Non-BF, stupid observation of the day

Littlejen22

Why does Chuck E Cheese need to know my kid's gender for their birthday party?  This might be the least gender oriented place ever and yet they ask.  I swear I wish they had the "prefers not to answer" option like they do on other surveys for race.  I realize this is not a big deal but I just found it annoying and at 10:40 at night with my DH not home I have no one to complain to but you ladies.  And if you are wondering, I have no idea why I agreed to this party, well I guess it is because those adorable kids already have to share a birthday so I try to give them what they want for their special day.

socloudy99

I have no idea why they would want the gender either.

This was my favorite party we had for the kids once I got over all the germs. We showed up without having to cook or clean. The kids played basically locked in the building so no escape artists. When it was finished we packed up the gifts and left.

Enjoy no cleaning and cooking so you can just run around with your kids for the party. We really did love it!

karleegirl

I can understand your irritation on that. I've noticed on childrens toys everything has to be red and blue or pink. Like my 8 month old gives a flying fluck if her walker is pink or blue. My 5 yr old ds wears pink, loves to play in the kitchen center at school and I'm sure will grow up just fine.

My personal pet peeve is the race. I hate calling my little kids other.

Good luck on the party.. Take a Valium before stepping in there.

Ilumine

I see why.  They need to continually look at their marketing and brand.  TRENDS, KIDS and PARENTS change ALL OF THE TIME.  They need to be ontop of things to remain relevant and profitable. This includes gender. 

Especially as more bouncy castle type companies are popping up all over the place. We had a bouncy castle/ball pit/maze place in Germany.  Monkey LOVED that place.  And I happily forked over 9? ($13) once a week to take Monkey.  She bounced and climbed and hid, and wore her ass out without any electronics.  BEST PLACE EVER.

Even in Germamy, they tracked the demographics of the kids by gender, age and nationality (German, American, Luxembourgs and Dutch) and continually added things. 

If I ever had seed money (over here in the US, that would be tons of money for the damn insurance), I would create  a bouncy place.

Littlejen22

I get what you are saying Ilumine but I still do not get the gender thing for a Bouncy House or Chuck E Cheese because it will not change the basic of the place. Then again so many people think in terms of boy versus girl and everything needs to be put into a box not saying you but you get my point

And yeah, I hate having to choose one race.

twister22

karleegirl:

I can understand your irritation on that. I've noticed on childrens toys everything has to be red and blue or pink. Like my 8 month old gives a flying fluck if her walker is pink or blue. My 5 yr old ds wears pink, loves to play in the kitchen center at school and I'm sure will grow up just fine. My personal pet peeve is the race. I hate calling my little kids other. Good luck on the party.. Take a Valium before stepping in there.

DS is getting a wooden kitchen for Christmas and I know he will be over the moon. The kids resale shop we go to has one and DS would happily stay there all day playing with it.

Btw, OP, I agree with you. 

Littlejen22

twister22:

karleegirl:

I can understand your irritation on that. I've noticed on childrens toys everything has to be red and blue or pink. Like my 8 month old gives a flying fluck if her walker is pink or blue. My 5 yr old ds wears pink, loves to play in the kitchen center at school and I'm sure will grow up just fine.

My personal pet peeve is the race. I hate calling my little kids other.

Good luck on the party.. Take a Valium before stepping in there.

DS is getting a wooden kitchen for Christmas and I know he will be over the moon. The kids resale shop we go to has one and DS would happily stay there all day playing with it.

Btw, OP, I agree with you. 

My DH laughs whenever the play kitchen argument comes up because he says most famous chefs are male.

And HM is my fav store for DS because they have colors besides blue and green for boys, they have pinks and purples and other colors too.