Monday, February 17, 2014
Distracting TVs in Restaurants
We went out to a local chain restaurant and I have to say, I was really annoyed by the prevalence of TV screens ALL over! Well, I'm not so annoyed that they have the screens, I think people go there to watch sporting events so it makes sense to have them, but just annoyed at the fact that it really intruded upon family time. You'd think that if you went out to dinner together, you'd spend time talking together, but instead, the kids were glued to whichever TV faced their direction, and could barely take their eyes off the TV(couldn't hear what was being said on the TV though). No matter what way you sat, there was always a screen facing that direction. Oh well, we let them watch a bit.
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Yeah, I've found the ubiquitous TVs in restaurants a bit too much, too. But don't they usually show sports? Do your kids like to watch sports, or do the TVs actually show news or other programming? My kids will look at the TVs but lose interest when they see it's some kind of sporting event. Maybe you should to make a list of local screen-free restaurants, and target those for a while!
ReplyDeleteYeah, they usually are sports, but T likes watching sports. Last time it was they Olympics, so a little more interesting than usual. We also go to Fuddruckers, where they have cartoons on all the time....
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