A mother was left furious after a restaurant server asked her to clean up the mess her 10-month-old son made.
Posting to Kidspot, the furious mom explained that she went to a restaurant with her husband and their baby.
Most parents know that when babies try to put food in their mouths, most of it ends up on the floor. That’s exactly what happened when the 10-month-old tried to shovel into his mouth.
But as they were preparing to leave, a restaurant server who had been attending to many tables asked the mother if she could help him clean up the mess.
“I was mad,” the shocked mother expressed.
The simple request then turned into a heated argument. “When did we start turning the other way to elements of life that don’t affect us? When did our community decide kids and family were the less cool option and decide that supporting them was also ‘uncool’?
“Is it my job to get on my hands and knees and ignore that my child will not be soothed (my breast was the primary medicine for my teething child) and start cleaning the pasta with my own bare hands?”
“Or is it the waiter’s task who is paid to serve us (at a family restaurant) and support us to have a pleasant evening?” she asked.
The mother then said that she wanted her children to grow up in a place where people look after the vulnerable.
“The elderly and the innocence of children are included in this,” she added.
People were shocked by the situation, with one person writing: “I hate when people make the fact that they chose to have kids everyone else’s responsibility.”
Another said: “The kind of community she wants is where we all work together – except cleaning up after her filthy family – in that situation she wants someone else to do it!”
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