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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 02:43 PM
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Poll question: Which is more annoying in a restaurant: Loud kids or Obnoxious Cell phone
I figured with the other thread we have open let's put this to a poll. Which annoys you more:

Choice #1: The obnoxious loudmouth kid who is running all over the place and the parents are doing nothing to control them

Choice #2: The obnoxious cellphone user who has his/her ringer on the loudest option with the most annoying ringtone and talks loudly on the phone throughout his/her meal

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TK421 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:01 PM
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1. Screaming kids who throw their toys around when the parents do
nothing about it REALLY pisses me off. As far as these fucking cell-phone fuckwads, they seem to think that everyone around them is obligated to listen to their pathetic conversations.
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:04 PM
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2. I was just going to make it where you had to choose one
but then I realized they were both horribly obnoxious.

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Divameow77 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:04 PM
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3. Both
but as far as loud kids, it depends on where you go. For example: Applebee's is a family restaraunt that encourages families to bring there kids, as does Chili's.

As far as cell phone use, I wait tables part-time and I have had a woman stand there and tell me to hold on while she takes a call, I motion that I will be right bakc and she shakes her head and tells me to hold on. I just wanted her drink order and I do have other tables. How Rude!
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Splatter Phoenix Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:44 PM
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11. Stupid bitch.
I tell ya. American fuckwads treat waiters/waitresses and the like like SHIT over here.

x_X I don't always advocate violence...

okay, so I do...

But anyway, she needed a royal beatdown.
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NaturalHigh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:32 PM
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4. Both are annoying.
Kids will be kids, but it irritates the hell out of me when parents just let their kids run wild and think nothing of the other patrons in the restaurant. As for cell phone users in restaurants, I think a lot of them just want to show the rest of us how important they are because they have to take calls in the middle of dinner.
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:37 PM
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5. This should be fun!!!
:popcorn:
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:37 PM
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6. This should be fun!!!
:popcorn:
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:38 PM
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7. in india almost NO one has any cell phone manners
Edited on Fri Oct-14-05 03:38 PM by lionesspriyanka
and will answer calls during movies/dinner/whatever

it was maddening for me
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:38 PM
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8. Depends upon the restaurant
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AllegroRondo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:39 PM
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9. Annoying kids with cellphones
sure to ruin any meal
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Beer Snob-50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-14-05 03:39 PM
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10. Cell Phones should be outlawed in public places
it pisses me off to no end when a waitress or salesperson is trying to take care of someone and the asshat is talking on the his phone.
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