I'm still not sure how I feel about my behavior. On one hand I feel badly for yelling at her, especially in front of my son, but on the other hand...maybe she'll think twice before making nasty comments.
The scene: We had just gotten done shopping at Wal-Mart (save the flames) and I had 10 minutes till Sam's Club closed. I left my teens at the van to load the groceries and ran into SC with my 3-year-old. He was very upset that he couldn't stay with his older brother and sister and began throwing a fit. Yelling, hollering, waving his hands, etc. all the while walking beside my cart. I needed 3 items, and we were in there literally less than 5 minutes (not going wasn't an option; it's a 45 minute drive one-way). Obviously I tried to comfort him and told him that I understood he was upset, etc. but that he couldn't stay with my older children because it wasn't safe.
As I was checking out, the cashier just smiled and gave me a sympathetic look. As I was beginning to walk out, my son refused to walk any further for just a moment and was crying. I walked on about 5 feet to see if he would follow, then went back and picked him up. (he was by NO means hysterically throwing a fit, wasn't fighting me, etc....just crying).
As I was walking with him, we passed an older lady who says (to herself) *just* loud enough for me to hear, "He needs his butt smacked."
:
Umm, what?!
I rounded on her and said, "WHAT did you say?"
She kind of backed up a bit and repeated that he needed his butt smacked.
At this time, I kid you not, everyone around us just stopped and watched. You could have heard a pin drop.
I put my finger in her face and said (loudly) "I think YOU need YOUR butt smacked!!"
She didn't have a reply.
I turned and walked off, and on the way out, a SC employee who had been in front of us (and who had turned to watch) apologized to me.
Whew. I am still furious when I think of that lady. Has anyone else ever had something like this happen?
edit: "Older" does not mean "elderly/frail/ect" - in this case it meant early a lady in her early 50s, so please don't worry that I shouted at some elderly woman three years off the grave.
The scene: We had just gotten done shopping at Wal-Mart (save the flames) and I had 10 minutes till Sam's Club closed. I left my teens at the van to load the groceries and ran into SC with my 3-year-old. He was very upset that he couldn't stay with his older brother and sister and began throwing a fit. Yelling, hollering, waving his hands, etc. all the while walking beside my cart. I needed 3 items, and we were in there literally less than 5 minutes (not going wasn't an option; it's a 45 minute drive one-way). Obviously I tried to comfort him and told him that I understood he was upset, etc. but that he couldn't stay with my older children because it wasn't safe.
As I was checking out, the cashier just smiled and gave me a sympathetic look. As I was beginning to walk out, my son refused to walk any further for just a moment and was crying. I walked on about 5 feet to see if he would follow, then went back and picked him up. (he was by NO means hysterically throwing a fit, wasn't fighting me, etc....just crying).
As I was walking with him, we passed an older lady who says (to herself) *just* loud enough for me to hear, "He needs his butt smacked."
I rounded on her and said, "WHAT did you say?"
She kind of backed up a bit and repeated that he needed his butt smacked.
At this time, I kid you not, everyone around us just stopped and watched. You could have heard a pin drop.
I put my finger in her face and said (loudly) "I think YOU need YOUR butt smacked!!"
She didn't have a reply.
I turned and walked off, and on the way out, a SC employee who had been in front of us (and who had turned to watch) apologized to me.
Whew. I am still furious when I think of that lady. Has anyone else ever had something like this happen?
edit: "Older" does not mean "elderly/frail/ect" - in this case it meant early a lady in her early 50s, so please don't worry that I shouted at some elderly woman three years off the grave.