Children in the PC
 

I am sitting in the EWR P Club on a conf call. Suddenly I hear a lady yelling for her husband saying something like "Come quick, I have a big problem, there is CACA all over" then the sound of kids screaming.

I started LOL on my call, but my clients didn't think it was very funny. I'm glad I don't have any kids.

They're apparently closing one of the restrooms now.

It's not the kids that are the problem, it's the parents.

Agree. Also, I don't understand why so many adults expect kids to act like adults when they are only kids.

I expect kids to act like I did when I was a child. I was certainly an inquisitive little one who liked to explore and have fun, but there was no way in heck that I was going to get away with demonstrative behavior in public.

It is an airport or a plane, not a freakin' playground!

In my recent experience, it seems that the children I've been encountering are better behaved, on average, then they were in the past. I've been on the road every week since Thanksgiving and have seen children in intnernational J, domestic F, PClubs, VS Clubhouses, CRCs, randomly in elevators at hotels and airports, etc., and none of them have been bratty or lound apart from the occassional quick post-departure noises. At BOS last week, a toddler actually held the door of an elevator for me as I was running to make a connection.

Now that I've said this, I'm sure this week's trip will find me seated in F next to a screaming lap child. ;)

At the risk of stating the obvious, bring ear plugs! Works well for a screaming baby. Works well for a screaming Mrs RNE too. :)

Poor guy
 

In my opinion the OP is the poorest person on earth. Not only does he not have kids, he is glad about it. One day he will be sorry about it. I hope for him that it is not too late.

I also don’t believe for one minute that his clients were really upset about it.
So there was some noise and you explained that you are in a PC and there are children there. What is there to be upset about?

Same scenario could happen with an elderly parent. I assume you at least had a parent...

Yup! The OP stated that he was having a conference call.

You must be kidding. So, people without children are inferior to those with children?

Puh-leeze.

Welcome to FlyerTalk, flyer111!

With that said, just who do you think you are? Assuming you know the OP's mind better than the OP is beyond presumptious -- it is arrogant in the extreme. If you think having kids is a wonderful thing, then I hope you have them and you're very happy. I don't have kids -- my wife and I are happily childfree and will remain that way 'til we die. My wife and I enjoy our lives, enjoy each other, and particularly enjoy the travel, restaurants and shows we can go to because we are not constrained in any way. And my wife and I don't particularly enjoy children, or things related to children.

Do what you want with your life, but have the courtesy and consideration to allow others to do with their lives as they will. Your judgmental conclusions are insulting and ill-informed -- keep them to yourself.

Did I say, "welcome to FlyerTalk"?

So the OP is a liar, as well as a pitiable childless person? Maybe, when you have 1,700 posts like the OP, you'll be in a position to assess the credibility of others.

What selfish, unproductive members of society you and your wife are! ;)

Yup -- that's us. ;)

this past week in a worldclub in detroit i'm sitting in the little workspace area on a pretty important conference call and this kid comes walking through yelling "DAD? DAD? WHERE ARE YOU?" which, ok, kid is lost - shouldnt have been left alone, but whatever, hes gotta find his dad - then the dad starts yelling "JIMMY IM OVER HERE! NEXT TO THE FAX MACHINE! DO YOU SEE MY HAND?"

of course this was after the sales rep from botox sitting in the cubicle next to me finished (in a very loud voice) teaching some doctor how to screw medicare out of money by charging for half used vials of botox and then using them on the next client but charging again blah blah blah sure you can use botox there, there's lots of medically supporting documentation to say so -

Medicare pays for Botox??????? :confused: