My kids.

When we moved into this house we told the kids that we would paint their rooms.  We had a quote done to paint the house (it was a HUD home) and we've decided to wait on it (around $10,000).  Yesterday I took the kids to Lowe's and the eldest picked out a color.

We painted that room today.  My wife and I don't have a lot of experience painting so we learned as we went.  So much fun.

After we had painted and cleaned up the debris it was almost dinner time.  Then my wife said those magic words:  "Do you want to go out to eat tonight?"  We went to a local steakhouse and it was busy.  Busy as in we were there for two hours.  The service was a bit slow but the place seemed to be a bit busier than they were expecting or they had a lot of new people...something just wasn't clicking for them.  

Two hours and my kids were very good.  The ages are 7, 5, and 2.  They quietly colored or played the games in the kids menu.  They didn't fuss or get cranky.  I was and am very proud of them.  

Why weren't my customers like that when I worked in restaurants?