holtju2

Right now @ Hyatt Hotel & Casino Manila. On a table next to me there is a family with a rather young child which is either crying out or screaming half of the time. Really annoying. I already spoke with the lounge employee regarding what is their policy regards to children. It seems that they don't like to speak or expel them.

For the record I don't mind children (or adults for that matter) who can behave in the lounges.

TrojanHorse

if you have them, put your Bose headphones on

bsdstone

I believe this subject was discussed on the SPG board as well...being the father of two young boys 3 and 18 months it drives me CRAZY when parents don't remove a child who is misbehaving! My wife and I are very (probably overly) conscious of our kids behaviors in club lounges and if one or the other starts acting up, they get the hook, and our food is finished in our rooms...sorry that your time is being ruined by bad parents (not the kids fault at that age)!

lalala

I'd rather listen to a screaming child than a drunken bunch of businessmen in the lounge.

TrojanHorse

the crying child might keep or get rid of the drunken business men

the_nomad

I'd rather chuckle at a drunken bunch of businessmen than endure one minute with self-entitled,arrogant parents and their ill-behaved demon spawn.

meducate

This is a pet peeve of mine as well. When I travel with my kids, I always make sure that they behave whenever they are in a public setting, and when in a hotel lounge I ask them to set an example for other children (and adults, drunken businessmen, etc.). If they cannot behave, they are taken back to the room.

richee

I'm with you there. In Dec. 2006, at the Hyatt Lake Tahoe. One night, when we arrived at the club for some dessert, there was this dad and his son there. The dad was on his cell phone speaking very loudly. The son, about 5 years old, was running all over the club reeking havoc, literally damaging things, and very rude to anyone politely asking him to stop doing some of the things he was doing. My daughters, ages 4 and 6 were completely appalled by the boy's behavior. (They understand, no ifs and buts, any acting out in any public setting, and you are immediatley removed from that setting). Someone nearby said it's been like that for 30 minutes already. The RC staff person was afraid to say anything. After about 10 minutes, I couldn't take it anymore and was about to confront the dad. Someone beat me to it. They stood nose to nose for many minutes but stopped short of throwing punches. At this point, everyone else left the club, and the manager on duty was called. After the manager talked to both of them, I went up to him to support the person who confronted, and I went to the dad and told him how incredibly rude I thought he and his child was.

Aircoco

You are very considerate. Good Parents too...

meducate

Thanks!

BAGoldBoy

Stayed at the Hyatt at Lake Tahoe over a cold wet weekend in May and the RC was over run by unsupervised children. The poor woman in charge didn't have a hope in hell of keeping any kind of control. In the morning it was nearly impossible to get near the coffee or any of the food as parents appeared to have sent their kids out to gather breakfast for the family And then there was the fact that the kids kept helping themselves to stuff and then putting it back having tried it.

The evenings, if possible, were even worse. There were a couple of really overweight kids who jumped on any food that was brought out. After they had helped themselves to a new serving of hot pies there were only two left.

The same kids were using the very old PC in the RC whilst eating chips and salsa - I'm sure you can imagine the carnage they left behind.

We spoke to the RC concierge and she said she had asked for more help but the management weren't interested.

lakwelone

Thanks goodness for the RCs that have a no children policy in the evening. The families can come in and take a tray back to their rooms, but leave the the peace and quiet to the rest of us in the RC.

etsmyers

stop allowing the purchase up to the RC level and these things go away. How about leaving SOMETHING for the people who reward the chains with our loyalty.

I was in a DC property maybe 2 years ago. A group I will describe as nothing short of thugs invited all of their friends (about 10) into the lounge and turned it into their little playpen.

RichardInSF

If the lounge host won't handle it, the first thing to do is to ask them to contact the manager on duty for you to speak to. Did any of you try that?

y2k1jetta

If my kids don't behave in the lounge, then I grab them by the ear and yank them out of there. That's the truth. My kids will learn to behave when needed. Lounges are a privilege not a playground. Just like being quiet in a movie theater