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We were running some errands in the city yesterday, and I got to see what SC's do when they're not calling in and screaming at me.
We met Sucky Guy #1 at CiCi's pizza (it's a small pizza chain, they have a buffet that's always open and come up with some really different-but-good selections like macaroni and cheese pizza). I was up getting a slice or two of pizza and he comes charging up to the line and frantically asking the kid if they had and vegetable pizza, they needed a vegetable pizza! The kid pointed him to a supreme pizza and he got several slices of it.
I get back to our table and he's sitting at the table next to us with 2 kids, a boy of about 7 and a girl about 9 or 10. Their dad has 1 slice of the veggie pizza, and the kids have 2 each. However, the dad also has other varieties on his own plate. He then tells the kids that they need to go to the salad bar. The boy doesn't want to, so the dad gives him a cinnamon roll off the buffet and tells him he can have his dessert now if he goes to the salad bar afterwards. The boy agrees and goes to the salad bar and gets a few cherry tomatoes.
Then a man came in wearing an army uniform and the dad says to the boy "There's an army guy. Get over there and thank him for his service to our country." The kid didn't seem to keen on this idea, because he was still eating, and the dad told him to do it now. So the boy walks over and mutters it to the army guy.
Then the dad and the boy went to the bathroom and the daughter played around with a carrot for a few minutes before taking a couple of bites and dropping it on her plate. They came back and the dad told them it was time to go, and she said "Look dad, I ate a carrot just for you." Looks like she was developing into a fine smartass
The big problem here was the dad's insistence that his kids load up on veggies. But he was a very large man and ate whatever he wanted. And while he bribed his son to go get a "salad" with a cinnamon roll, the girl never did get any dessert. And while it's nice to teach your children to respect our fighting men and women, it's another thing to force them to do it. They guy had just walked in the door, why not have the whole family (including the daughter he barely spoke a word to), go over and thank him on the way out? I have never in my life seen children at a pizza buffet who looked so completely miserable as these poor kids.
I encountered Sucky Guy #2 at Target, while browsing Wii and DS games. He led the girl in Electronics over to the Wii section, and as I caught part of the conversation, I just had to hover around and see how it ended.
Sucky Guy (SG): I called not 20 minutes ago and they said they had one!
Target Lady(TL): Do you know who you spoke to?
SG: Yeah, whoever answers your phone at the front desk! She called and talked to some kid and he said they had one! I told her I'd pay for it with my credit card over the phone and then come get it but she said I couldn't do that! So I drove all the way over here from the west side to get it and now you tell me you don't have one!
TL: I'm sorry sir, but we don't have one in stock. We did have one, but we sold it about 2 hours ago.
SG: No, no, no! This was 20 minutes ago!
TL: *gets on her walkie talkie* Hey Brian?
Brian: Yeah?
TL: Did you talk to anyone a little bit ago about a Wii? This gentleman called in and someone said we had one.
Brian: No, I sold it 2 hours ago.
SG: Look, I came all the way over here because none of the stores on the west side have one. So I called over here to the east store and someone tells me they have one. And now you tell me you don't! This is unbelievable!
TL: Which store did you call?
SG: The east one! This one!
TL: There are 2 stores on the east side. Did you call this one or the one by the mall?
SG: The...what?
Sure enough, she called the other store and they had one. As I peered around the corner, I couldn't help but wish with all my might that someone bought it by the time he got there.
We met Sucky Guy #1 at CiCi's pizza (it's a small pizza chain, they have a buffet that's always open and come up with some really different-but-good selections like macaroni and cheese pizza). I was up getting a slice or two of pizza and he comes charging up to the line and frantically asking the kid if they had and vegetable pizza, they needed a vegetable pizza! The kid pointed him to a supreme pizza and he got several slices of it.
I get back to our table and he's sitting at the table next to us with 2 kids, a boy of about 7 and a girl about 9 or 10. Their dad has 1 slice of the veggie pizza, and the kids have 2 each. However, the dad also has other varieties on his own plate. He then tells the kids that they need to go to the salad bar. The boy doesn't want to, so the dad gives him a cinnamon roll off the buffet and tells him he can have his dessert now if he goes to the salad bar afterwards. The boy agrees and goes to the salad bar and gets a few cherry tomatoes.
Then a man came in wearing an army uniform and the dad says to the boy "There's an army guy. Get over there and thank him for his service to our country." The kid didn't seem to keen on this idea, because he was still eating, and the dad told him to do it now. So the boy walks over and mutters it to the army guy.
Then the dad and the boy went to the bathroom and the daughter played around with a carrot for a few minutes before taking a couple of bites and dropping it on her plate. They came back and the dad told them it was time to go, and she said "Look dad, I ate a carrot just for you." Looks like she was developing into a fine smartass
The big problem here was the dad's insistence that his kids load up on veggies. But he was a very large man and ate whatever he wanted. And while he bribed his son to go get a "salad" with a cinnamon roll, the girl never did get any dessert. And while it's nice to teach your children to respect our fighting men and women, it's another thing to force them to do it. They guy had just walked in the door, why not have the whole family (including the daughter he barely spoke a word to), go over and thank him on the way out? I have never in my life seen children at a pizza buffet who looked so completely miserable as these poor kids.
I encountered Sucky Guy #2 at Target, while browsing Wii and DS games. He led the girl in Electronics over to the Wii section, and as I caught part of the conversation, I just had to hover around and see how it ended.
Sucky Guy (SG): I called not 20 minutes ago and they said they had one!
Target Lady(TL): Do you know who you spoke to?
SG: Yeah, whoever answers your phone at the front desk! She called and talked to some kid and he said they had one! I told her I'd pay for it with my credit card over the phone and then come get it but she said I couldn't do that! So I drove all the way over here from the west side to get it and now you tell me you don't have one!
TL: I'm sorry sir, but we don't have one in stock. We did have one, but we sold it about 2 hours ago.
SG: No, no, no! This was 20 minutes ago!
TL: *gets on her walkie talkie* Hey Brian?
Brian: Yeah?
TL: Did you talk to anyone a little bit ago about a Wii? This gentleman called in and someone said we had one.
Brian: No, I sold it 2 hours ago.
SG: Look, I came all the way over here because none of the stores on the west side have one. So I called over here to the east store and someone tells me they have one. And now you tell me you don't! This is unbelievable!
TL: Which store did you call?
SG: The east one! This one!
TL: There are 2 stores on the east side. Did you call this one or the one by the mall?
SG: The...what?
Sure enough, she called the other store and they had one. As I peered around the corner, I couldn't help but wish with all my might that someone bought it by the time he got there.
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