{"id":3783,"date":"2023-10-26T22:28:15","date_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3783"},"modified":"2023-10-26T22:28:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-26T20:28:15","slug":"couple-says-restaurant-fined-them-for-poor-parenting-the-restaurant-owner-then-reveals-the-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=3783","title":{"rendered":"Couple says restaurant fined them for \u2018poor parenting\u2019 \u2013 the restaurant owner then reveals the truth"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dining out can be a stressful experience for parents. A lot of times, parents cannot control their kids in public, which makes dining out an unpleasant experience for everyone present.<\/p>\n

This couple struggled similarly, and they claim to have been \u2018fined\u2019 for it. Keep reading to know more.<\/p>\n

A restaurant in North Georgia did something no one ever expected: charging patrons a fine for \u2018poor parenting.\u2019 The Toccoa Riverside Restaurant outside of Blue Ridge has sparked a debate online: is it fair to charge parents for badly behaved children?<\/p>\n

A customer on Reddit revealed their experience at the restaurant. They wrote, \u201cThe owner came out and told me he was adding $50 to my bill because of my children\u2019s behavior\u2026 disappointed by the experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

A reporter contacted the restaurant and got their side of the story. The owner, Tim Richter, decided to tell the truth. He said while the restaurant added a surcharge during COVID-19 to cover costs, they did not charge anyone more than their bill recently.<\/p>\n

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He said he had never threatened anyone with the surcharge until a few weeks ago when a family had visited his restaurant with their nine children. He shared that the children were running around all over the place.<\/p>\n

He said while he did give the parents a warning, he had never actually charged them the money!<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want parents to be parents,\u201d he simply said. The restaurant, tucked away in the mountains along the Toccoa River, is used to a calm clientele. The joint is quite popular and during meal times, cars stretch across the roadside.<\/p>\n

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A customer named Laura Spillman, who was visiting the town from Florida said she could not believe the policy when she heard it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is crazy,\u201d she said incredulously. \u201cFor real? I don\u2019t think you should do it because kids are cute.\u201d<\/p>\n

Anne Cox, who was having lunch with her family, said the fee could potentially encourage parents to control their children so they behaved better.<\/p>\n

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She said, \u201cParents need to teach kids etiquette,\u201d adding, \u201cThey need to teach kids to behave. There are other people in the world, so they should have fun in the right place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federico Gambineri, who was at the restaurant with his toddler said this was the first time he had heard such a policy. He said, \u201cThis is the first time I\u2019ve heard of that, and having a 20-month-old that maybe isn\u2019t the best behaved at a restaurant, I\u2019m hoping that I don\u2019t get charged,\u201d he added. \u201cI feel that if I were charged, I would be very unhappy about it and probably never recommend the place to somebody.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack Schneider, who is a regular at the restaurant, said he had never heard about this surcharge. \u201cI have mixed emotions on that,\u201d Schneider said. \u201cAt the same time, we\u2019ve all sat next to tables where you say hey, do something with that kid. So I really think it\u2019s more on the parents.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dining out can be a stressful experience for parents. A lot of times, parents cannot control their kids in public, which makes dining out an unpleasant experience for everyone present. This couple struggled similarly, and they claim to have been \u2018fined\u2019 for it. Keep reading to know more. A restaurant in North Georgia did something […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3787,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3783\/revisions\/3787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}