4-Year-Old Boy Gets Kicked Out Of Restaurant Over Shoes

Disgusted

The appalled mother balled her fists in anger as the waiter took one look at her son and told them something no one expected. How could they have said this to her son?

She objected to the way her son was being treated, but as soon as she did, the waiter lost it.

He wanted both of them gone from the restaurant. The mother was furious.

Remembering What Happened

As the duo stormed out of the restaurant. She couldn’t believe there were people who would mistreat her son so badly. Even now, driving away, she still thought about what had happened.

The little boy stared down at his shoes nervously as the waiter looked at him with an unempathetic glare. He just wanted to have a meal out with his mother.

But while Ian may have backed down meekly, his mother was going to rain down fire on the waiter.

Policies

Kris demanded that the manager be brought in front of her immediately. She wasn’t going down without a fight. Reluctantly, the waiter left to find him. She thought that everything would be settled.

But when the manager came out and noticed the same thing his waiter did, he stood by his decision.

“Sorry, ma’am, but you need to leave.”

Seeing Red

Kris saw red, just thinking about what had just happened. How dare they ask them to leave just because of what her son was wearing? She would never forgive them for this.

The mother needed to find a way of making sure that they would regret ever messing with her son.

She thought at least someone would get up and defend her son. But no one heard her cries.

Standing Against Her Morals

Kris felt targeted by an unfair system. She posted her experience on social media, hoping to spread awareness. But she had no idea what was coming her way. After checking her post, she saw harsh comments siding with the restaurant.

It seemed that these people didn’t know how it felt to be a mother. She tried explaining her position.

Surely someone would side with her?

Kris Maple

Kris Maple was a devoted mother who loved her son more than anything in the world. Her son was the most important thing in her life, and she’d go far to make sure he was safe.

Growing up, Kris lived in an orphanage. She wanted to give her son the love that she didn’t get as a child.

That’s when she became obsessed with the idea of becoming a mother.

No Parental Love

Kris didn’t feel any kind of parental love growing up. Even after being adopted, it never felt like a parent’s love. The lovely couple raised her, and she thought of them as an aunt and uncle.

But she still sorely lacked a parent. That’s why she wanted to have a child of her own.

But she had no idea how hard the journey would be.

An Orphan

Kris never got to meet her parents. She was orphaned at a young age and didn’t know what happened to them. She was adopted at the age of ten by a young couple. That was just how things had to be.

Kris had no memories of her parents. It was what bothered her the most.

She hated not growing up with them and, more than anything in the world, wanted to see them.

No Love

Kris couldn’t wait to finally be a mother. But no matter how hard she tried, she never found love in life. She felt doomed to forever be heartbroken again and again.

Every blind date or chance meeting ended the same way. She wondered if it had something to do with her.

Was there just something wrong with her?

Pros And Cons

Kris didn’t understand why love never worked out. But after a lot of reflection, it all slowly started making sense. She was just different. Love wasn’t a priority in her life.

She may have desperately wanted to become a mother, but she didn’t care about chasing after men.

That had its pros and its cons, as she would soon learn.

Nothing To Distract Her

Because Kris was never distracted by any kind of love life, she managed to graduate from university. She was thrilled that her career was on its way to being fulfilled.

This set her up with a good-paying job, which meant that she could afford to finally become a mother in her own unique way.

Her dreams finally came true.

Ian

Because she couldn’t wait around to find a man, she decided to look for a sperm donor. After a few weeks of trying – she was pregnant! She couldn’t believe how lucky she was since most people struggled with conception for months with this method.

After carrying her baby for nine months, he was finally born. It was the happiest moment of her life.

Little Ian was now in this world.

Usual Day

Five years passed, and young Ian had grown into a kind boy with good manners, just like she had taught him. But on a normal day like any other, he was about to be humiliated for no reason.

The two decided to go sit down at a restaurant they hadn’t tried before.

It seemed like a nice enough place until the waiter picked on her son.

Restaurant

Kris didn’t see any waiters when they came in, so she decided they’d pick a seat, and the waiter would find them.

She found a nice seat not too far into the restaurant and started showing Ian all of the delicious meals off of the kid’s menu.

But she had no idea how, in moments, he would be crushed.

Waiter Comes Over

After a few minutes, the waiter saw them and made their way to their table. He introduced himself and flashed a charismatic smile.

It seemed that everything was going to go according to plan, but then the waiter noticed something that he just couldn’t let go.

It was the boy’s shoes.

