Restaurant refuses to sing happy bday to 6 yr old

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CLiff Notes:

1. Dad makes a mountain out of a mole hill

2. 6 year old may/not be spoiled

3. Restaurant owner does the right thing but could have possibly handled it a little better

4. Blarg knows absolutely nothing about the restaurant business but pontificates as if he does.

Why is this thread so huge?

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thread analysis

1. Way too many people have strong opinions about a situation that is highly fact specific (people are rarely as big as a dick as other make them out to be; children are not really the monstrous spoiled brats that a single situation makes them out to be) and context specific.

2. A single anecdote about a six year old brings in the wrath of oot about this kids very soul.

3. The OP is probably too biased towards his side of the story to make a meaningful assessment (i.e. I'm sure the owner is writing in a thread somewhere about some dick customer and his bitch child).

4. I've worked in one restaurant (independent, single restaurant owned by one person) and the managers/owner were more than willing to be flexible with the 'rules.' It would depend on the type of restaurant and the owner, but if it's a family restaurant with a bar I don't see why they just didn't sing the stupid song, but ultimately it's the boss's decision.

There are a lot of dumb answers and over-the-top emotion in what has to be the stupidest, longest thread evar. My contributions are dumb too.