A German Restaurant Has Banned Kids: "This Just Can't Go On Like This"

Fox News- A German restaurant has imposed a ban on children during dinnertime after several incidents involving unsupervised youths have left the restaurant damaged. Owner of Oma’s Küche in Cologne, Rudolf Markl, told DW.com he is turning his restaurant into “an oasis of peace” after reaching his breaking point with parents who do not watch their children. Markl said he decided to ban patrons under 14 after 5 pm after becoming increasingly frustrated with parents who “cannot control their children,” he said to DW. According to Markl, children at the restaurant frequently bother other quests by pulling on tablecloths and throwing wine glasses at the tables. “[Parents] acknowledge it with a smile, keep on eating, and don’t care at all,” he said. “We have somehow reached that point where you say: This just can’t go on like this,” he told the DPA news agency, noting that the breaking point came when several unsupervised children damaged antique photo stands that were used to decorate the restaurant.

Preach! Preach it from the rooftops! The owner of the restaurant saying, “This just can’t go on like this” is the perfect way to sum up kids at restaurants. Banning kids from restaurants shouldn’t be the exception to the rule. Banning kids from restaurants should be the rule at all restaurants around the world. It should be the law honestly. If you have kids, I’m sorry but your kids are loud and annoying and I don’t want them around me while I’m out to eat. I didn’t decide to leave my apartment so I could sit down and pay money to hear your kids cry and slam their fists on the table. I know having kids is difficult enough but the rest of us don’t have kids for a reason. That reason is because kids suck and nobody likes them.

It’s borderline rude that people bring their kids to restaurants in the first place. Don’t do that if you’re a parent. Go to Chuck E. Cheese or some other kid friendly place. Part of me thinks parents do it so their kids will annoy everyone else in the restaurant. The parents want everyone to share in their misery. It seems unfair for me to tell parents where they can take their kids but what’s really unfair is parents taking their dumbass kids to places where they’re gonna cause a ruckus. I didn’t make them have kids but they’re making me be within ear shot of their kids. That’s the unfair part. I wish parents knew not to bring their kids to restaurants but, until that day comes, restaurants should ban kids.