"I'm a GOOD MOTHER!!"

[Hobbs]

UPDATE:

While riding the bus home today, I was given this gem.

I was pretty much avoiding paying attention to the people getting on/off as most were weird (they usually are on that route), but a raised voice aroused me from my gentle doze. Lady, a guy and (their?) kid are walking on the bus. She gets on first and barks, "Well, you F***ing coming?!" The man and kid shuffle aboard, man and woman pay, and the woman tells her child gruffly to take a seat. Girl goes to sit in the front and the mother grabs her head roughly and started mumbling angrily to her. I swear, if she'd done more, I'd have been the first to do something about it.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

I'm sure the idiot who let his one kid play on the conveyor belt of the vacant register next to me also thought he was a "good parent." They always do.

I guess my Mom was a "bad parent" then for not letting me ride on the conveyor belt.

Come to think of it, she never took me to the grocery store with her when I was little. I guess I'll have to go scold her for that one and tell her I need years of therapy because of it..

[RetailWorkhorse]

I would've said, "Oooooooooooooh, a new employee!!!!" Or something.

"FRESH MEAT!"

[KhirasHY]

SC: I would have noticed if he was doing something dangerous! I'm a good mother, are you saying I'm not?!

Lines like that are always so suspect...it's always when you catch them doing exactly the wrong thing too.

"Are you saying I'm a liar?"
"Are you calling me a thief?"
"Are you saying I'm an idiot?"
"Are you saying I'm a bad parant?"

Yes, because you are lying.
Yes, because you were stealing.
Yes, because you're a knuckle-dragging offense to the existence of the brain.
Yes, because your rampant little shit clearly doesn't have someone competant parenting him.

I'm in a pissy mood today for some reason, I've decided...

[walking with scissors]

I'm a good mother, are you saying I'm not?!

Yes. Yes I am.

[Evil Queen]

Why is it women that are horrible mothers are the ones who scream the loudest about being a good mother?

Because Good Mothers don't need the praise because they KNOW they're good.

ThePhoneGoddess, are you taking Psych courses or something? You keep beating me to the Psycho-Babble.

[No I don't work here]

Sounds like the mom that asked why I was telling the kids that they need to stay with bab mom. Her answer?

Well, you have cameras, so nothing can happen. Why yes, you are right! We can show you tapes of you kids getting taken. Guess what, they next week, she lost her kids in the store and had to ask our help to find them.

[Rapscallion]

I had a very useful phrase to deal with encounters such as that. "You do realise that your child is not insured behind the counter?"

My word, but it got them to act like parents for a change.

Rapscallion

[cheshirephoenix]

For.... real....?

I have a little one that gets into EVERYTHING - I would have totally been like OH CRAP! Thanks for looking out for my hellspawn, Hobbs! You think the harpy woulda been grateful... tch.