You would love being in my toy store if for nothing else but to watch all the little snot nosed brats take a dive on the uneven floor after gliding along on the damn heelies after we tell them repeatedly not to use the wheels in the store.
Yes - heelies are quite annoying. I have to say though I sat through an entire Clippers game today though with an extremely well behaved 13 year old, and was very happy. Obviously he has been raised right...with manners and good behavior.
I spend a lot of time around children - hell, I even voluntarily get up on Friday mornings (my day off) and spend a couple of hours with children who need extra help with reading skills.
I found that a little bit of discipline works wonders, even on those who don't get it at home. You can really tell which children are starved for some love and attention. It's my general philosophy that children live up to expectations, and part of the problem is that some parents let their children know via their actions that they don't expect too much.
The boy is at an age where he enjoys bringing a kid friend along for certain events, and I generally don't mind it since he's chosen some decent friends to hang with.
I LUV those things. Especially in grocery stores. Crowded grocery stores, with carts flying, brats rolling around careening around aisles at top speed... Directly into the corner of the cart. Face first. Brat drops, begins the scream/cry/whine as I check the contents of cart for spilt milk ^h^h^h^h blood. Mooomy rushes in from 2 aisles over to yell at ME for hurting her pweshus...
My only comment (using the outside voice) was that it's NOT my job to look out for her child using a grocery as a roller rink, and perhaps I should be calling DCFS about this obvious lack of parental supervision in a public place.
And there was much rejoicing from the other shoppers :) Made my morning.
The last time I had a run-in with a Heely wearing punk was in the Shop-Rite. This kid hit me TWICE in three aisles. The next aisle I saw him he was stopped cold when "someone" (ME)pulled a jar of totato sauce down in front of his fucking ass and he slid right through it. He was escorted out of the store promptly! Yeah me and FUCK HEELYS!
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You would love being in my toy store if for nothing else but to watch all the little snot nosed brats take a dive on the uneven floor after gliding along on the damn heelies after we tell them repeatedly not to use the wheels in the store.
*deep breath*
I made that a really long sentance...sheesh.
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I found that a little bit of discipline works wonders, even on those who don't get it at home. You can really tell which children are starved for some love and attention. It's my general philosophy that children live up to expectations, and part of the problem is that some parents let their children know via their actions that they don't expect too much.
The boy is at an age where he enjoys bringing a kid friend along for certain events, and I generally don't mind it since he's chosen some decent friends to hang with.
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My only comment (using the outside voice) was that it's NOT my job to look out for her child using a grocery as a roller rink, and perhaps I should be calling DCFS about this obvious lack of parental supervision in a public place.
And there was much rejoicing from the other shoppers :) Made my morning.
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Wanna take me grocery shopping?
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