There were 11 children and 7 chaperones. Nowhere in this story did they say there were behavioral issues. Just because they’re special needs, you can’t just assume they were unruly.
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I can assume I've got a special needs child. And my other daughter works with autistic kids. The school should have had 1 to 1 staffing Whats more people are sick of paying high prices to eat out. And forced to listening to a bunch of noise. From kids and adults at this point. Because some of y'all don't know how to act in public.
Depends on what the whole context is...but obviously they are apologizing so were wrong. They are allowed to refuse service though....idk what the proof has to be in regard to prejudice vs refusal of service....but I generally believe businesses should be allowed that. I have a severe special needs child too and it sucks to be judged like that and mistreated but other businesses can pick up the slack. I love Disney because they have a great system for people with ASD. Many are upset because they misunderstand it...but it beats Universal etc. Even the zoo can be too much. Disney could ALSO do better (more designated calm/decompress spaces) but they do the best of anyone.
It’s honestly funny that everybody is commenting on this. I was there when this bus full of hooligans pulled up they were denied service because the what you say special needs but as anybody in Saint Charles County knows alternative school kids. Came in there started destroying the stuff inside the gift store. Children were stealing literally acting like a flash mob. The manager asked them to leave, but was nice enough to allow the teacher to order a to go order instead of getting the police involved if I was the manager, I would’ve filed charges on everyone, including one of the teachers aids who stuck five Hershey candy bars and almost a whole box of clove, chewing gum in her pocket inside of the gift store now here’s the thing we have what’s called storekeepers law in Maryland. We have the right to deny anyone’s service, especially when they come in destroying property and stealing and yet you all wanna cry crybaby about this.
Plus they call everyone autistic today. I was considered special needs in school and now I own a business with physical locations in 4 states. I was actually in Maryland just this morning on a business trip. School isn’t for everybody.
I have autism myself and I know a lot of autistic people who don’t act like these kids I also believe Cracker Barrel did no wrong doing here since the kids seemed to be out of control, however I cannot defend Cracker Barrel for denying service to Vietnam veterans.
A “staffing issue” wouldn’t warrant requesting the company to be removed from the list entirely this sounds like an excuse to cover up other lies. Refusing to serve people based on their appearance or similar factors is unacceptable. 😢
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The staffing issue was the other company. Not cracker barrel.
The letter from the school stated that they called prior to the visit and was told they didn't need a reservation. The teachers also offered to break their party into 4 groups while at the restaurant
Damn right! Back around 2010 my cousin and her husband tried to accommodate a medium sized group of special-needs kids and it was a nightmare!! They were so loud and obnoxious even throwing things, other patrons started leaving. The adults of the group got an attitude when my cousin warned them. Never, should anyone nor any business nor the world "HAVE TO" accommodate any sized group that can't act normal in public!!
Who cares. They should have just saved the taxpayers money and used the school cafeteria and instead of throwing all that food away, use some of it and have them go to other classrooms. They can interact with society in 10 years. Lets teach these kids there abc's first, not how to get fat by ordering all the fixin's at cracker barrel. What is wrong with this country and these opinionated based media outlets.?
Businesses should be allowed to refuse service, BUT ...They apologized and it's heavily insinuated that the kids were well behaved. There's a massive difference between being poorly behaved and making people uncomfortable. I agree most kids are not guided anymore, ironically that's what they are trying to do with kids that have a hard time during normal hours (when most parents take the time to go). ASD and similar can make it extremely difficult if not impossible to absorb information in busier environments or where they can't have "supports". Cracker Barrel has a right to not permit that, but I do hope most people stop going for principal. There's also a line between discrimination and just refusing service because it's genuinely interrupting business in an objectively provable way. My children behave better than most, even one with ASD and ADHD. It's because my husband and I homeschool and we hold ourselves accountable for what they do. They aren't adults. Most parents don't pay attention until they get embarrassed by others (which seems to hardly happen) then the cycle continues...best to be preventative and caring. Otherwise the kids DGAF. Either way, we don't take our kid to restaurants, we don't have caretakers we trust so we can't go to restaurants. It's not a necessity obviously...but it does feel like crap that we can't be accommodated with space and patience enough to feel it's worth it. We've been places with an outdoor patio so we don't have to be a nuisance and can relax a tiny bit at least.....and often we are so terribly judged for letting him sit on the ground (where the waiters etc are not supposed to be), or that he is vocally stimming (which we work to limit if loud). It is when it's the middle of the week day and the restaurant has low traffic...yet we are judged. Not something we want to spend money on. Not to mention our child isn't getting food exposure when we have to be warehoused to another part of the restaurant everytime...the training int he community as a group is an excellent idea. It's best for the entire community because the kids are more likely to get a grasp on the behavior and to be less of a nuisance in the future. Unfortunately many people are too ignorant and close minded and privileged to understand.
@ curious why so many are afraid to be in a public restaurant with people with disabilities. There was not one thing said about them being violent and there where I believe seven adults with nine kids.
Boycott any business that is disrespectful, we as customers have the power we need to start telling them what WE find acceptable they need our money we don't need them
Yea that “teacher” isn’t telling EVERYTHING. Exposing disabled students to this charade just because she found a “ viral moment “ she could tweak. Absolutely shameful of this teacher and the school. She needs fired and banned from teaching
I have mixed feelings about this first the good of the children with special needs and second the rights of the people who go there for dinner I have been in restaurants that have accommodated these groups and the care takers could not control them .And other times I have seen them well behaved .That being said I have seen people who let there children run wild in restaurants and cause problems so you have to take each group individually if they act up ask them to leave
Speaking from a singular standpoint, I don't know how to handle children much at all, much less ones who processes information on a scale I can't possibly empathize with. I have autism, but never to a degree that I ever needed to be in a class of my own. If an adult becomes unruly, you ask them to leave. If a child becomes unruly, especially one with possible cognitive differences that affect their responses, then thints get hairy.
restaurants shouldn't be on a list for kids with autism for school trips..going to a restaurant people just want to eat in peace not having some child being wild and disrespectful running around and throwing food
So you literally just made up a lie, to make your claim plausible...and you don't see the problem l with that. So...since you have all this inside knowledge, why would the restaurant continue to be part of a program if they had already had bad experiences, why would they even tell them they could come, if they already had inappropriate behavior from a previous visit? When was this previous visit? What was the behavior that they exhibited that was so untoward that they were allowed back? Who were the children involved? Since it's "a load of crap, and is obviously based on their behavior from a previous visit," and you should know all of this, because only a load of crap, would just lie on a bunch of special needs children...so of course you must have 1st hand knowledge of these children at this restaurant... right?