Something Wrong

The waiter’s smile turned into a grimace instantly. Kris couldn’t understand why he looked so offended; then she tracked where his eyes were looking. They were definitely on her son.

She had no idea why he seemed to have a problem with her son.

She was about to open her mouth to ask him what the problem was, but he beat her to it.

The shoes

“Sorry, mister, but I’m afraid those shoes aren’t appropriate here.” The waiter said without missing a beat. Young Ian looked up at the waiter with the innocent eyes of a child.

“But they’re my favorite shoes!” He said back to the waiter with the proper manners that his mother had taught him.

But the waiter wasn’t going to make an exception for a child.

The Manager

“Hey!” Kris interrupted, getting the waiter’s attention. “You can’t speak to my son like that! He’s just a kid!” But the waiter wasn’t going to budge. He was about to ruin their day.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but I won’t serve him.” He snapped back.

Kris felt anger rising inside of her. What would she do next?

The Tables Turned

The waiter wasn’t going to compromise on this. Kris was speechless. She wouldn’t even try to play nice when he was so rude to her son. He was the most important thing to her, after all.

She had no idea what to do. She was speechless for the first time in a while.

She had lowered her guard the minute they entered the restaurant.

Not Appropriate

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but you can’t stay here. Your son’s shoes aren’t appropriate, and we actually need him to leave.” He coldly told Kris.

She had never seen anyone ever complain like this.

Her son had been wearing those shoes for a long time, and even though sometimes he got stares, no one actually complained.

Mistreated

She couldn’t believe there were people that would mistreat her son so badly. She needed to speak to someone in charge. The waiter might have had his own narrative for all she knew.

The little boy stared down at his shoes nervously as the waiter looked at him with an unempathetic glare. He just wanted to have a meal out with his mother.

But while Ian may have backed down meekly, his mother was going to rain down fire on the waiter.

Demand

Kris demanded that the manager be brought in front of her immediately. She wasn’t going down without a fight. Reluctantly, the waiter left to find him. She thought that everything would be settled.

But when the manager came out and noticed the same thing his waiter did, he stood by his decision.

“Sorry, ma’am, but you need to leave.”

Thinking About It

Kris saw red, just thinking about what had just happened. How dare they ask them to leave just because of what her son was wearing? She would never forgive them for this.

The mother needed to find a way of making sure that they would regret ever messing with her son.

She thought at least someone would get up and defend her son. But no one heard her cries.

Standing Against Her Morals

Kris felt targeted by an unfair system. She posted her experience on social media, hoping to spread awareness. But she had no idea what was coming her way. After checking her post, she saw harsh comments siding with the restaurant.

It seemed that these people didn’t know how it felt to be a mother. She tried explaining her position.

Surely someone would side with her?

Hurtful Words

Kris’s eyes went wide as she read through the posts that people had left on her rant. Many of them contained hurtful words justifying the actions that the restaurant took over simple shoes.

She couldn’t believe it. Was she really in the wrong?

She didn’t understand the issues that the shoes presented, but it seemed the public was also disgusted by the shoes.

The Shoes

The shoes that her son was wearing were something special to Ian. She could still remember the day that she had gotten it for him.

She didn’t think he’d like it, but he begged her for them.

She could tell it was important for him. She decided to buy the shoes for him, even if others might get offended by what was written on them.

Their Condition

The shoes were old at this point, and the young boy struggled to fit his growing feet inside of them.

Still, though, they were something he couldn’t throw away. Kris had even bought him new shoes.

But her son refused to wear them. He had his heart set on the old pair from a fateful encounter that he never forgot.

Just Assuming

Most people didn’t understand that the shoes were special to the boy, even if they looked dirty, ratty, and worn to others. The waiter and manager thought they were inappropriate for a restaurant.

She disagreed. They didn’t know how important they were to the boy.

Nor did the netizens who spoke harsh words to her.

Making Them Understand

Kris snapped back at social media. Ian had met his biological father once in his life. Kris thought it was good for him. The sperm donor seemed hesitant, but when she reached out, he accepted the invitation.

The man met with Ian and even gave him something – a gift. They were a pair of sneakers.

Ian was over the moon. But tragedy was over the horizon.

An Apology

“He passed away a year later, and Ian never got to see him again,” Kris said in a post. The only thing Ian had left were the shoes. She knew he would eventually grow out of them and move on, but for now, he needed them.

The manager apologized on social media and even invited Ian in for a complimentary dessert.

It was a touching gesture. Soon, everything was right again.