Mom Claims Toddler's Tantrum Got Them Kicked Out of Restaurant—Staff's Rebuttal Shocks Onlookers
Renèe Barendregt, an Australian mom vacationing on the Gold Coast with her almost two-year-old son, Ziggy, was asked to leave the Lemongrass Thai on Tedder Avenue after her son failed to remain seated during dinner.
The clip, uploaded yesterday (April 21), details how the restaurant was unable to provide the toddler with a high chair, an issue that escalated once Ziggy started playing with a pot plant close to their table.
“If you can’t sit down the whole time, I’m gonna have to ask you to leave,” a waiter said.
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Barendregt and her son headed back to their hotel, where the shocked mother recorded the now-viral TikTok hoping to get the sympathy of viewers—and the restaurant a lesson along the way.
The mother shared the difficulties her and her son were facing prior to booking the seat at the establishment.
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“Maybe they would have thought twice if they realized that I was out all morning chasing him, trying to do something fun for him,” she said.
“Maybe he would have thought twice if he knew that I had been waiting for him to wake up so we could go out for dinner as a family.”
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Visibly upset, Barendregt explained how the incident had turned an already “hard” trip into a depressing experience.
“You just don’t know where people are out or what they’re doing at that moment and just something like that can just be really upsetting,” she said, lamenting the hostility some establishments have towards children.
