Similarly, don't apologize for your puppy being hyper or talkative. It's a puppy, they have to get socialized somehow.
As long as your puppy isn't inside the cafe*, we're cool.
\unless that's cool at this cafe.)
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I work in a cafe which has a large play area. The amount of parents that apologise for their kids being kids is unreal. As long as they are in the play area and not running around underfoot (burns are nasty and I wouldn't wish them on anyone) they are welcome to enjoy themselves.
I love baby chat. They look so serious when they are doing it but it's pretty much nonsense
When I was analysing data for, and subsequently writing my dissertation at University, I often 'set up shop' in some of the busiest coffee shops in the city.
I had people see what I was doing and they apologised for their children distracting me with sudden screams or whatever. After about a month of this, I ended up putting a sign on the table informing people that the noise was alright, and found it helpful to ground me and stop me going insane from 4 months of research, analyses and writing.
I suddenly had a lot more people talking to me while I did my work, and it was so much easier and I was less stressed compared to my peers and fellow researchers.
Bat_City_Boi on October 30th, 2019 at 11:51 UTC »
Similarly, don't apologize for your puppy being hyper or talkative. It's a puppy, they have to get socialized somehow.
As long as your puppy isn't inside the cafe*, we're cool.
\unless that's cool at this cafe.)
Edit: Turning off notifications, since Reddit likes to take a generalized statement and hit it with every possible "BUT WHAT IF" context possible. Ya'll do ya'll, I guess.
NotADoctorB99 on October 30th, 2019 at 11:52 UTC »
I work in a cafe which has a large play area. The amount of parents that apologise for their kids being kids is unreal. As long as they are in the play area and not running around underfoot (burns are nasty and I wouldn't wish them on anyone) they are welcome to enjoy themselves.
I love baby chat. They look so serious when they are doing it but it's pretty much nonsense
steviet97 on October 30th, 2019 at 13:09 UTC »
When I was analysing data for, and subsequently writing my dissertation at University, I often 'set up shop' in some of the busiest coffee shops in the city.
I had people see what I was doing and they apologised for their children distracting me with sudden screams or whatever. After about a month of this, I ended up putting a sign on the table informing people that the noise was alright, and found it helpful to ground me and stop me going insane from 4 months of research, analyses and writing.
I suddenly had a lot more people talking to me while I did my work, and it was so much easier and I was less stressed compared to my peers and fellow researchers.