crying babies/kids-whats your worst(loudest) story?

[jb17kx]

"You know what, honey? People pee on these floors."

I have to pay that. Bloody brilliant...

[Irving Patrick Freleigh]

"You know what, honey? People pee on these floors."

Awesome! And that could work just about anywhere. I know of a few incidents at my store when people piddled on our floors.

[LdyJedi]

She is sixteen now and STILL remembers that station as the one where she learned I follow through with my threats.

You go, Dips! That's EXACTLY what so many kids are missing! Threats are meaningless without follow-through!

[Kiwi]

I swear I have been so put off having children

it seems like one big long nightmarish embarrising moment after another

and everyone has an opinion on what is good, or bad, or what you should be doing or not....

not to mention the entire pregnancy/labour blood/mucus gross/disgusting part

no kids for me thanks, ill be the rich childless aunt who can hand them back!

[DesignFox]

Dips, that is the best follow through story I've heard, yet! I only wish I could see the look on your daughter's face when you told her people pee on the floors!

[Kyree]

That's awesome!

[Mighty Girl]

This is one of the many reasons why you should have to get a license to procreate.

When a kid cries, it's for a reason. So many times I've seen some oblivious parent dragging their kid all over some store, and the child is obviously hungry and tired, and the parent can't be bothered to handle the situation.

And if your child has a tantrum you remove them from the situation. You don't negotiate- you can try- if they're not already too far gone and it isn't nap time.

On the flip side of this, one of the last times I took our daughter to the grocery store, she had a major meltdown. But- I was at the cash register and then we were out of there. Her diaper was clean, and I had snacks and juice on hand, she just didn't want to be there anymore. So I figured we'd tough it out for a couple minutes. The bagger was a middle aged woman who looked at me like I was a child abuser- I was pretty ticked. Then the cashier kept trying to cheer up my daughter, thus delaying our departure..... Why? Why would you assume that a perfect stranger can cheer up a child? And does that bagger really think that I'm going to try and win her approval? Puh-lease! I disregard the opinion of several relatives, I'm not going to suck up to a stranger in a grocery store.

One other time I had her with me at the store and it was obvious that she was running out of patience fast- so I just took our cart to the customer service desk and explained that we had to leave. The younger girl looked at me like she was irritated, but the older woman had a very understanding look.

[Racket_Man]

my two incidences of children screaming both involve airplanes.

first one was flying out of LA/Santa Anna airport to Chicago. just after take-off the pilot throttles back the engines for the required noise abatment procedures. you get this feeling like on a roller-coaster just as you crest the hill and feel like the floor ujust dropped out from under you. some 5 year old starts screaming "OMG WE ARE GOING DOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!""" this goes on for 10 minutes until we leveled off.

second one is flying from San Fran to Chicago and the last hour (maybe more could be LOL) of the flight was puntuated by a screaming baby maybe about 8 months to a year old. It got soo bad that I could not even drown out the cries with my CD Player volumne turned all the way up.

Not fun things to happen on a plane and yes Bill Cosby was RIGHT about Jeffery (see the concert video of Bill COsby: Himself for the full routine)

[Jester]

DISCLAIMER: Vulgar language to follow. If you are offended by such, please, move on, there is nothing to see here. Said language is being used for emphasis and as it is being quoted to the best of my recollection. /disclaimer

I am an Uncle By Choice. (As in, Not A Father.) I love my nieces and nephews (children of my friends), but also like the freedom my childless life gives me and the freedom of being able to give the kids back. As an uncle, I occasionally am in charge of these kids, which I don't mind. However, sometimes they behave in the manner that reminds me WHY I am an Uncle By Choice. One such incident stands out.

I was with my niece H, about 10 at the time, running errands or whatnot. Now, H basically looks at me as a playmate, not really an authority figure, as that is generally not my role. She also knows that, while I might get annoyed, I almost NEVER get angry. And if I do....it's bad, bad news. Also, while H has heard all the "adult" words, she knows I don't use them that much in front of kids.

