Yesterday my boyfriend took me to the base commissary and what I saw made me extremely mad.
A woman was walking down the aisles either shopping or working and on a quick guess I'd say she was maybe 3 feet tall.
What pissed me off was 5 minutes later I saw her walking to another aisle and she passed by another customer. The customer had one child (a daughter) getting items for her and her son was sitting in the cart...
... sitting in the cart, pointing at the tiny woman, screaming out, "LOOK AT THAT GIRL! LOOK AT THAT GIRL!"
Both my bf and I pretty much glared at him, and as we walked off I said, "That was RUDE!"
I don't know if his mother scolded him, but I do know when we passed by them a minute or two later he was crying his face off. And inside I was thinking, "Good. You need to cry over what you said."
The only thing better would have been if he'd been forced to apologize to the woman.
I mean yeah, I understand that children will be very curious about people who are different. The woman was probably the shortest adult I've ever seen too... but they should also be taught that screaming and pointing at someone is not the proper way to react.
Even more so, when one is a guest on a military base.
The behavior of the spouse & children of any military member reflects not only on the service member but upon the military itself... and in some cases (overseas duty for example) will reflect on the nation itself.
A woman was walking down the aisles either shopping or working and on a quick guess I'd say she was maybe 3 feet tall.
What pissed me off was 5 minutes later I saw her walking to another aisle and she passed by another customer. The customer had one child (a daughter) getting items for her and her son was sitting in the cart...
... sitting in the cart, pointing at the tiny woman, screaming out, "LOOK AT THAT GIRL! LOOK AT THAT GIRL!"
Both my bf and I pretty much glared at him, and as we walked off I said, "That was RUDE!"
I don't know if his mother scolded him, but I do know when we passed by them a minute or two later he was crying his face off. And inside I was thinking, "Good. You need to cry over what you said."
The only thing better would have been if he'd been forced to apologize to the woman.
I mean yeah, I understand that children will be very curious about people who are different. The woman was probably the shortest adult I've ever seen too... but they should also be taught that screaming and pointing at someone is not the proper way to react.
Even more so, when one is a guest on a military base.
The behavior of the spouse & children of any military member reflects not only on the service member but upon the military itself... and in some cases (overseas duty for example) will reflect on the nation itself.
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