In many ways this is the opposite of the "I was at the Walmart..."
I'm at the GAP today and there was a mom with a 2 or 3YO boy.
Said boy was continously grabbing and tossing *white* (white mind you, he had to pick white woven cotton) shirts on the floor.
The mom would tell him to stop and she would apologize to the salespeople, put the shirts back up and *then* ignore the tyke long enough for him to repeat the performance...over and over again.
At first I just smiled and said, "It's a boy thing, they just don't seem to like shopping" The more I think about it, however, the more annoyed I get at this kind, sweet, but incredably *selfish* woman.
First, she told her son how much it wasn't a good idea to throw white (yes she noticed) shirts all over the floor, but she kept allowing it to happen.
Second, she didn't reinforce her better wisdom by preventing it from happening and
Third she was not taking the store into consideration (and passing that mentalit onto her child)
This isn't as bad as the monosylablic grunts and slaps seen at the Walmart but it's the upper-middle-class opposite but not quite swell, either/
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I'm at the GAP today and there was a mom with a 2 or 3YO boy.
Said boy was continously grabbing and tossing *white* (white mind you, he had to pick white woven cotton) shirts on the floor.
The mom would tell him to stop and she would apologize to the salespeople, put the shirts back up and *then* ignore the tyke long enough for him to repeat the performance...over and over again.
At first I just smiled and said, "It's a boy thing, they just don't seem to like shopping" The more I think about it, however, the more annoyed I get at this kind, sweet, but incredably *selfish* woman.
First, she told her son how much it wasn't a good idea to throw white (yes she noticed) shirts all over the floor, but she kept allowing it to happen.
Second, she didn't reinforce her better wisdom by preventing it from happening and
Third she was not taking the store into consideration (and passing that mentalit onto her child)
This isn't as bad as the monosylablic grunts and slaps seen at the Walmart but it's the upper-middle-class opposite but not quite swell, either/
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And it is much worse. I *do* step in when spanking/slapping/beating is mentioned. Even if it means loosing a sale or risking my job. Sometimes though, I wan't to scream. These are hungry children. Tired children. Emotionally needy children. Children who need other things than new clothing at the moment, KWIM?
