Italian Resto Offers 5% Discount to Families with Disciplined Children

Local Editor

An Italian restaurateur has been offering discounts to families whose children display extraordinary etiquette as they partake of their meals while staying quiet and not ruining other customers' dining experience.

The five percent "well-behaved children" discount has proved to work in Padua, where the owner Antonio Ferrari was quick to devise the clever financial incentive to make children act according to the demeanor expected in public places.

If the kids remain quiet and do not disturb the meals of other people at the restaurant, their parents receive an extra discount on their final bill. Ferrari believes that children tend to act better if their parents apply the necessary effort needed to influence their behavior.

"When you get parents who are rude, the kids think they can do anything. They might climb on the tables with their shoes on, play in the bathroom and make a mess with the taps, or annoy the other customers," Ferrari told The Local.

Ferrari estimated about 30 percent of parents did not know how to handle their children at lunchtime, he told the Guardian.

The idea to offer the educational sort of discount came following a dining "spectacle" which Ferrari witnessed one Sunday afternoon.

While serving the table of six adults and five children, the 40-year-old businessman was particularly impressed when, after finishing their meals, the children at the table took care of themselves and allowed their parents to finish their meal.

After such a civil display, Ferrari decided to offer the family a five percent discount. A picture of the receipt shared on Twitter shows the €13.05 savings. As a return compliment, the family left a hefty €30 tip.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team