Happy noise still gives me a headache!!

[Lace Neil Singer]

Today, this woman turned up with a child in tow who was imitating a banshee the whole time. Before the parents of the board start saying, "Yeah, but the child was obviously hungry/tired/bored" or "It wasn't the mum's fault she couldn't quiet her child" I will state this; said child wasn't screaming out of tiredness, hunger or any other emotional reason, unless that emotion is evil. Moreever, the child was just sitting there making loud, shrill screeches that any Nazgul would be proud to produce.

The woman and her child then jumped on the end of my queue, where apon a man turned on her saying, "Can't you shut that child up? I'm getting a headache." The woman replied in a bitchy tone of voice, "He's just being a child. Anyway, it's happy noise."

Words. Fail. Me. -________-

[unholypet]

EEEEEEEEEEEeeeeee.. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeee...

[MadMike]

I was on register once, and some kid in a cart was screaming just to make noise. And his stupid mother was encouraging him. She told him, "That's nice! Can you scream louder?" And of course, he did.

[Broomjockey]

Ugh. Reminds me of this time on the bus this lady and her kid were on the side seat near the driver, and she was pretending to sleep, and the kid was going "beep beep beep" to wake her up, and he was going louder and louder, as she wouldn't "wake up". Eventually the driver asked her to quiet him down, as it was disturbing the other passengers (and it was), and she goes off on him, pulling every single SC defense line that you can think of, including taking down the bus number and everything to report him, finshing by flouncing (yes, really) off at her stop, which miraculously happened to be right when she finished. Okay, maybe she only finished because it was her stop, but still.

[aurelemsrealm]

As for the incident with the bus driver, I'm fairly certain that the driver would be well within his rights to stop and request that she get off the bus if she is presenting a distraction to his ability to safely drive. Isn't riding the bus a privilege rather than a right? The driver has a responsibility for the safety of all other passengers on that bus as well as other drivers and pedestrians near the roads.

I hate parents who won't leave when their child starts screaming and throwing tantrums. I'd be embarrassed if I was the parent, but I know kids throw tantrums in hopes of getting what they want.

[myswtghst]

I think this is why my parents made me play outside so much and took me to sporting events as a child--taught me that there was a time and place for screaming, and out shopping with mom was not it.

[worddork]

There is a look, a face if you will, that if you work at and perfect, will stop a crying child mid wail. I learned this look while working at a bookstore. Never had a crying child stay crying long. Most call it "the Mom" look, you know the old school moms who smacked their kids when they pulled that sh_t.

[Lady Heather]

My Mother made a point of informing me, (after a child was screaming in a store for over 10 min.), that if I started screaming FOR ANY REASON, she would turn in her cart, apologize to the staff, and remove me from the store. Usually the staff would hold her stuff for later that day, and would thank her for not letting me scream my lungs out in the store.
MOM=

[Jacen]

The woman and her child then jumped on the end of my queue, where apon a man turned on her saying, "Can't you shut that child up? I'm getting a headache." The woman replied in a bitchy tone of voice, "He's just being a child. Anyway, it's happy noise."

Words. Fail. Me. -________-

Sometimes I wish murder wasn't illegal.

EDIT: and I've (trufully) seen children of *ALL* ages act like angels.

[Lace Neil Singer]

I have too; in fact, even tho I'm not maternal in any way, I do like nicely behaved kids coming to the till; especially when they help their mum or are obviously being talked to and interacted with by her. It's that percentage of kids who's parents don't care about the racket they're making or the affect it has on other people who are the problem. I often dream about dealing out a good smack... to the parent. XD

[edible_hat]

Time for another funny-quote-from-some-stand-up-comedian-whose-name-I-can't-remember...

So this kid's screaming "I wanna candy bar!" and his mother's yelling "you're not getting a candy bar", but he screams again "I wanna candy bar!" "You're not getting a candy bar!" "I WANNA CANDY BAR!" "YOU'RE NOT GETTING A CANDY BAR!"

So I hit the kid and said "you're not getting a candy bar!" Then I hit his mother and said "You should have done that." Then I had a candy bar.

[Rapscallion]

Less of the violence against children, please folks.

Rapscallion

[iradney]

I personally love the ad where, before the kid can have a tantrum, the mom throws herself on the floor and has a wobbly. That shocked the kid so much he didn't even try.

I think more people should do that. It shows the kids how silly they look, and that Mom has no issue with being publicly embarrassed - which decreases the power

[Fawn]

I hate kida that do that, but its partially to blame on the parents because they haven't taught the kid control.

Its hard to do any work (especially talking to people) when theres a wailing child around.

[Nayeli_Sabia]

when my mom would see a child throwing a tantrum she would (quietly) make an example out of them for us. She also left a full cart once because of my behavior(and I got my butt swatted when I got home).

On the other hand... my dear sweet baby daughter, at about 6 or 7 months old, decided that she had a happy shriek. It wasn't earsplitting... but it was up their. She'd been cooing and talking to herself(this Duogah sound) and out of no wehre would go EeeeeeeeeH! then giggle like a mad woman.

She did it in line once, and the very grumpy looking cashier lady laughed, and said that everyone should have spontaneous moments of joy.

I'd never pass I temper tantum as a happy noise. I've even left the store to nurse my daughter, since she wouldn't settle down, and went back after. It's for my own sanity and those around me