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I don't particularly care for the pizza buffet but my husband loves to go. Having said that, we were at the pizza buffet. I take the girls to find a table while my husband gets in line to pay for our meal. I sit down and get a snack out for our 18month old. The 'family' next to us is very loud. One MOM in particular is loud and rude. Although she is having a normal conversation with her family she is using words like sh!t and hel!. I was irritated. Then she starts spouting out the F word. I asked her to stop cursing in front of my children. She told me she was going to slap me in the face. I rolled my eyes and tried to ignore her. She kept taunting me. When my husband gets back to the table, I told him to go tell the manager what she said and that she threatened me. She gets really rude and starts cursing me again. We decided to move to another table. We moved tables and she taunted me until I was out of her range. The manager gave us free coupons for our next visit. I should've just moved in the first place but I felt like I needed to stand up to her and let her know everyone in the restaurant didn't want to hear her mouth. Sadly enough there were 3 small children at their table that have to deal with her all the time. I was so mad, it was hard to keep my composure for my children's sake.
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That would tick me off, and I would have done the same thing.
And I have done that before, in a different situation. However, I did go to the manager first, and the manager spoke to the person first, and when he still didn't stop I said something....some people are just RUDE and don't care or think about the people around them sometimes....very sad.
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I would have called the cops! Maybe that would make her think twice about threatening people.
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Those poor children!! I know I would not want to sit in a Restaurant and hear that!! Good for you for standing up for your children (and to me you dtoof up for hers!!)
just too bad!! the manager seemed to be attentive to you!! Anyhow Somepeople!!
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I would have done what Stacey said. I would have talked to the manager first and if that didn't help, then I would have talked to her.
If she kept at it, I can't believe the manager did not ask her to leave.
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Originally Posted by Claire
I would have done what Stacey said. I would have talked to the manager first and if that didn't help, then I would have talked to her.
If she kept at it, I can't believe the manager did not ask her to leave.
We moved tables before the manager came out. When he did come out, he kept walking around her table. She didn't say anything after he started policing the dining room.
I was glad I keep pepper spray in my diaper bag! It wouldn't have been a good scene for the children but I would've used it in defense.
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I would have talked to her first as well. Then when she threatened you I'd have told her she hits first she goes to jail but guarantee I'll get a slap in too. Shall I call the cops now or are you going to talk like a civil human being. Why didn't the manager kick them out? To threaten someone and drop 4 letter words in a restaurant is uncalled for and he should have kicked them out plus given you free coupons.
Dh and I were out for lunch one day and a group of young men's conversation was taking a turn for the worst, talking about different sexual positions, starting to swear, and on and on. At another table a family was eating with their 2 young kids. Dh asked them to clean up their conversation as they were in a public place and not everyone in the world wants to hear about their night, and the young children in the room didn't need to hear that language. They were actually embarrassed and said "Sorry Sir". They then apologized to the family with the children. They obviously weren't raised by mothers like the one you encountered.
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Unfortunately you run into people like that everywhere, including the grocery store...
My dh and I were at a Grocery Outlet to get a few items - the lines were long, it was hot and then all of a sudden I hear a lady yelling curse words to another customer. I didnt know what happend or why she started yelling. But then the manager came out and promptly kicked her out of the store. Dh and I quickly paid for our items and got the heck out of there as we didnt know if she was going to come back to retaliate along with some of her friends. That was the last time weve been there and that was a couple months ago.
As for pizza buffets, We have been to a couple, some are nice and some are cheap.
One we went to had nice gourmet and regular pizzas and they even had a lady go around the restaurant serving people. Another we went to had a few pizzas under a heat lamp. They would toss out a new pizza every so often and people would have to hover like vultures to get a slice or 2.
As for what happened in your situation, I wouldnt have said anything to the rude lady but would have asked to speak with a manager and see how they would hand the situation. The manager should have secretly watched her to see if she would have started cursing again and then ask her to leave.
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If it were me...I'd probably leave. I have little patience for people like that. I don't even think of telling people like that to stop works really. The type of person that is acting like that, isn't going to take kindly to being told to stop and actually it makes it worse. Depends on the person of course, but I just don't even get involved. There isn't a place that I would want to eat at that badly! LO.L!
Well, exactly like what happened in your situation. I just think, unfortunately the risk that it escalates the situation and it gets worse, not better, is enough to make me just not want to get involved. I'd be worried they would wait for me in the parking lot or key my car or come up to me and start acting psycho in front of my kids. Life is too short!
I'm sorry this happened to you!
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Originally Posted by MandaRenee
I would have called the cops! Maybe that would make her think twice about threatening people.
For real!!! What a psychopath!