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Haven't posted in ages because I haven't been having a very good year, but I thought I would share a few sightings. I was made redundant at the start of Dec, so most of these are from the lead up to Christmas and the sales afterwards.
Where I am 'scary':
Was doing food shopping, and off in my own little world, when the aisle got invaded by a family with 4 kids. Littlest was in the trolley, but the other 3 were playing a game which seemed to involve trying to crash everyone else's trolleys into the shelves. Oldest would have been about 7-8, next youngest about 4-5.
Oldest had already pushed 2 trolleys hard enough they bounced of the shelves and knocked a few things to the ground. Then he tried to do the same to mine. Got 2 steps away from it before he realised I was watching and had my 'don't even think about it' face on. Kid went running back to dad yelling 'Daddy that lady is scary! She's really scary!'
Saw them again 3 aisles down and all 3 were staying very close to their own trolley.
Peeping Tom in training:
Decided to take advantage of after x-mas sales to try to get new clothes.
I had just gotten the zip up on one dress when I spotted an arm going under the wall to the next fitting room. My first response is 'Oi! What do you think you are doing?' to alert both the kid and parent. Arm disappears.
Hadn't even decided if the dress was a 'yay or nay' when an arm and leg appear. Again I called out 'Oi! what do you think you are doing? There is someone in this one.' Still no response from the mum, but the kid's limbs disappear pretty quick.
Quickly try on next dress, while watching the gap.
In the middle of doing the bend and sit test and an arm, leg, half the body and face appear. This time, I was not polite. The kid knew that someone was in the fitting room. He would have seen my feet, he had been told twice he had been spotted. So I yelled 'What the hell do you think you are doing? Get out of my fitting room!' I opened my door and saw a staff member coming. She had heard me the first two times and had alerted security before coming to find out what was going on.
Turns out the kid's mum wasn't even in the fitting rooms. He had wondered off and snuck into the fitting rooms and locked himself in to look under the doors and walls. Security had to make several announcements before the mum and aunty decided to come to the lay-by counter where security was waiting with the kid.
Kid was only 6. Imagine what he is going to be like when he is older.
Where I am 'scary' 2:
Like everyone, I can't stand screeching kids, but mostly because the extreme high notes that they hit really hurt my ears. Which is kinda funny because I used to be one of 'those' kids and can still hit the high notes.
Was doing the aimless 'what am I going to get for so-and-so?', when a little girl of about 4 starting doing the screechy 'Daddy I want it! I want it! Waaahhhh! I want!' right behind me. Besides scaring the hell out of me with the noise, I didn't even realise anyone was there.
I must have not had a very happy expression when I turned around because as soon as the little girl saw my face, she stopped screeching and said in a little kid not-whisper 'Daddy she's scary. I don't want anymore.'
Still have no idea what so wanted so badly but at least she stopped screeching. And the poor dad struggled to keep a straight face.
What the F.......
Still don't know what this kid was thinking.
Was waiting the the check outs queue, when the kid of 11ish behind me started bumping me with the overgrown basket on wheels. 2 glares and a bump back and the mum told him to stop and stand beside her. (Yay! A non-clueless parent who parents.)
Next thing I know someone is blowing on the back of my head. WTF? I shake my head thinking 'Nah just imaging things.' And moved so I was standing sort of sideways in the queue.
Nope, wasn't imagining a thing. Kid was blowing on the back on my head and then decided to start blowing air along my arms when I had turned sideways.
So I turned to face him, crossed my arms and gave him 'The Look'. His mum saw my look, saw his expression, gave him a Gibbs slap and told him to apologise to me. She said that he has been doing the same thing to people since he was little and she has been trying to break him of the habit ever since. She also made him put the video games back because he 'was behaving like a 3 year old.' When he went off in a sulk to return them to electronics, she apologised again and thanked me for not causing a scene.
There were more odd one's I saw out and about and will post them as I remember them.
Where I am 'scary':
Was doing food shopping, and off in my own little world, when the aisle got invaded by a family with 4 kids. Littlest was in the trolley, but the other 3 were playing a game which seemed to involve trying to crash everyone else's trolleys into the shelves. Oldest would have been about 7-8, next youngest about 4-5.
Oldest had already pushed 2 trolleys hard enough they bounced of the shelves and knocked a few things to the ground. Then he tried to do the same to mine. Got 2 steps away from it before he realised I was watching and had my 'don't even think about it' face on. Kid went running back to dad yelling 'Daddy that lady is scary! She's really scary!'
Saw them again 3 aisles down and all 3 were staying very close to their own trolley.
Peeping Tom in training:
Decided to take advantage of after x-mas sales to try to get new clothes.
I had just gotten the zip up on one dress when I spotted an arm going under the wall to the next fitting room. My first response is 'Oi! What do you think you are doing?' to alert both the kid and parent. Arm disappears.
Hadn't even decided if the dress was a 'yay or nay' when an arm and leg appear. Again I called out 'Oi! what do you think you are doing? There is someone in this one.' Still no response from the mum, but the kid's limbs disappear pretty quick.
Quickly try on next dress, while watching the gap.
In the middle of doing the bend and sit test and an arm, leg, half the body and face appear. This time, I was not polite. The kid knew that someone was in the fitting room. He would have seen my feet, he had been told twice he had been spotted. So I yelled 'What the hell do you think you are doing? Get out of my fitting room!' I opened my door and saw a staff member coming. She had heard me the first two times and had alerted security before coming to find out what was going on.
Turns out the kid's mum wasn't even in the fitting rooms. He had wondered off and snuck into the fitting rooms and locked himself in to look under the doors and walls. Security had to make several announcements before the mum and aunty decided to come to the lay-by counter where security was waiting with the kid.
Kid was only 6. Imagine what he is going to be like when he is older.
Where I am 'scary' 2:
Like everyone, I can't stand screeching kids, but mostly because the extreme high notes that they hit really hurt my ears. Which is kinda funny because I used to be one of 'those' kids and can still hit the high notes.
Was doing the aimless 'what am I going to get for so-and-so?', when a little girl of about 4 starting doing the screechy 'Daddy I want it! I want it! Waaahhhh! I want!' right behind me. Besides scaring the hell out of me with the noise, I didn't even realise anyone was there.
I must have not had a very happy expression when I turned around because as soon as the little girl saw my face, she stopped screeching and said in a little kid not-whisper 'Daddy she's scary. I don't want anymore.'
Still have no idea what so wanted so badly but at least she stopped screeching. And the poor dad struggled to keep a straight face.
What the F.......
Still don't know what this kid was thinking.
Was waiting the the check outs queue, when the kid of 11ish behind me started bumping me with the overgrown basket on wheels. 2 glares and a bump back and the mum told him to stop and stand beside her. (Yay! A non-clueless parent who parents.)
Next thing I know someone is blowing on the back of my head. WTF? I shake my head thinking 'Nah just imaging things.' And moved so I was standing sort of sideways in the queue.
Nope, wasn't imagining a thing. Kid was blowing on the back on my head and then decided to start blowing air along my arms when I had turned sideways.
So I turned to face him, crossed my arms and gave him 'The Look'. His mum saw my look, saw his expression, gave him a Gibbs slap and told him to apologise to me. She said that he has been doing the same thing to people since he was little and she has been trying to break him of the habit ever since. She also made him put the video games back because he 'was behaving like a 3 year old.' When he went off in a sulk to return them to electronics, she apologised again and thanked me for not causing a scene.
There were more odd one's I saw out and about and will post them as I remember them.
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