Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be...

The entitled brat sitting at the table next to us at dinner.


We (and I am taking the liberty of speaking for my entire group of awesome ladies) have been observing and commenting on a young fellow whose table is beside ours in the dining room. It's a large table, four adults, and four kids (I think).


Here's the breakdown.


Night number one....he runs the waiter ragged asking for apparently whatever he can think up. Extra mac and cheese, more extra mac and cheese, condiments, side dishes...on and on. Our waiter who has our tables, the one beside us, and at least one other large table is already running. And the thing is? Most of the stuff being asked for is not being used. Hmmm.


Night two...formal night. Butthead sits at the other end of the table near one set of adults, so we don't really see or hear what he's saying. But, the waiter does spend a lot of time at that end of the table.


Night three. Did this kid take an obnoxious pill today?! It's more of the same behavior as we've seen from him, so no big surprise. But tonight it's in overdrive. But what I DO notice is that our unflappable waiter is flapped. And annoyed. And trying so very hard not to show it. And really, it's more the way this kid is treating him rather than what he's asking for. We have a staff member to make sure we have drinks, one who clears the plates, and one who helps our waiter with the food. This kid asks our waiter for everything, even when the waiter tells him the drink guy will get him is 800th coke, even though he doesn't drink but 1/3 of one before he asks for another.


Annoying.


And, in the middle of dinner either last night or the night before, he asks for the dessert menu and gets irritated that the waiter tells him he'll bring it - when everyone is done eating. Speaking of which, HE wasn't done eating. Butthead.


So the four of us are discussing the obnoxiousness of this kid and vowing that we will not let our kids grow up and treat people that way as we look on with amused affection. And out of respect for the amazing staff I've encountered on this cruise boat? I ask that any of you that read this PLEASE take the "we will not become or raise obnoxious little snots" pledge with us.


Service staff are people too. And they work hard - especially on a cruise ship.


Butthead. Harrumph.