Is really no controversy because they are not built to take care of special need children like that you don't blame the restaurant they have other customers there
I do truthfully believe that Cracker barrel is in the wrong. It seems like the school reached out and did there best to arrange things, but cracker barrel treating them like this is wrong. If they knew they couldn't have them at the restaurant, they should have told them when the school reached out. Also, the likelihood of the students misbehaving when there's multiple adult chaperones with them, it's very low, especially if they're with the school.
Then don’t watch the damn story. Discrimination clearly doesn’t bother you. Wait until it does. Eventually it will. It comes for everyone. And I say that as a prosecutor and judge.
I saw the original story and how badly the staff treated these children. The was pure and simple neglect of a group that couldn’t fight for themselves. It sounds like a wonderful program and teachers who really care. Cracker Barrel needs to do better and management their needs to be replaced.
You know, the restaurant is trying to survive. Other customers will not eat at a place that becomes unpleasant due to screaming children and the staff cannot be expected to deal with the extra hassle. My daughter teaches many children with autism: Have a parent host a "restaurant style" meal at the home.
Everyone needs to be more kind and understanding. This could have been a highlight of these kids school year. Is it so hard to have compassion and let children with special needs experience dining out with their friends???
@@joyt458the restaurant wants the business. Why would they turn it away without a thought out decision? They apologize just to be courteous with their customers.
Unfortunately the staffing at this location has gone down over the years although most of the service waiters/waitresses are kind. The last time we went to this particular one, for a party of 3, once we were seated it still took a little over an hour to actually receive our food. Our poor wait staffer was beside himself in disbelief trying to accommodate & apologize for something that clearly was not his fault. I empathize with the parents/students because that still shouldn’t preclude them from enjoying an outing if it was prearranged. Hopefully they can work it out amicably, but overall the restaurant needs an overhaul. People are being overworked and I’m pretty sure underpaid.
Sorry, not sorry. Back around 2010 my cousin and her husband whom own a restaurant, tried accommodating just a medium sized group of about 7or8 special-needs kids and 3 adults and it was a complete nightmare!! Those kids were so loud and obnoxious (even throwing things), that the other patrons that were there just to have a quiet and relaxing meal, got up and left and even some demanded their money back. The adults of the group were barely even blinking an eye nor apologizing for the kid's actions. When the adults of the group were warned that they would have to leave if they didn't calm the situation, they got an attitude!! NOPE!! Never, should anyone nor any business nor the world "HAVE TO" accommodate any sized group that can't act normal in public!!
But this was a school group, and they asked and called before hand. I'm sorry that happened, but seeing as this trip is a part of a school program, it seems like they would know how to happen their students if things happened. If Craker Barrel didn't want them to come, they should have said no when the school called in the first place, not after the group arrived there after arranging things with the restaurant.
Exactly. I was looking for this type of comment and made just a similar comment. These kids can be extremely violent and put all of the other customers in jeopardy, making it an environment for several lawsuits. dayum if you do, dayum if you don't. Most of the parents should have never even had these kids. It's because they can't handle them and want it to be the responsibility of the rest of the public to raise them.
@Honeycomb-fj3kr Please educate yourself some of these. So-called schools are actually mental hospitals. However, they receive title one money because they like to run as a school as well. So they have the ability of labelling themselves as a school
Love to that woman and those kids. 💕 I have a severe ASD child and it's difficult to find time and energy to go places like that in the community which makes it harder for him to learn without opportunities to. My husband works OT and we homeschool so we have much more community exposure than we did during public school or even charter schools because we can prioritize it, BUT I still need help to do so. He's my size and when he's having a panic-attack style meltdown it's not easy. Too bad we don't have groups like that out here, and it's pathetic and establishment like that would refuse them ...unless we are missing details. Restaurants are too expensive (even such as Cracker Barrel) for us to risk that it's going to be a bad experience so we haven't tried much since we had before. It's something most parents take for granted. (No we don't have anyone trustworthy to babysit). Our child is sadly more well behaved than most NT kids anymore but unlike many we aren't going to just relax and ignore our kids when they act up....our ASD son doesn't mean to "act up" but can be a nuisance even so, just being super happy or confused can cause disruption. So I get not wanting them in the space if it's crowded or something...but sounds like no one was in danger and it was a less busy part of the day. Will be interesting to learn more.
They said they didn’t have enough employees for everyone already and now 18 people show up. They could have seated you and made you sit there and wait. Don’t get all upset. Have you been anywhere that wasn’t short of help lately?
I agree with the restaurant that if the kids can't behave, you can't control them. Could you look at the whole story before you jump all over it? Do you know who pays for the damage? I haven't decided on this until the entire story is told. Nor should you.
Poor reporting, it was told from a point of view. Has that group or other groups from the program been there before? Who pays for the visit/ food? How is the class chaperoned?
