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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
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 Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 2:47:04 PM
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My moms group and I were supposed to meet up at a park by the fire station to look at the engines and then play on the toys. It ended up being rainy today so they moved it to a Mcdonalds Playland instead.. it was total insanity in there! I'm amazed no one was hurt! I was really suprised to see how many mothers just let their kids run wild.
Even if McDonalds is on my yuck list, I can understand it being fun for the the older kids.. yeah you are 7 or 8 you can fend for yourselves and probably like the independence... but there were a bunch of really little guys in there while the parents were in the restaurant part eating.. My oldest girl is 22 months and very petite, and there were kids her same size just wandering around picking up fries off the floor and stuff. There was so much yelling and screaming in such a small place.
Kaylee was actually trying to create some order in there.. she was walking around saying her newest phraise "Stop it!" when ever some one started yelling. Halsey was fine but I was holding her.
I read another post where someone had mentioned no one paying attention to their kids anymore.. and that made me think of our experience today.
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
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MeadowLark
True Blue Farmgirl
2206 Posts
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 2:51:51 PM
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I am with ya on this one Bobbi! I cringed when I let my youngest as a toddler play at MC Donalds horror ground. She was tiny and petite too, and would end up getting sick after playing there. The place was a breeding ground for every "bug" around. It is amazing to watch the utter lack of concern or parental instincts in places like that!
Being is what it is. Jean Paul Sartre |
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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
576 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2005 : 2:56:52 PM
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Oh and her socks were black on the bottom afterwards!!
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
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LJRphoto
True Blue Farmgirl
760 Posts
Laura
Hickory Corners
MI
USA
760 Posts |
Posted - Oct 10 2005 : 8:42:47 PM
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McDonald's playlands are disgusting. I quit taking my kids there a long time ago when I notified the management that someone's child had "wet" at the entrance of the ball pit and they didn't send anyone to clean it up. It made me start thinking about all the things done in the actual ball area that were never attended to either. You might as well let your kids walk barefoot on rusty nails or play with petri dishes of bacteria. And all that without mentioning the way the kids talk!
"Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to pause and reflect." -Mark Twain
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lonestargal
True Blue Farmgirl
607 Posts
Kristi
Texas
607 Posts |
Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 07:19:37 AM
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McDonalds is on my yuck list. The food is horrible except maybe french fries but still my kids like to go. I RARELY let my kids play on any restaurant toys because they are just flat out nasty. Like LJRphoto said, it is a petri dish, as if they don't bring home enough bugs from school but it is sad that we can't even let our kids play without worrying what sickness they will get. When I have been to the playlands, I seriously think I'm the only parent in there. THere is NO WAY my kids will be out of my sight or even listening range, I don't understand some people and their parenting skills. |
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jpbluesky
True Blue Farmgirl
6066 Posts
Jeannie
Florida
USA
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Posted - Oct 11 2005 : 12:13:20 PM
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| My daughter and I and her girl sometimes go to Chick-Fil-A for lunch and I see moms who come there just to let their kids run wild while they drink coffee. My grand-daughter just stood in the play area (which smelled really bad) and looked in amazement as kids yelled and pushed. She had never seen anything quite like it, and then she calmly came over to us and said "go home please". |
Edited by - jpbluesky on Oct 11 2005 12:13:45 PM |
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theherblady
True Blue Farmgirl
510 Posts
Jan
Glasford
Illinois
USA
510 Posts |
Posted - Oct 20 2005 : 12:52:58 PM
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I always think of all the germs on that stuff...I bet they never disinfect the play equipment. You can see the grease marks and fingerprints on the screens of the games...Yuck!
Maybe I am just a germ-a-phobic~~~~
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Whimsy_girl
True Blue Farmgirl
576 Posts
USA
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Posted - Oct 25 2005 : 1:39:19 PM
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No your not a germaphobe herblady! I never reposted after I mentioned my kids black socks but she got her first really wicked cold about 2 days after playing in there. We are totally against those places now. For christmas and birthdays we've been asking for contributions into their Gymboree membership instead of toys so they can play there where the teachers wash everything after each class and they don't find and eat someone elses prechewed french fries.
you can be oh so smart, or you can be oh so positive. I wasted a lot of time being smart I prefer being positive. |
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prairiemaid
True Blue Farmgirl
200 Posts
Margret
Canada
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Posted - Oct 28 2005 : 07:15:36 AM
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Wow, that's disgusting!! My barn sounds cleaner than McDonalds play area!! At least I know my kids have had their tetnous shot when they are outside in the dirt.
I quit eating at McD years ago.
Call me old fashioned. |
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