toddler, or how we are supposed to put up with having a breast feeding lounge in our lawschool library, or we are supposed to pick up the slack at work for the people who chose to have kids but still want a fast track career...Now again I do not hate children, but I feel just as in some situations people without kids are expected to be considerate to parents they owe the same consideration and should not feel entitled to others making accomodations for their kids or suffering through a meal with a whiney uncontrollable little tike next to them. This is truly how I feel, and so sorry if I offend anyone, but I am not ready for kids and I know this so I do not have them, and I cannot understand the mentality people have that we all should be so understanding and give defference to those who do.
__________________ Bruce's Dogster Page http://www.dogster.com/?177273 |
02-17-2006, 10:10 AM | #9 |
YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: OP, Fl
Posts: 614
| This isn't a suprise to me. I was born in Germany and my mom has told me many times that at many german restraunts they like dogs over children. Though they weren't told not to bring me to a restraunt, they did get my unhappy looks from workers and customers. Thankfully I was a very quiet child but my mom said they were always asked to put me under the table like the would with dogs. My mom thinks that is one of the reasons I am so crazy about dogs we bonded on the floors of german restraunts. I agree with Bruce's_Mom, places where adults were allowed only would be nice. I know Dave and Busters is suppose to be adult only after a certain time at night, but I can't tell you how many times I have been there and gotten ran into by kids who a)shouldn't be there and b) should be at home asleep at that time. And personally I would love to see a few restraunts that would allow well behaved dogs. I think there would need to be some limits set but with more and more people haveing dogs as furry children it only makes since you would want to take them out to eat too.
__________________ Michelle, Lil Bear Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?237669, Moose (SDIT) Dogster http://www.dogster.com/?237662 |
Bookmarks |
|
|
| |
|
|
SHOP NOW: Amazon :: eBay :: Buy.com :: Newegg :: PetStore :: Petco :: PetSmart