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China??? The school has a community partnership with various businesses, which should’ve previously been presented to the business for management approval. You obviously didn’t listen to what was being reported. They had a staff of (7) to assist with supervising the (11) children, which was more than sufficient enough coverage for supervision. This is something they obviously commonly do within the community. If they were unable to safely manage the group of children, then they wouldn’t be taking the risk with having the children out in public. The bottom line is Cracker Barrel’s discriminated against these children because first they didn’t want to be bothered with serving them, and second, a group of kids wouldn’t be the greatest tip advantage. Lastly they would have to actually do some work to serve a large party. Either way, this was handled poorly.
The restaurant signed up to be apart of the experience. They knew full well what it entailed. If for some reason they changed their mind they should have informed the school ahead of time. Cracker Barrel should be ashamed!
Why wasn’t the restaurant notified prior to coming? If you want less noise, CB is not a place to bring a very large group of kids that get overwhelmed. Trying to get your 5 minutes of fame will not help your cause.
Huh??........ What's that makes no sense I'm sorry about my sister is in the program called Life enrichment.. and they're allowed to go to numerous restaurants grocery stores museums aquariums I find this very hard to believe especially in the state of Maryland we're pretty much your raise with the same people that you work with go to school with and their families and their children. I call bull bologna......
Shame on them! My daughter is special needs, and we have always gone there After this we won't spend a dime! Their excuse is so disgrace I don't buy it for one second, they should be sued by ADA Shame on them!
They claim they did not have ENOUGH STAFF to take care of that group. But…but….they had enough staff to MAKE THE TAKE OUT order! Makes no sense whatsoever. I am sure had they explained to the group they were short staffed, the chaperones would have been OK. Pathetic excuse. Glad to see 3 fired which included the manager. Reviews indicate this site has had worsening food made and served before this incident.
I feel for her and her son, but that was something they went and did extra if it benefits the company not to do it. They have the right to stop doing it. It’s a restaurant not a learning center.
Seriously? They went to eat a meal. Would it be ok for them to tell a nursing home to take them off the list of their local excursions because they brought wheelchair bound residents? Discrimination is wrong.
@ getting news from you, is like listening to Joe Biden like everybody is supposed to believe because you have spoken keep it to yourself. I didn’t address you. You will not change my mind and you’re entitled to your belief. but don’t think that you’re going to change everybody’s minds by just spewing garbage without facts
This seems more like a chaperone problem than a "special needs" problem. If the special needs children need to practice dining skills, do it in a learning/controlled environment. When they learn those skills, go to a public restaurant.
Everybody is a damn victim. The restaurant was short staffed and could not serve the private area that this special needs group was scheduled to be served in. That's the whole story.
100% agree. There aren't any CBs in my area but I would totally support them for trying to minimize the burden on their staff. I also support them for that other demographic they allegedly discriminated against, because we all know what they're like in restaurants. I'm also way past tired of hearing that the entire world needs to cater and bow down before your underevolved potted-plant of a child who will--let's be fully honest--never be self-supporting or functional in society, and will do nothing their entire lives but suck up public resources. Parents of these special snowflakes live to get in front of cameras so they can harrumph about what the public "owes" them and their defective kids. Funny how they never owe us anything in return.
@@moonbuni59 I know this is a sucky situation all around but I think in the article I read recently it said that the teacher's did not schedule ahead of time which I could understand why the restaurant might refuse service if they were short staff. If I was the manager I would have tried my best to accommodate and then let them know to schedule ahead of time next visit. I don't think the restaurant should be under so much scrutiny, and I do have a special needs sister also.
BULLSHIT!!! Why does some/any business have to become part and parcel of some school's rehabilitation program if they don't wish to??? What about my rights as a diner/customer to not have to be subjected to these sessions???
They said yes to the school in the first place, and these kids are people too, they shouldn't be treated like a problem or burden. They're helping them
P.S. What about THEIR rights?! Those children have just as much right to go there as anyone else and if you have an ISSUE with it...then it's a YOU issue!!!
Of people coming in and patronizing your business? This is what you would have a problem with? These kids and adults wanted to come inside and eat at a restaurant that they called ahead for. No one asked them to do anything else, but their job.
@@debbytidwell9870absolutely. And they are just straight flushing money down the toilet. Feed these kids in the school cafeteria, have them go other classrooms. Instead we have the taxpayer forking a ridiculous bill when all that food at the school gets thrown in the garbage. These kids need to learn how to read and write, not become obese by ordering the fixing's at CB. These adults were looking for a free lunch. 7 chaperones lol, thats a joke.
Make sure you have the full story before you go blaming the restaurant. Not saying that they are wrong. I’m just saying make sure that you’re right before you blame the restaurant. We all remember the controversy with the bakery in New York
As a Baltimorean I haven't eaten at Cracker Barrel in 10 yrs when I was in Orlando, FL and it's safe to say it definitely has disgusting reputation for prejudice, serving nasty food and being a downright filthy establishment.
Actually if you are supervising special need children and they are not able to be behaved in a social environment then you have to accommodate by the childs needs by taking the to a restaurant with play areas etc where they can keep their minds focused on something they enjoy or you order out and bring the food back to your organization. Cracker barrel offers nothing to occupy the minds of any child special needs or not. I have worked with many children with autism and other disabilities you schedule their day to suit their needs not yours.
They brought in an entire class of these peolle and that won't work, this restaurant is not responsible to deal with anyone with mental capacity issues, they should have gotten their food to go and ate somewhere separate from common seating, this is what any restaurant should do to any handicap person who thinks they need to be accommodated beyond a ramp.
They (restaurant) probably just apologized just to get this story to go away. They're looking for a paycheck. They won't let it go. Of course they want $$.
Things happen in the restaurant business. Staffing issues happen. It's funny how this is a 'Cracker Barrel did this to us on purpose' thing when it really seems to be a 'we showed up with a gigantic group and they didn't have enough staff to handle us' kinda thing. Folks like this that take a mole hill and make a Mountain out of it need to not be on social media. There is ALWAYS two sides to every story.
