Chinese restaurant charging parents extra for bringing babies along
Should restaurants charge parents extra for children using high chairs?
Going to a buffet family restaurant offers relief for many parents and guardians.
People who are feeling lazy to cook can enjoy themselves at these types of restaurants without having to worry about preparing meals or cleaning up afterwards.
Some restaurants even come with high chairs to ensure children are comfortable and safe.
One Chinese buffet restaurant is being slammed for charging parents extra to bring along their babies.
The Xiangling Xiao restaurant in Barrow, Furness charges parents an extra £3 (approximately R60) if they want to bring their babies along with them.
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This is to allow the restaurant to pay for staff to "clean" after the babies' "mess".
" BABY SERVICE CHARGE - high chairs are not free, nor is labour and in fact food. We are paying the opportunity cost of reserving a seat for a baby where an adult could have been seated, we are also paying for staff to clean up after their mess. Therefore a £3 charge will apply.
"Whilst we try our best to accommodate for younger children and babies into our restaurant, we’d also like to ask that you cooperate with us and respect our rules," it wrote on Facebook.
As expected, many parents on social media were not pleased with the charge.