Picture this: you’re out for a rare weekday brunch with your partner, trying to enjoy some quality time together. The café is crowded, and you’re seated next to a woman and a toddler with an iPad. The volume is turned up *way* too high, and the annoying beeps and bangs from the device make it impossible to hold a conversation. The woman, seemingly unbothered, is absorbed in her phone while the toddler wreaks havoc. What would you do in this situation? Our protagonist found herself in this exact predicament, and now she’s questioning whether she was in the wrong for asking the woman to turn down the volume.
A Rare Day Off
Crowded Café ☕
Annoying Noises
Struggling to Converse ️
Lack of Engagement
Food Fight!
Apologies and Requests
Annoyed Response
Packing Up
Second Thoughts
Pregnancy and Opinions
Unwelcome in Public?
Etiquette Dilemma
Feeling Better ♀️
Brunch Battle: Who’s in the Wrong? ️
Our protagonist and her husband were trying to enjoy a rare brunch date when they found themselves seated next to a woman and a noisy toddler. The child’s iPad was blaring at full volume, and the woman seemed completely uninterested in engaging with the little girl or helping her eat. When the toddler threw food and some landed on our protagonist, she took the opportunity to ask the woman to turn down the volume on the iPad. The woman became annoyed and huffy, eventually packing up and leaving the café. Our protagonist, now pregnant herself, is questioning whether she was in the wrong for making the woman feel unwelcome in a public place. ♀️ Let’s see what the internet has to say about this brunch-time dilemma…
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