I went to Main Event today, 5/13/26, with my middle schoolers for a field trip. Overall, we had a blast. However, whoever the blonde waitress in the purple shirt was should not be working in a place specifically for children. She was mean to the kids. I thought maybe the kids, being middle schoolers, may have done something. I did some investigation into this and found that any of my students that tried to interact with her had a poor experience. The kids tried ordering food from her and she straight up ignored them. She threw menus down on the bar top at them. She glared at them and made "stink faces" at them. She put in an order for one of my students incorrectly and proceeded to blame it on my student. I observed this behavior myself. She was rude to me as well, saying "You need to give me a minute because I have all of these other people to worry about." Then continued to not help any of the other people she pointed to. I waitressed and bartended for ten years before going into teaching. This behavior is not okay, especially toward kids in an establishment where the targeted audience is kids. If she was overwhelmed or stressed, I understand that. What I do not understand is the blatant disrespect. She acted out of immaturity more than any kid there. If the excuse is understaffing, then Main Even should've scheduled more people on a day they knew had several schools scheduled to be there. Also, understaffing is not an excuse to be crass to a bunch of kids. I observed this behavior from her doing this to kids outside of my district as well. The kids did not know they couldn't order soft drinks from the bar area. Instead of telling them this, she gave them hateful looks and ignored them. To get her to come up to you, the kids either had to get an adult because she would blatantly ignore them or call for her when she was standing there not doing anything. Most of the time, she was hiding in the kitchen. Even then, if the kids came to get me, I had to do the most to get her attention. The entitlement coming from her was obvious. She thought she could do whatever she wanted because she was dealing with kids. I have no clue why she stayed behind the bar on a day where absolutely no one is drinking because there are more than five schools there and no one can drink, but she did whatever she could to get out of doing her job. She ended up resulting to telling the kids to go to the other food line, which was at least fifty people deep at all times, because she didn't want to put in the food orders. She said it would be faster. Anyone with eyes knew she was lying. I apologize for the long review. However, I do not appreciate or take it lightly when adults who take out their insecurities, unhappiness, and bad days on children. If you don't like dealing with kids, don't work at a place where you are going to be dealing with a lot of kids. read more