I would pull my kid out of that school for teaching my child to throw a fit and to be personally offended over the least of inconveniences. Shameful that the news even reported it.
I’m not special needs and have felt alienated there, very rude.. very prejudice. Not just one location several I’ve tried over the years, service is poor and the food sucks! Stopped trying years ago!
Sorry but there’s obviously a reason the restaurant doesn’t want to play that game! Listen I get it they need to be out and whatever but don’t expect everyone to embrace the kind of specialness these kids have!
What we all live on the same planet we have to learn to live with one another regardless of our differences If you have a problem with people being allowed at a restaurant then you should not go out to eat period stay home and cook
Thank you, WBFF, for bringing this incident to the public's attention. Cracker Barrel's excuse is unacceptable. They should at the very least be fined and ordered to make a public apology. Any restaurant that cannot accommodate hungry special needs children should not be in business.
Stop going to places that don’t want to serve you. If there’s a list, go to the next restaurant on the list… I don’t think that they should have ordered takeout… C’mon now, she should already know about the restaurant…. No, don’t go back… Lawyer up and sue.
Cracker barrel has to hate people sometimes or another. Really stupid people must work there. They need to fire current staff and get more open minded people to work there. If they don't, corporate is part of the problem.
This is unbelievable! I feel like it's everyone's duty to be supportive of people with special needs. Especially children! Being mistreated and discriminated against makes them hesitant to get out and explore the world and adversely affects their growth and development. The deck is already stacked against them. Why make their life harder than it needs to be?
There were 11 children and 7 chaperones. Nowhere in this story did they say there were behavioral issues. Just because they’re special needs, you can’t just assume they were unruly.
I can assume
I've got a special needs child. And my other daughter works with autistic kids. The school should have had 1 to 1 staffing
Whats more people are sick of paying high prices to eat out. And forced to listening to a bunch of noise. From kids and adults at this point. Because some of y'all don't know how to act in public.
If they don't like what they are hearing then they can work somewhere else.
Remember this? "Vietnam veteran, 73, loses job at Cracker Barrel after giving muffin to needy man"
How about when they were found to keep Black staff in the kitchen, not to be seen in the dining areas?
That further proves Cracker Barrel is a crappy company, not only in the community, but to their own employees as well??? 🤔
That is a violation of the ADA. Sue them. I like Cracker Barrel but I would take them to court.
Depends on what the whole context is...but obviously they are apologizing so were wrong. They are allowed to refuse service though....idk what the proof has to be in regard to prejudice vs refusal of service....but I generally believe businesses should be allowed that. I have a severe special needs child too and it sucks to be judged like that and mistreated but other businesses can pick up the slack.
I love Disney because they have a great system for people with ASD. Many are upset because they misunderstand it...but it beats Universal etc. Even the zoo can be too much. Disney could ALSO do better (more designated calm/decompress spaces) but they do the best of anyone.
Watch movie: First Do No Harm. It speaks about diet that reverses Autism.
Oh" You can believe she will sue 😂😂😂😂
How so? On;y one side of this story is being reported.
She's looking for a payday.
It’s honestly funny that everybody is commenting on this. I was there when this bus full of hooligans pulled up they were denied service because the what you say special needs but as anybody in Saint Charles County knows alternative school kids. Came in there started destroying the stuff inside the gift store. Children were stealing literally acting like a flash mob. The manager asked them to leave, but was nice enough to allow the teacher to order a to go order instead of getting the police involved if I was the manager, I would’ve filed charges on everyone, including one of the teachers aids who stuck five Hershey candy bars and almost a whole box of clove, chewing gum in her pocket inside of the gift store now here’s the thing we have what’s called storekeepers law in Maryland. We have the right to deny anyone’s service, especially when they come in destroying property and stealing and yet you all wanna cry crybaby about this.
Plus they call everyone autistic today. I was considered special needs in school and now I own a business with physical locations in 4 states. I was actually in Maryland just this morning on a business trip. School isn’t for everybody.
I have autism myself and I know a lot of autistic people who don’t act like these kids I also believe Cracker Barrel did no wrong doing here since the kids seemed to be out of control, however I cannot defend Cracker Barrel for denying service to Vietnam veterans.
Well that adds a whole different twist to the story 😳
Exactly what you can expect from this crowd ❗️🔥👹
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A “staffing issue” wouldn’t warrant requesting the company to be removed from the list entirely this sounds like an excuse to cover up other lies. Refusing to serve people based on their appearance or similar factors is unacceptable. 😢
The staffing issue was the other company. Not cracker barrel.
They are sorry because they got called out
They always are.
The kids were the problem
Surely, anyone leading a group of that size knew to have a reservation so that there would be enough room and enough staff to handle them, right?
The letter from the school stated that they called prior to the visit and was told they didn't need a reservation. The teachers also offered to break their party into 4 groups while at the restaurant
Damn right! Back around 2010 my cousin and her husband tried to accommodate a medium sized group of special-needs kids and it was a nightmare!! They were so loud and obnoxious even throwing things, other patrons started leaving. The adults of the group got an attitude when my cousin warned them.
Never, should anyone nor any business nor the world "HAVE TO" accommodate any sized group that can't act normal in public!!
@@typov604 Yeah, I am going to take a school official's unsupported account.
Who cares. They should have just saved the taxpayers money and used the school cafeteria and instead of throwing all that food away, use some of it and have them go to other classrooms. They can interact with society in 10 years. Lets teach these kids there abc's first, not how to get fat by ordering all the fixin's at cracker barrel. What is wrong with this country and these opinionated based media outlets.?
Cracker Barrel doesn't take reservations.
Unfortunately, this isnt shocking. We get treated horribly sometimes.
We? Who is WE???
@BobBaker-v9v autistic people
@@BobBaker-v9vPeople with disabilities.
The restaurant is not a training facility. Frankly, of late, nobody seems to expect any child to behave in public.
