Does this make you mad?

Well it’s policy at some resturants.. Even though some,,,no alot cannot sing…

I hate the song Happy Birthday, its so cheesy, its a bit like the Australian National Anthem; it sounds like a commercial for breakfast cereal.
(and I’m from Australia so I can say that)

I HATE THE BIRTHDAY SONG
I work at applebees it is without a doubt the worst part of my job. I dont get why we sing it. None of us want to do it and no one wants to hear it.

“GOOD NEWS IS DESSERT IS FREE!! BAD NEWS IS WE SING OFF KEY!!”

ROFL “Birthday singers!” Hilarious…but I feel what you’re saying, especially when you’re a new parent, trying to cherish every morsel of quiet time during those chance nap periods…hang in there.

If it’s any consolation, your comment reminded me of that movie “Office Space” and the joke about the server not wearing enough “flare”. LOL

I love to sing the birthday song but dude if there is a child sleeping at least wisper it.

I always say not to get restaraunts to sing me happy birthday because the looks on the workers faces are depressing and make be feel like a bad person. Like, I don’t know. Its just a horrible feeling. I can never look them in the face when they’re singing to some one I’m with.

It sounds a bit inconsiderate, unless they <those evil singers> didn’t notice. I will say though, if you can condition your son to sleep through environmental changes like that, it will pay off in the long run, especially when he transitions from a crib to a regular bed. He will be a sound sleeper and you won’t have to tiptoe around your own house.

I wanna side with you because I don’t care for that sort of thing myself, but I would at least have to know what kind of a restaurant it is. But honestly, however inconsiderate it was, it’s kind of one of those things that one should expect in (many) restaurants.

There might be one or two times where I’ve actually sung happy birthday. I usually just stand there and move mu lips. Hopefully I’m in a big crowd so I don’t HAVE to sing.

The funny thing is I bet there are an equal number of diners out there who dislike people who bring 10 month old babies to restaurants for the same reasons you dislike the birthday song: noisy, obtrusive and best kept at home.

I don’t want to seem insensitive, but if you’re going to dinner at a TGI Fridays or an Applebees (or the like) and you’re bringing a baby, you have to realize this sort of thing comes with the territory. And consider the person whose birthday it was. Is making the wait staff sing to you a crappy thing? Yes, but it’s a known service they provide and perhaps one of the reasons they went. Should they have to forgo their fun because someone else’s baby picked dinner as a time to sleep?

Seriously, the “happy birthday song at a crappy chain restaurant” IS lame but not for the reason you’ve asked.

Eh, it’s not quite as annoying as Fluther questions without descriptive subject lines.

Well, I guess its my fault for going out to eat. @osa next time my son and I will sit on at home and not enjoy family time in public. J/k. It was a small chain resturant, not a big named resturant. This is my their child. The only thing was that the car seat was right there. They still belted the song really loud. I gave a look like I was pissed and my wife did not let me call chuck norris up.

No, I find it terribly annoying too – even without my kids in tow. It’s not singing, it’s CHANTING, and I find any sort of chanting headache-inducing.
That said, I often find myself wanting to do a Michael Scott dissonant high harmony every time I hear someone actually sing “Happy Birthday”.

SOMEONE HAS A BIRTHDAY 5 6 7 8 HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY FROM APPLEBEES TO YOU WE WISH IT WAS OUR BIRTHDAY SO WE COULD PARTY TOO YAY!!!!