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Ahhhh, my first monday back after a nice trip.... Yeah, I didn't have a prayer!
The day was nice enough until this. I'm still scratching my grey matter.
I was walking through the mall when I saw a couple with an approx. 10-yo boy, and holding the hand of a smaller child. Neither children had shirts on. I asked the mother who was closest "Hi, do your kids have shirts?" Thinking, maybe they just came in from outside and it had been hot. She shot me the most annoyed look, planted her hands on her hips and snapped "Oh, they need shirts to be in the mall now, huh!" I just nodded and said "Um, yes." She snapped "Well, they have SHOES." I started to respond, but she rolled her eyes, said something to her significant other, and walked passed me muttering something about 'that damn nosy mall cop.' I watched them for a second, checked on a few more things, then went that direction to make sure they were actually going to/had gotten shirts. As I passed by a store the mother just about leaped out at me and and shouted "I sent my kids outside, they ain't in your mall anymore! Don't worry about them!" I just nodded and kept walking. I let my bosses know in case she tried to complain that I'd made her kids leave or something. But, who doesn't dress their kids to go to the mall?
The day was nice enough until this. I'm still scratching my grey matter.
I was walking through the mall when I saw a couple with an approx. 10-yo boy, and holding the hand of a smaller child. Neither children had shirts on. I asked the mother who was closest "Hi, do your kids have shirts?" Thinking, maybe they just came in from outside and it had been hot. She shot me the most annoyed look, planted her hands on her hips and snapped "Oh, they need shirts to be in the mall now, huh!" I just nodded and said "Um, yes." She snapped "Well, they have SHOES." I started to respond, but she rolled her eyes, said something to her significant other, and walked passed me muttering something about 'that damn nosy mall cop.' I watched them for a second, checked on a few more things, then went that direction to make sure they were actually going to/had gotten shirts. As I passed by a store the mother just about leaped out at me and and shouted "I sent my kids outside, they ain't in your mall anymore! Don't worry about them!" I just nodded and kept walking. I let my bosses know in case she tried to complain that I'd made her kids leave or something. But, who doesn't dress their kids to go to the mall?
I just want to say to people like that, "Well, don't DO that, and you won't have to feel defensive and snap at everyone, mmmkay?" But I guess her sheer laziness at making sure her kids are dressed properly trumps her feelings of social awkwardness. 
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