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For those of you who don't know, in parts of the uk, it's half term. This means lots of kids being dragged round the shops by parents, grandparents or childminders, and being bored as a result. It also means guardians who don't normally deal with their kids in school hours being frusrated and shouty. It also means inevitable non-parenting skills.
So, I've been tidying one of the shelves that has been seriously messed up with our big sale on at the moment, and there is this obviously bored kid watching me. His mum is yammering on her phone and discussing what to buy- barely even looking at me or him. Just as I finish tidying the shelf, facing stuff up, neatening where stuff goes, this kid sticks his hand in and waggles it about, messing up the display worse than it had been previously.
Does she tell him off?
No. She just looks at me, and repeats my title
"*giggle* Kids, hey!"
Me: Yes. Kids.
I swear, if one more person just goes *giggle* Kids!" to me instead of attempting to correct misbehavior in their children, I will eat their brats.
On the other hand- Kudos to those parents who ahd good parenting down and managed to correct misbehavior, but without being all screamy and aggressive and making the whole shopping thing unpleasant for them, their kids, the staff and other shoppers (as I had plenty of people telling their kids they were 'little sh*ts' today as well). Your children will probably NOT be robbing old ladies for drug money.
So, I've been tidying one of the shelves that has been seriously messed up with our big sale on at the moment, and there is this obviously bored kid watching me. His mum is yammering on her phone and discussing what to buy- barely even looking at me or him. Just as I finish tidying the shelf, facing stuff up, neatening where stuff goes, this kid sticks his hand in and waggles it about, messing up the display worse than it had been previously.
Does she tell him off?
No. She just looks at me, and repeats my title
"*giggle* Kids, hey!"
Me: Yes. Kids.
I swear, if one more person just goes *giggle* Kids!" to me instead of attempting to correct misbehavior in their children, I will eat their brats.
On the other hand- Kudos to those parents who ahd good parenting down and managed to correct misbehavior, but without being all screamy and aggressive and making the whole shopping thing unpleasant for them, their kids, the staff and other shoppers (as I had plenty of people telling their kids they were 'little sh*ts' today as well). Your children will probably NOT be robbing old ladies for drug money.
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