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So, went to the grocery store today (are we REALLY surprised that this is where the events took place). It was the Kroger I usually frequent (Sweet flippin' jeebus, the sucktititude of parents in the place!!).
surprisingly, few incidents of suck, actually, given what usually happens, but they all involved (lack of) parenting skillz.
Shut up shut up shut up SHUT UP!!!
Mother here has a toddler in the cart, and said toddler is. Not. Happy. In fact, toddler is expressing her utter displeasure with loud, eardrum splitting shrieks, punctuated by the occasional tornado warning siren wailing when said shrieks get tiresome. Now, does the mother DO anything? Nope, she's too busy talking to her friend next to her, discussing the pros and cons of Slim-Fast versus Special K. they're irritated, because the shakes are totally not working! I mean, look, they're buying them, right? They're sitting right next to the cookies from the bakery, the chips, the soda, and the ice cream! But they're not working. And little angel is still sitting in the cart, shrieking and wailing. Mom's friend finally asks if maybe she should get a sippy cup or a diaper change or something, and mother waves her off, saying.
"Nah, she's just screaming to scream, she NEVER needs anything important. Just ignore her, that's what I always do. She'll shut up eventually. Hey, look. Weight Watchers makes chocolate muffins!"
so many comments, too much of a headache, and they walked away while I was still trying to process what the mother said into some semblance of sense. I failed...
Ok, seriously, put the camera phone AWAY!
Throughout the trip, I saw this woman with a young boy, maybe 3-4. He'd be running around hellbent on causing distruction, and rather than stopping him, she'd whip out her cell phone whenever he did something "cute" or "adorable".
Aw, lookit Jr! He just threw some canned tomatoes on the floor! How adorable! <takes picture>
Aw, little Jr has stuck his hand in the bowl of free fruit samples and mixed all the toothpicks in with the fruit! How cute! <takes picture>
Aw, little Jr just dropped a pack of yogurt on the floor and it's EVERYWHERE...how precious!! <takes picture>
And finally, at the self checkout, woman is scanning items, and weighing fruit and little Jr decides he wants to climb on the scale! This is just so much adorable cuteness! She has to take multiple pictures!! AND weight him in as if her were APPLES...yeah...apples...
Oh...lookit, if Jr. were a bag of apples he'd be over $100!! <picturepicturepicture> And I'd pay EVERY cent for it, precious, you're just too speshul!!
Me: <To customer in line behind me, and he looks as irritated as I am> Seriously? I'd keep the receipt and contemplate returning that for store credit...
Him:
Mother turns around and GLARES at me, because oops!! I forgot to use my inside voice.
I smile, and hope she finally, FINALLY starts to notice how much she sucks. There are grumbles throughout the line at the holdup, because the SCO attendant had to go and void the "apple" transaction, and wait for her to finish.
Well, damn, that was too much to hope for, because after the void, she decided Jr. could be a big boy...and scan ALL the items for mommmy...but it was just too much fun scanning it once, so let's scan an item 5 times, the nice attendant will just void everything before we pay!!
I hate people. A lot...
surprisingly, few incidents of suck, actually, given what usually happens, but they all involved (lack of) parenting skillz.
Shut up shut up shut up SHUT UP!!!
Mother here has a toddler in the cart, and said toddler is. Not. Happy. In fact, toddler is expressing her utter displeasure with loud, eardrum splitting shrieks, punctuated by the occasional tornado warning siren wailing when said shrieks get tiresome. Now, does the mother DO anything? Nope, she's too busy talking to her friend next to her, discussing the pros and cons of Slim-Fast versus Special K. they're irritated, because the shakes are totally not working! I mean, look, they're buying them, right? They're sitting right next to the cookies from the bakery, the chips, the soda, and the ice cream! But they're not working. And little angel is still sitting in the cart, shrieking and wailing. Mom's friend finally asks if maybe she should get a sippy cup or a diaper change or something, and mother waves her off, saying.
"Nah, she's just screaming to scream, she NEVER needs anything important. Just ignore her, that's what I always do. She'll shut up eventually. Hey, look. Weight Watchers makes chocolate muffins!"
so many comments, too much of a headache, and they walked away while I was still trying to process what the mother said into some semblance of sense. I failed...
Ok, seriously, put the camera phone AWAY!
Throughout the trip, I saw this woman with a young boy, maybe 3-4. He'd be running around hellbent on causing distruction, and rather than stopping him, she'd whip out her cell phone whenever he did something "cute" or "adorable".
Aw, lookit Jr! He just threw some canned tomatoes on the floor! How adorable! <takes picture>
Aw, little Jr has stuck his hand in the bowl of free fruit samples and mixed all the toothpicks in with the fruit! How cute! <takes picture>
Aw, little Jr just dropped a pack of yogurt on the floor and it's EVERYWHERE...how precious!! <takes picture>
And finally, at the self checkout, woman is scanning items, and weighing fruit and little Jr decides he wants to climb on the scale! This is just so much adorable cuteness! She has to take multiple pictures!! AND weight him in as if her were APPLES...yeah...apples...
Oh...lookit, if Jr. were a bag of apples he'd be over $100!! <picturepicturepicture> And I'd pay EVERY cent for it, precious, you're just too speshul!!
Me: <To customer in line behind me, and he looks as irritated as I am> Seriously? I'd keep the receipt and contemplate returning that for store credit...
Him:
Mother turns around and GLARES at me, because oops!! I forgot to use my inside voice.
I smile, and hope she finally, FINALLY starts to notice how much she sucks. There are grumbles throughout the line at the holdup, because the SCO attendant had to go and void the "apple" transaction, and wait for her to finish. Well, damn, that was too much to hope for, because after the void, she decided Jr. could be a big boy...and scan ALL the items for mommmy...but it was just too much fun scanning it once, so let's scan an item 5 times, the nice attendant will just void everything before we pay!!
I hate people. A lot...
). I asked her to take her daughter off the belt, and she said "Oh she loves to ride it!"
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