Businesses should be allowed to refuse service, BUT ...They apologized and it's heavily insinuated that the kids were well behaved. There's a massive difference between being poorly behaved and making people uncomfortable.
I agree most kids are not guided anymore, ironically that's what they are trying to do with kids that have a hard time during normal hours (when most parents take the time to go). ASD and similar can make it extremely difficult if not impossible to absorb information in busier environments or where they can't have "supports".
Cracker Barrel has a right to not permit that, but I do hope most people stop going for principal. There's also a line between discrimination and just refusing service because it's genuinely interrupting business in an objectively provable way.
My children behave better than most, even one with ASD and ADHD. It's because my husband and I homeschool and we hold ourselves accountable for what they do. They aren't adults. Most parents don't pay attention until they get embarrassed by others (which seems to hardly happen) then the cycle continues...best to be preventative and caring. Otherwise the kids DGAF.
Either way, we don't take our kid to restaurants, we don't have caretakers we trust so we can't go to restaurants. It's not a necessity obviously...but it does feel like crap that we can't be accommodated with space and patience enough to feel it's worth it.
We've been places with an outdoor patio so we don't have to be a nuisance and can relax a tiny bit at least.....and often we are so terribly judged for letting him sit on the ground (where the waiters etc are not supposed to be), or that he is vocally stimming (which we work to limit if loud). It is when it's the middle of the week day and the restaurant has low traffic...yet we are judged. Not something we want to spend money on.
Not to mention our child isn't getting food exposure when we have to be warehoused to another part of the restaurant everytime...the training int he community as a group is an excellent idea. It's best for the entire community because the kids are more likely to get a grasp on the behavior and to be less of a nuisance in the future.
Unfortunately many people are too ignorant and close minded and privileged to understand.
there were seven adults with the students. The restaurant violated the ADA
@@havf8h1960 So? Those adults can set up a mock restaurant at their clinic.
That's just one of the reasons I don't go to restaurants anymore, even fast food places are dangerous!
@ curious why so many are afraid to be in a public restaurant with people with disabilities. There was not one thing said about them being violent and there where I believe seven adults with nine kids.
Waldorf is nasty.
Didn't use to be.
Things changed.
Also, lots of more children are on the spectrum. Hmmm. What foods are they eating and how over vaccinated are they.
@@paulataylor6736Not safe and effective?
Say it ain't so!
Boycott any business that is disrespectful, we as customers have the power we need to start telling them what WE find acceptable they need our money we don't need them
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If you want to make it right, why ask to have your establishment removed from the list. I smell BS 🤔
Yea that “teacher” isn’t telling EVERYTHING. Exposing disabled students to this charade just because she found a “ viral moment “ she could tweak. Absolutely shameful of this teacher and the school. She needs fired and banned from teaching
This ladies sole purpose was to embarrass and humiliate the establishment. That’s why she posted it.
Tables Turn
@@pyromasa5252 as she should
Good for her. Cracker Barrel did not mind embarrassing and humiliating the children. Don't dish it out if you can't take it.
@@rayecaters2uAmen 🙏 🙌 👏 ❤️ ✨️ 😌
GOOD!
I have mixed feelings about this first the good of the children with special needs and second the rights of the people who go there for dinner I have been in restaurants that have accommodated these groups and the care takers could not control them .And other times I have seen them well behaved .That being said I have seen people who let there children run wild in restaurants and cause problems so you have to take each group individually if they act up ask them to leave
Speaking from a singular standpoint, I don't know how to handle children much at all, much less ones who processes information on a scale I can't possibly empathize with. I have autism, but never to a degree that I ever needed to be in a class of my own.
If an adult becomes unruly, you ask them to leave. If a child becomes unruly, especially one with possible cognitive differences that affect their responses, then thints get hairy.
I think the sheer number of patrons was part of the problem. I go all the time with my special needs son. No problem
restaurants shouldn't be on a list for kids with autism for school trips..going to a restaurant people just want to eat in peace not having some child being wild and disrespectful running around and throwing food
Get some education. Shame on you.
What a load of crap, is obviously based on their behavior from a previous visit. Quit trying to make lawsuits out of things that should never be
Shut up! She never said anything about a Lawsuit! People don't LISTEN!🙄
So you literally just made up a lie, to make your claim plausible...and you don't see the problem l with that. So...since you have all this inside knowledge, why would the restaurant continue to be part of a program if they had already had bad experiences, why would they even tell them they could come, if they already had inappropriate behavior from a previous visit? When was this previous visit? What was the behavior that they exhibited that was so untoward that they were allowed back? Who were the children involved? Since it's "a load of crap, and is obviously based on their behavior from a previous visit," and you should know all of this, because only a load of crap, would just lie on a bunch of special needs children...so of course you must have 1st hand knowledge of these children at this restaurant... right?
@@ericdwhitmorec Thank you
There are 2 sides to every story. Just go else where.
And we got both sides, and they did.
Discrimination at its worst.
Is really no controversy because they are not built to take care of special need children like that you don't blame the restaurant they have other customers there
I do truthfully believe that Cracker barrel is in the wrong. It seems like the school reached out and did there best to arrange things, but cracker barrel treating them like this is wrong. If they knew they couldn't have them at the restaurant, they should have told them when the school reached out. Also, the likelihood of the students misbehaving when there's multiple adult chaperones with them, it's very low, especially if they're with the school.
Businesses have the right to refuse anyone they want it's their right besides it's ain't worth hearing about.
Stfuz I know you white
Thank T supporter!
Then don’t watch the damn story. Discrimination clearly doesn’t bother you. Wait until it does. Eventually it will. It comes for everyone. And I say that as a prosecutor and judge.
I saw the original story and how badly the staff treated these children. The was pure and simple neglect of a group that couldn’t fight for themselves. It sounds like a wonderful program and teachers who really care. Cracker Barrel needs to do better and management their needs to be replaced.
