• News
  • Life
  • TV & Film
  • Beauty
  • Style
  • Home
  • News
    • Celebrity
    • Entertainment
    • Politics
    • Royal Family
  • Life
    • Animals
    • Food & Drink
    • Women's Health
    • Mental Health
    • Sex & Relationships
    • Travel
    • Real Life
  • TV & Film
    • True Crime
    • Documentaries
    • Netflix
    • BBC
    • ITV
    • Tyla Recommends
  • Beauty
    • Hair
    • Make-up
    • Skincare
  • Style
    • Home
    • Fashion
    • Shopping
  • Advertise
  • Terms
  • Privacy & Cookies
  • LADbible Group
  • LADbible
  • UNILAD
  • SPORTbible
  • GAMINGbible
  • UNILAD Tech
  • FOODbible
  • License Our Content
  • About Us & Contact
  • Jobs
  • Latest
  • Topics A-Z
  • Authors
Facebook
Instagram
X
Threads
TikTok
Submit Your Content
Mum ‘told off’ by waitress after leaving five-year-old son at table alone

Home> Life> Parenting

Published 15:34 17 Aug 2023 GMT+1

Mum ‘told off’ by waitress after leaving five-year-old son at table alone

The anonymous mum took to Mumsnet to ask if she was in the wrong

Callum Jones

Callum Jones

A mum has taken to an online forum to ask whether she was in the wrong after being 'told off' by a waitress.

Restaurant etiquette can be a pretty divisive subject online and one that garners a lot of internet reaction.

A anonymous mum has taken to the 'Am I Being Unreasonable' forum on the parenting site Mumsnet to claim she was 'told off' by a waitress after leaving her five-year-old son at the table alone.

She explained: "After the waitress had taken our order I went to the loo, leaving my son happily colouring at the table.

Advert

"Before I left I told the woman at the table next to us (who had young children) that I was nipping to the loo and could she please keep half an eye on my son.

"When I arrived back at the table literally 2 minutes later I was basically chastised by the waitress for leaving."

Restaurant etiquette can be a pretty divisive subject online.
Pexels

The mum went on to say that the waitress told her she was 'worried' about her son as she didn’t know if the mum was going to come back for him.

Advert

"A bit far fetched considering I’d also left my phone, purse, keys and bag of shopping on the table," the mum went on.

She continued: "She huffed at me again and left, but I could see her taking to her colleagues across the room about it.

"That was the end of the whole thing but it left me feeling a bit weird, it never even occurred to me that I was doing something wrong but now I’m wondering if my behaviour was unreasonable?"

Well, the mum was met with a bunch of reactions from fellow parents on Mumsnet and the reaction was certainly mixed.

Advert

One person wrote: "I personally would have taken my child at that age with me to the loo but I don’t think it’s a massive deal if they’re sensible and were occupied with colouring."

The mum was 'told off' after leaving her son at the table (stock image).
Pexels

A second added: "I would have take my son with me and just told the waitress that we were nipping to the toilet and would be back.

"I would have left coats, colouring stuff on the table so other people knew someone was sitting there and just took my valuables with me."

Advert

Another remarked: "I would have done the same and have been asked to do the same too. Don’t worry about it."

Meanwhile, a fourth penned: "I wouldn't have left him or asked a complete stranger to watch him."

Where do you stand?

Featured Image Credit: Melanie Acevedo/Solstock/Getty

Topics: Parenting, Food and Drink

Callum Jones
Callum Jones

Advert

Advert

Advert

  • Mum explains sad reason she made decision to put 13-year-old daughter on Mounjaro
  • Scientist puts 'five-second rule' to the test and the results are disturbing
  • Devastated mum issues energy drink warning following ‘horrible’ decision to switch off daughter’s life support
  • Mother sparks debate after revealing she makes her seven-year-old son pay rent

Choose your content:

a day ago
  • a day ago

    Labia surgery warning after weight loss drug side-effect leads to surge

    Dr Shazia Malik - a consultant obstetrician and gynaecologist for The Portland Hospital - discussed the pros and cons of 'labia puffing'

    Life
  • a day ago

    Appendix cancer symptoms to look out for as 'tip of the iceberg' warning is issued to millennials

    The cancer type has seen a quadrupled growth

    Life
  • a day ago

    Gen Z labelled ‘pathetic’ as study reveals shocking new trend in their behaviour at work

    People on social media have debated the study results, and nobody is happy

    Life
  • a day ago

    Man’s ‘free pass’ request to wife after she gives birth leaves people disgusted

    The bloke was blasted by social media users for making the audacious request

    Life