Viral confrontation over noisy baby in Georgia restaurant sparks debate

HENRY COUNTY, Ga. — Most of us have had this experience: You’re out in a public space and a baby starts crying loudly.

If you’re a parent, sometimes, it’s your baby making the noise.

Well, a video that’s gone viral has sparked a debate about loud babies in public spaces.

Vee Whitaker – a mother in Georgia – took her 8-month-old daughter Montana to a café when the little girl started screaming.

A customer asked Whitaker to leave, saying the baby’s screams were hurting his sensitive ears. He told Whitaker if she couldn’t keep her infant quiet, she should leave.

But the mother said she and her child have a right to eat out, just like everyone else.

“I’m telling him, like, ‘You can leave. I don’t have to leave,'” she told WSB-TV in Atlanta. “If you have a problem with it, you can leave. No kid should feel like they don’t belong because of another customer.”

A manager eventually came over, and the complaining diner left the restaurant.

Whitaker then shared the encounter on social media. As you probably already know, people shared their opinions.

One person left a comment saying, “It’s a public place, babies are going to be in public, you have to prepare yourself for this as an adult.”

Another person said, “If the baby is constantly screaming, it gets annoying. I get his point.”

Whitaker said the customer who complained eventually apologized.