As someone who had autism I believe Cracker Barrel did the right thing.
Your disgrace to your own kind.
Well I feel sorry for them but the thing is restaurants cannot deal with children like that they have other customers in the restaurant
SMH! Like what?
If black ppl knew how to boycott and withhold their money, Pig City wouldn’t be being built in the heart of Atlanta GA.
Stating the obvious isn’t a solution.
@ try telling that to “Black Lives Matter!”
You know, the restaurant is trying to survive. Other customers will not eat at a place that becomes unpleasant due to screaming children and the staff cannot be expected to deal with the extra hassle. My daughter teaches many children with autism: Have a parent host a "restaurant style" meal at the home.
Everyone needs to be more kind and understanding. This could have been a highlight of these kids school year. Is it so hard to have compassion and let children with special needs experience dining out with their friends???
It doesn't mention screaming children, i fact it was noted they were well-behaved.
Nice try, Karen!!!
@@joyt458these kids will absolutely not remember this at all. They were gonna do it 10 other times and complete blow threw the schools budget.
@@joyt458the restaurant wants the business. Why would they turn it away without a thought out decision? They apologize just to be courteous with their customers.
That’s messed up! They say there was no problem but they can’t comeback? What a dumb move…
They seated the group in a "closed section"? I call BS!
Boycott the location!
Unfortunately the staffing at this location has gone down over the years although most of the service waiters/waitresses are kind. The last time we went to this particular one, for a party of 3, once we were seated it still took a little over an hour to actually receive our food. Our poor wait staffer was beside himself in disbelief trying to accommodate & apologize for something that clearly was not his fault. I empathize with the parents/students because that still shouldn’t preclude them from enjoying an outing if it was prearranged. Hopefully they can work it out amicably, but overall the restaurant needs an overhaul. People are being overworked and I’m pretty sure underpaid.
Sorry, not sorry. Back around 2010 my cousin and her husband whom own a restaurant, tried accommodating just a medium sized group of about 7or8 special-needs kids and 3 adults and it was a complete nightmare!! Those kids were so loud and obnoxious (even throwing things), that the other patrons that were there just to have a quiet and relaxing meal, got up and left and even some demanded their money back.
The adults of the group were barely even blinking an eye nor apologizing for the kid's actions. When the adults of the group were warned that they would have to leave if they didn't calm the situation, they got an attitude!!
NOPE!! Never, should anyone nor any business nor the world "HAVE TO" accommodate any sized group that can't act normal in public!!
@@MAGGOT_VOMIT that’s a much different ratio
But this was a school group, and they asked and called before hand. I'm sorry that happened, but seeing as this trip is a part of a school program, it seems like they would know how to happen their students if things happened. If Craker Barrel didn't want them to come, they should have said no when the school called in the first place, not after the group arrived there after arranging things with the restaurant.
@@Honeycomb-fj3kr Too bad. If the restaurant can't accommodate then that's the school's problem.
Exactly. I was looking for this type of comment and made just a similar comment. These kids can be extremely violent and put all of the other customers in jeopardy, making it an environment for several lawsuits. dayum if you do, dayum if you don't. Most of the parents should have never even had these kids. It's because they can't handle them and want it to be the responsibility of the rest of the public to raise them.
@Honeycomb-fj3kr Please educate yourself some of these. So-called schools are actually mental hospitals. However, they receive title one money because they like to run as a school as well. So they have the ability of labelling themselves as a school
I have to agree with this mom. I am not buying the restaurants excuse!
We reserve the right to not serve anyone for any reason.
Love to that woman and those kids. 💕 I have a severe ASD child and it's difficult to find time and energy to go places like that in the community which makes it harder for him to learn without opportunities to.
My husband works OT and we homeschool so we have much more community exposure than we did during public school or even charter schools because we can prioritize it, BUT I still need help to do so. He's my size and when he's having a panic-attack style meltdown it's not easy.
Too bad we don't have groups like that out here, and it's pathetic and establishment like that would refuse them
...unless we are missing details. Restaurants are too expensive (even such as Cracker Barrel) for us to risk that it's going to be a bad experience so we haven't tried much since we had before. It's something most parents take for granted. (No we don't have anyone trustworthy to babysit). Our child is sadly more well behaved than most NT kids anymore but unlike many we aren't going to just relax and ignore our kids when they act up....our ASD son doesn't mean to "act up" but can be a nuisance even so, just being super happy or confused can cause disruption.
So I get not wanting them in the space if it's crowded or something...but sounds like no one was in danger and it was a less busy part of the day. Will be interesting to learn more.
They said they didn’t have enough employees for everyone already and now 18 people show up. They could have seated you and made you sit there and wait. Don’t get all upset. Have you been anywhere that wasn’t short of help lately?
I agree with the restaurant that if the kids can't behave, you can't control them. Could you look at the whole story before you jump all over it? Do you know who pays for the
damage? I haven't decided on this until the entire story is told. Nor should you.
You are making ridiculous assumptions. But you’ve made your own biases known loudly and clearly🙄🤦🏾♀️
Poor reporting, it was told from a point of view. Has that group or other groups from the program been there before? Who pays for the visit/ food? How is the class chaperoned?
How is this poor reporting, krakkker barrel denied service ,
@@Michael-f6b9twhy are you calling this business that???? 😡 😡 😡
What does that have to do with the price of tea in China??? The school has a community partnership with various businesses, which should’ve previously been presented to the business for management approval. You obviously didn’t listen to what was being reported. They had a staff of (7) to assist with supervising the (11) children, which was more than sufficient enough coverage for supervision. This is something they obviously commonly do within the community. If they were unable to safely manage the group of children, then they wouldn’t be taking the risk with having the children out in public. The bottom line is Cracker Barrel’s discriminated against these children because first they didn’t want to be bothered with serving them, and second, a group of kids wouldn’t be the greatest tip advantage. Lastly they would have to actually do some work to serve a large party. Either way, this was handled poorly.
