点评:I recently visited Tide Climbing Centre with my wife and 4-year-old son, and sadly our experience was very upsetting. While filling out our waivers, my son climbed onto the wooden bench next to the computers. I was momentarily distracted by the form and slow to notice. A staff member, tall with a beard, then shouted at him in an extremely aggressive and abusive way, which made my son cry and wet himself. He has been fully toilet trained since the age of 2 and has never once wet himself since, so this was a huge shock for us.
When I raised my concerns with the staff member, I was dismissed and told it was our fault for not supervising our child closely enough, and that this was simply how staff always spoke to people “for safety reasons.” While I absolutely understand and respect the importance of safety in an environment like this, the way it was handled was completely disproportionate, unprofessional, and unacceptable.
I am quite certain this was not the owner, as I cannot imagine an owner ever treating their customers and guests in such a way. Perhaps because there are only a small number of climbing centres in Cornwall, customer service isn’t seen as a priority to them. However, if this were my business, I would be horrified to think that my staff were speaking to customers, especially children in a manner that left them distressed and humiliated. No parent should ever have to watch their child be treated like that in a place that ought to feel welcoming and family-friendly.
Causing a young child such distress that he wet himself is degrading, humiliating, and wholly unacceptable. Having taken time to reflect, I now see this incident as an abusive act towards a child. The safety and dignity of children is important and I will be pursuing this matter further through the appropriate channels.
I welcome a response from them but given the dismissive nature and discourse at the time I doubt I'll get one.
翻译:我最近和妻子以及4岁的儿子去了Tide攀岩中心,但不幸的是,我们的经历非常令人沮丧。在填写豁免表格的时候,我儿子爬上了电脑旁的木凳。我当时被表格分散了注意力,没注意到。一位高个子、留着胡子的工作人员用极具攻击性和辱骂性的语气冲着他大喊大叫,把我儿子吓得哭了起来,还尿裤子了。他从2岁起就完全学会了上厕所,从那以后再也没有尿裤子过,所以这对我们来说是一个巨大的打击。
当我向工作人员表达我的担忧时,他们没有理会我,并告诉我这是我们的错,因为我们没有足够密切地监督我们的孩子,工作人员总是这样跟人说话,“出于安全考虑”。虽然我完全理解并尊重在这种环境下安全的重要性,但他们的处理方式完全不恰当、不专业,令人无法接受。
我非常肯定这不是老板本人,因为我无法想象老板会如此对待顾客和客人。或许是因为康沃尔郡的攀岩中心数量不多,客户服务并非他们的首要任务。然而,如果这是我的生意,想到我的员工竟然用这种让顾客,尤其是孩子感到痛苦和羞辱的方式与他们交谈,我会感到震惊。任何父母都不应该看到自己的孩子在一个本应充满温馨和家庭氛围的地方遭受如此对待。
让一个年幼的孩子如此痛苦以至于尿裤子,这是有辱人格的、令人羞辱的,也是完全不可接受的。经过一段时间的反思,我现在认为这起事件是对儿童的虐待。儿童的安全和尊严至关重要,我将通过适当的渠道进一步追究此事。
我欢迎他们做出回应,但考虑到他们当时的语气和态度,我怀疑我是否能得到回应。