We just got back from a trip and I have a funny parenting story I wanted to share.
We were driving around the big island of hawaii and it was pouring rain. Our dd had been quite the trooper but was getting really antsy and we wanted to postpone dinner an hour more, so we told her we'd stop for ice cream.
We stopped at what looked like an ice cream stand and ran across the road getting soaking wet. It turned out they didn't sell ice cream per se, but an ice cream alternative made with cane juice and coconut milk. No biggie, my dh and I are both lactose intolerant so often eat various dairy alternatives.
Our dd, however, is a different story. We promised her chocolate ice cream and we both knew perfectly well that this alternative was not going to cut it. So my husband politely asked if they had "normal" ice cream (no) and politely said we'd have to go eslewhere.
At which point she said snottily "Well, if you're into feeding your kid dairy...." My husband countered "she just loves dairy" (Which isn't even true, I don't know why he said that.) So she looked us strait in the eye and said "Well, if she is, it's because you made her that way!"
That lady was lucky there was a ice cream cooler standing between her and me! I am so not one to argue in shops, but I literally shouted "Don't tell me how to raise my kid!" and stormed out. LOL!
Not my most shining moment, but I was so angry. It's so hard to travel with toddlers, their tastes are so limited and the food is all unfamiliar. Plus, this lady doesn't know me, she doesn't know my kid. She doesn't know I'm still nursing a kid who's almost three or that I buy organic produce. She was just judging me flately based on one parenting decision that I was making under duress.
Oh well, in the end we went to a local greasy spoon in Hilo where our whole meal of salty sweet local food only cost $18 and they didn't look at me cross eyed when I let my dd eat her ice cream first.
My husband had the funniest comment. He said "That was the worst customer service I've ever seen."
We were driving around the big island of hawaii and it was pouring rain. Our dd had been quite the trooper but was getting really antsy and we wanted to postpone dinner an hour more, so we told her we'd stop for ice cream.
We stopped at what looked like an ice cream stand and ran across the road getting soaking wet. It turned out they didn't sell ice cream per se, but an ice cream alternative made with cane juice and coconut milk. No biggie, my dh and I are both lactose intolerant so often eat various dairy alternatives.
Our dd, however, is a different story. We promised her chocolate ice cream and we both knew perfectly well that this alternative was not going to cut it. So my husband politely asked if they had "normal" ice cream (no) and politely said we'd have to go eslewhere.
At which point she said snottily "Well, if you're into feeding your kid dairy...." My husband countered "she just loves dairy" (Which isn't even true, I don't know why he said that.) So she looked us strait in the eye and said "Well, if she is, it's because you made her that way!"
That lady was lucky there was a ice cream cooler standing between her and me! I am so not one to argue in shops, but I literally shouted "Don't tell me how to raise my kid!" and stormed out. LOL!
Not my most shining moment, but I was so angry. It's so hard to travel with toddlers, their tastes are so limited and the food is all unfamiliar. Plus, this lady doesn't know me, she doesn't know my kid. She doesn't know I'm still nursing a kid who's almost three or that I buy organic produce. She was just judging me flately based on one parenting decision that I was making under duress.
Oh well, in the end we went to a local greasy spoon in Hilo where our whole meal of salty sweet local food only cost $18 and they didn't look at me cross eyed when I let my dd eat her ice cream first.
My husband had the funniest comment. He said "That was the worst customer service I've ever seen."