She wanted to post this for “awareness”. Sounds more like revenge.
@@branchtobranch5607 people post their experiences at restaurants all the time. This is no different.
@ This is revenge. Period!
The restaurant signed up to be apart of the experience. They knew full well what it entailed. If for some reason they changed their mind they should have informed the school ahead of time. Cracker Barrel should be ashamed!
I would like to be aware.
@@branchtobranch5607so you agree they were wronged. That is how revenge works right?
Why wasn’t the restaurant notified prior to coming? If you want less noise, CB is not a place to bring a very large group of kids that get overwhelmed. Trying to get your 5 minutes of fame will not help your cause.
All i heard during covid is that they are a private biz and can refuse service for not taking an unknown drug in a parking lot
Dude. You should really stop smoking pot.
Covid exposed alot, rules allowed during COVID still ok or they weren't before. Choose ,alot of law suits either way.
What 😂
Huh??........ What's that makes no sense I'm sorry about my sister is in the program called Life enrichment.. and they're allowed to go to numerous restaurants grocery stores museums aquariums I find this very hard to believe especially in the state of Maryland we're pretty much your raise with the same people that you work with go to school with and their families and their children. I call bull bologna......
Of course she doesn't accept the explanation. They never do. Always looking for an opportunity to act the victim.
And get money out of it, lecherous people for sure!
Shame on them! My daughter is special needs, and we have always gone there After this we won't spend a dime! Their excuse is so disgrace I don't buy it for one second, they should be sued by ADA Shame on them!
Hahahaha you can sell how seriously the news anchor took this to😅😅😅😅😅
They claim they did not have ENOUGH STAFF to take care of that group. But…but….they had enough staff to MAKE THE TAKE OUT order! Makes no sense whatsoever. I am sure had they explained to the group they were short staffed, the chaperones would have been OK. Pathetic excuse. Glad to see 3 fired which included the manager. Reviews indicate this site has had worsening food made and served before this incident.
I feel for her and her son, but that was something they went and did extra if it benefits the company not to do it. They have the right to stop doing it. It’s a restaurant not a learning center.
U sound dumb
Seriously? They went to eat a meal. Would it be ok for them to tell a nursing home to take them off the list of their local excursions because they brought wheelchair bound residents? Discrimination is wrong.
Indeed. There are many ways to provide the same benefits to the children without placing the burden on a restaurant.
The company was notified days beforehand by the school board and it was cleared by CB themselves.
@ getting news from you, is like listening to Joe Biden like everybody is supposed to believe because you have spoken keep it to yourself. I didn’t address you. You will not change my mind and you’re entitled to your belief. but don’t think that you’re going to change everybody’s minds by just spewing garbage without facts
This seems more like a chaperone problem than a "special needs" problem. If the special needs children need to practice dining skills, do it in a learning/controlled environment. When they learn those skills, go to a public restaurant.
Everybody is a damn victim. The restaurant was short staffed and could not serve the private area that this special needs group was scheduled to be served in. That's the whole story.
Sounds like what Whoopi Goldberg tried to do 😂
Fake butt hurt people
I was wondering if they scheduled this ahead of time or if this large group just showed up and wanted to be seated.
Then explain the menu 11 times a minute
100% agree. There aren't any CBs in my area but I would totally support them for trying to minimize the burden on their staff. I also support them for that other demographic they allegedly discriminated against, because we all know what they're like in restaurants. I'm also way past tired of hearing that the entire world needs to cater and bow down before your underevolved potted-plant of a child who will--let's be fully honest--never be self-supporting or functional in society, and will do nothing their entire lives but suck up public resources. Parents of these special snowflakes live to get in front of cameras so they can harrumph about what the public "owes" them and their defective kids. Funny how they never owe us anything in return.
@@moonbuni59 I know this is a sucky situation all around but I think in the article I read recently it said that the teacher's did not schedule ahead of time which I could understand why the restaurant might refuse service if they were short staff. If I was the manager I would have tried my best to accommodate and then let them know to schedule ahead of time next visit. I don't think the restaurant should be under so much scrutiny, and I do have a special needs sister also.
They have been doing that since they opened. Not only that one. All of them.
The Cracker is more than about a barrel.
That's a Great way to lose A large Variety of Customers!
BULLSHIT!!! Why does some/any business have to become part and parcel of some school's rehabilitation program if they don't wish to??? What about my rights as a diner/customer to not have to be subjected to these sessions???
They said yes to the school in the first place, and these kids are people too, they shouldn't be treated like a problem or burden. They're helping them
Entitled much?!
P.S. What about THEIR rights?! Those children have just as much right to go there as anyone else and if you have an ISSUE with it...then it's a YOU issue!!!
Of people coming in and patronizing your business? This is what you would have a problem with? These kids and adults wanted to come inside and eat at a restaurant that they called ahead for. No one asked them to do anything else, but their job.
You’re only saying that because she’s black 🙄 y’all would be on Reddit/TikTok trying to rally the troops if it was little Billy Bob and Sarah Lynn 😂
These people let the hyperactive kids to run around breaking things in the restaurant.
The organization with 7 adult chaperones does that?
We're talking about autism here.
What do you mean by these people?
@@ernestinawalker3749oh I believe their referring to the adults in charge, look for a fight somewhere else pal she's right!
@@debbytidwell9870absolutely. And they are just straight flushing money down the toilet. Feed these kids in the school cafeteria, have them go other classrooms. Instead we have the taxpayer forking a ridiculous bill when all that food at the school gets thrown in the garbage. These kids need to learn how to read and write, not become obese by ordering the fixing's at CB. These adults were looking for a free lunch. 7 chaperones lol, thats a joke.
