Dear Lady with the small toddler dining at Ikea:

[LynneSin]

Look, I realize that this is the Ikea dining room, not exactly 4-star dining. But seriously, I recognize you want to teach your child that you're not going to baby him everytime he screams at the top of his lungs. And I realize you just want to enjoy your meal at Ikea and have learned to ignore your child's screams - I'm sure you have learned that if you ignore his screaming that eventually he'll tire out and shut up.

HOWEVER....

The rest of us wish that you wouldn't play this game of "who will blink first" with hundreds of us trying to dine in peace. Seriously, after 10 minutes you couldn't just take the kid out of the room? You think the rest of us want to hear your kid scream? Hell even the kids at the table next to mine wondered if your kid was in pain or something. We need to learn to peacefully co-exist which means you need to learn to pick up your screaming child and help quiet him down as to not annoy the rest of us dining.

Thank you

[kick-ass-bob]

1. Oh just stop eating your meatballs and go buy some crap.

:hide:

:hi:

[charlie and algernon]

2. There was this little kid at a diner yesterday who sounded like a kitten screaming for food

He/she had the same high-pitched, incessant screaming you hear from a little, hungry kitten screaming for food. :banghead:

[meegbear]

3. If you can afford IKEA, you can afford the screaming toddler

[Gidney N Cloyd]

4. SKREMINNG BJÄBII's are way over-priced.

[meegbear]

5. ...

:spray:

[petronius]

18. Cannot stop laughing

:rofl:

:rofl:

Oh wait, I stopped - but it took a while.

:rofl:

Nope, started again...

[kimi]

21. Haha!!

(I've never shopped at IKEA so it took me a second to get that.)

:rofl:

[Gold Metal Flake]

6. Post this in GD so you can be told what a child-hating asshole they think you are.

[EastTennesseeDem]

7. She's pretty much talking about half the people who post there anyway.

[distantearlywarning]

9. And don't forget selfish and mean

for daring to complain about your dinner being ruined by screaming.

[REP]

10. MY dinners are ENHANCED by screaming because I'm so elightened and awesome

Anyone who objects to screaming or children exhibiting their individuality by running and throwing things in a restaurant is just some sort of soulless monster who's forgotten what it's like to be human.




Do I really need to add this?
:sarcasm:

[Gold Metal Flake]

19. But if the restaurant uses MSG I'm going to make such a nasty Tweet!

Hmph!

[blueamy66]

8. Parents become immune to their little darlings' screaming rants

it's annoying, at best

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. You can eat in an Ikea? *feels like a total country bumpkin*

[LynneSin]

12. A plate of swedish meatballs and mashed potatoes - $3.99

Plus you need to get the Ligonberry Soda

One suspects this is not what they eat in Sweden

[GreenPartyVoter]

13. I suspect you may be right. :^)

[LynneSin]

24. I try to picture Alexander Skarsgard eating a plate of them while shirtless

Maybe we'll just have to picture him shirtless and skip the swedish meatballs

[Gold Metal Flake]

20. Cheap, but you have to assemble it yourself.

and they never tell you what the allen wrench is for!

[OmahaBlueDog]

16. If you friend Ikea on FB, they advertise specials.

The Swedish Meatball meal is frequently discounted

It's a heckuva lunch bargain. You eat on real China with real silveraware for the same price you'd pay at McDonalds.

Of course, there is the constant din of the shrieking children.

[OmahaBlueDog]

14. Dear Annoying Diner

You may or may not have noticed that we put the kids furnishings section next to the dining area. This should indicate to you how we feel about the kids, and their parents money.

Warmest Regards,

Ikea

[LibDemAlways]

15. You have ventured into major flame territory.

I posted a very similar story one time and was told (swear to God) by several fellow DUers that I had no right to enjoy my meal, and if I didn't like the screams I should have stayed home.

[KT2000]

25. Have seen some of those

posts and I almost think as parents they must be more unbearable than their screaming kids.

[madinmaryland]

17. What kind of douche nozzle goes to Ikea for dinner???

:wtf:

Get a life, Lynne!

[jmowreader]

22. You don't exactly GO to Ikea for dinner...

It's more like "we're here and our feet are wore out, let's eat."

[madinmaryland]

23. You are correct...

The only reason to go there is that my wife has dragged me there for a day in HELL!

Only been there twice, and hopefully it will be another ten years til I am ordered to go back.

:shrug: