I was having lunch on Saturday. We sat next to a big table which
is empty. Then this kid came and began to run around the empty
table. The dad, who was carrying a smaller boy walked towards this
son (abt 6?) and then this son will run behind the dad and try to
scare the smaller boy then he laugh very very loudly. The smaller
boy also laugh. Sometimes the dad will run around the table and
then try to scare the son too. So all of them were quite noisy.
We got a little irritated, because little kids have piercing
voices and they were disturbing our conversation. We kept staring
at the dad but the dad just looked away, while the mom and rest of
the family just looked at them smiling away.
In the end, we caught hold of the boy and told him to shhhhh..
after that, the boy did keep quiet. But he continued running around
the table..
Yes, I agree that little kids like to run and jump around.
That's fine. But as parents, you're in a restaurant, please try to
keep your kids quiet and don't disturb the rest of the patrons!! If
you want to play with them, bring them to a park or the beach or
playground so that they can scream and shout as much as they
like.
Yeah... there IS a time and place for everything.
I remember grandma shushing me up and telling me firmly that I
have to be "gwai gwai, diam diam" (be well-behaved, and be quiet)
whenever we went out in public. She always said that we
shouldn't disturb others.
Two generations later, this good old common sense seem to have
become totally forgotten. Whatever happened?! 