Make sure you have the full story before you go blaming the restaurant. Not saying that they are wrong. I’m just saying make sure that you’re right before you blame the restaurant. We all remember the controversy with the bakery in New York
That part! I will continue to patronize cracker barrel!
As a Baltimorean I haven't eaten at Cracker Barrel in 10 yrs when I was in Orlando, FL and it's safe to say it definitely has disgusting reputation for prejudice, serving nasty food and being a downright filthy establishment.
Well of course you would
Actually if you are supervising special need children and they are not able to be behaved in a social environment then you have to accommodate by the childs needs by taking the to a restaurant with play areas etc where they can keep their minds focused on something they enjoy or you order out and bring the food back to your organization. Cracker barrel offers nothing to occupy the minds of any child special needs or not. I have worked with many children with autism and other disabilities you schedule their day to suit their needs not yours.
They brought in an entire class of these peolle and that won't work, this restaurant is not responsible to deal with anyone with mental capacity issues, they should have gotten their food to go and ate somewhere separate from common seating, this is what any restaurant should do to any handicap person who thinks they need to be accommodated beyond a ramp.
With the mask mandates I asked where the Americans with disabilities act, I still haven’t received an answer
They (restaurant) probably just apologized just to get this story to go away. They're looking for a paycheck. They won't let it go.
Of course they want $$.
Who cares
I would give them another chance it’s the holidays and I think the school should give them another chance.
Did the parents accompany their children on this outing? If not, why not.
Things happen in the restaurant business. Staffing issues happen. It's funny how this is a 'Cracker Barrel did this to us on purpose' thing when it really seems to be a 'we showed up with a gigantic group and they didn't have enough staff to handle us' kinda thing. Folks like this that take a mole hill and make a Mountain out of it need to not be on social media. There is ALWAYS two sides to every story.
Respect,wonder why some businesses are going out of business,karma has no deadline
I would pull my kid out of that school for teaching my child to throw a fit and to be personally offended over the least of inconveniences. Shameful that the news even reported it.
They weren't throwing a fit in the restaurant though
You cannot force anyone to serve you.
Lookin' for that EASY money..... LET'S hear the WHOLE story!!!!!!
That is the story smh
I’m not special needs and have felt alienated there, very rude.. very prejudice. Not just one location several I’ve tried over the years, service is poor and the food sucks! Stopped trying years ago!
Some people just ain't got no sense.
I would like to see the video of the entire interaction.
The restaurant sucks anyways
Not really 😂
This is disgusting.
Can you not warn a resteraunt that a mob of people will overwhelm your 3 waitresses and one 2 cooks soon?
Sad people hate kids that are not like us. I see them up the park making bird noises, and I feel nothing but love ❤️ for them and the aides.
Sorry but there’s obviously a reason the restaurant doesn’t want to play that game! Listen I get it they need to be out and whatever but don’t expect everyone to embrace the kind of specialness these kids have!
What we all live on the same planet we have to learn to live with one another regardless of our differences If you have a problem with people being allowed at a restaurant then you should not go out to eat period stay home and cook
The food is horrible anyway!
Waldorf we made the news lmao
Not a very smart businesses plan.
Did I miss something?
She wants money
U a dummy
She's entitled to money it's discrimination
Don't they always 😂
Duh you would too if your child experienced this type of discrimination period
@@buttercupj6208 literally no
The school should let the place know their intentions before they bring the students
@@shill1749 they did
They did didn't you listen! They were on a list!
They will tank and their food is nasty af anyways
this
Must be a deplorable location because where I live they are awesome
Thank you, WBFF, for bringing this incident to the public's attention. Cracker Barrel's excuse is unacceptable. They should at the very least be fined and ordered to make a public apology. Any restaurant that cannot accommodate hungry special needs children should not be in business.
This reporting is biased and dangerous.
Your comment is bias and dangerous😂
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Funny, this is what happens to your county when they all vote blue they’re still crying about Kamala
You have a law suit don't sleep on it
literally, they have no case lol
Just allow them to rectify the situation. They said it was a mistake. Sounds like one person made a mistake.
Sounds like description. Everyone should have gotten up and left the restaurant and never return.
Stop going to places that don’t want to serve you.
If there’s a list, go to the next restaurant on the list…
I don’t think that they should have ordered takeout…
C’mon now, she should already know about the restaurant….
No, don’t go back…
Lawyer up and sue.
I ate at Maryland's Cracker Barrel ONE TIME WHEN IT FIRST OPENED, FOOD WAS HORRIFIC🤢🤮 JUST LIKE THE SERVICE😡 walked out with my Rock Candy tho!😉😁🤣🤣🤣🤣
Rock Candddyyyy!!!💯💯💯⭐️❤️
@thespecialone9127 Precisely lol👍🏽🙌🏽💪🏽💪🏽😁🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It seems that you may have gotten the best meal from that place...the ROCK CANDY!
@jaywholoveseveryone1721 Lol absolutely!! 👍🏽🙌🏽💪🏽💪🏽😁🤣🤣🤣🤣
I never seen this in Cracker Barrel most of the time they are very nice all over the country it was a someone that works there must be fired 💪
Read the lawsuits, if you have some time ...
❤Lol...
Social media post 😂
Cracker barrel has to hate people sometimes or another. Really stupid people must work there. They need to fire current staff and get more open minded people to work there. If they don't, corporate is part of the problem.
Neither will I, not a penny‼️
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Violation of Title III of the ADA
Seriously, keeyour mistakes away
There foods nasty 🤮 anyway 🤷♂️
This is unbelievable! I feel like it's everyone's duty to be supportive of people with special needs. Especially children! Being mistreated and discriminated against makes them hesitant to get out and explore the world and adversely affects their growth and development. The deck is already stacked against them. Why make their life harder than it needs to be?
Oh yeah right, so I'm supposed to endure a bunch of screaming crying throwing food kids that cannot behave in public, go hug a tree!