Anyway, this particular time, H was being a real pain in the rear. Way over the top BS that I had told her repeatedly to stop. And I had told her, a few times, to straighten up...and she had basically ignored me. Finally, she thought she'd but cute in the parking lot, and would not get in the car when I told her to. She thought it was a game. She was intelligent enough to know what she was doing, and she was trying to yank Uncle Jester's chain. Big Mistake. "Fine!" I said to her....and drove off. Without her. The look on her face was one of utter shock....and then fear. She started running after the car. (Before y'all go off on me, (a) I was keeping her in sight in the rearview, and (b) I was freakin' pissed off, so may not have been acting in the most intelligent fashion.) I stopped, and she opened the door and said, "I can't believe you left me!" I looked her dead in the eye and said, "You get in this fucking car right fucking now, you little shit. I am NOT playing games with you. If you don't listen to me, you are going to find yourself in a strange fucking parking lot with a long fucking walk home."

She got in the car.

I was so furious with her for her behavior that when we got back to her place, I said, "Now you go into your fucking room and you stay there until your mother gets home, because I am done fucking dealing with you today!" Five minutes later, she pokes her head out of her door and, trying to play for sympathy, asks sweetly "Can I come out now?" "No, you can't....your mother isn't home yet....get your ass back in there and STAY there!" She mouthed off at this point saying her mom would be pissed at me, blah blah blah, she wouldn't be in trouble, blah blah blah.

Boy, was she mistaken. Her mother gave her a tongue-lashing worse than mine, made it real clear to her that when she was out with Uncle Jester she was to listen to me, and then grounded her or some such for a good long while. Later, she came and (sincerely) apologized to me for being such a wench.

And yes, I do very much love my nieces...but they have learned that Jester Don't Play That.

[MCSledgehammer]

Das Helkinder

Well, this is my first post, so I may as well make it good. I was gonna roll out some of my own stories, but this was too good to resist.
I'm a clerk in a hardware store, and most of my SCs are grumpy old men, but we get the occasional bratty kid as well.
This guy had come in and his blonde haired, blue eyed 5 year old was running rampant. He'd been asked twice to keep his child with him, to no avail. Cut scene: I come upon her in the tool aisle, trying to climb the display therein. Of hammers. the very unstable display of hammers. Now, I don't much like kids, but I try to keep them from hurting themselves. So I grab her around the waist and walk/drag her back up to her dad.
Me: "Sir, PLEASE keep you child with you while in the store. There are a lot of things around here that aren't exactly child friendly."
Him: I am trying to shop for some things, here and-
Me: *snap* Look buddy, I've got access to thousands of feet of rope in the back. If you don't restrain your child I WILL, and my way leaves marks. Got it?
Him:*sputter* I want your manager now!
Me: The guy behind you doubled over in laughter. He'll be with you in a second.
Man, I love my job. Y'know, except for the part where I have to show up and deal with people.

[powerboy]

I absolutely agree with you. My dad whacked my and my sister's asses on more than one occasion in a store. Just the threat of public humiliation was eough to keep me in line.
However, when a parent does that nowdays, they get the cops called on them for child abuse by the very people who are giving them dirty looks for having a screaming kid in the first place.

Again, they can't win.

Seriously, that's all I ever hear when talking about this to other parents. "For God's sake, don't smack their ass in public. You'll get arrested/have your kids taken away/both."

That is what all screamin and misbehaving kids needs now-a-days is a good spanking. It will cause them to be good afterwards. But nnnnnoooooo if someone done something like that, the cops are called.

[terana]

I hear screaming kids all the time at work. I still don't get it why people wake their kids up at 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning and lets go shopping at Walmart because well mommy and/or daddy want to do some shopping. The best one by far was the one night I was playing cashier, mom, dad, and little boy are checking out about 2 registers behind me. The boy started throwing a fit about something and would not stop. This went on for about 5 to 10 mins. Mom then gets tired of telling him to stop so she takes him over to the bench and gives him a few swats on the butt. That quited him down pretty fast, and everyone up front just looked at her and was like thank god he's finally done. Kinda funny no one even batted an eye.

[symposes]

My stepsister said she used to think spanking was cruel.
Til her son got old enough to need it.
Now when people tell her there are "better ways", if they have a kid. she says "Yea, see if you feel that way in a couple of years."
My nephew is a hellion.
but only because he thinks its funny when he does something that sets her and her husband off.
Not enough spankings going round anymore.

I wonder how the attitude changed, i bet everyone over 20 has been spanked.
Maybe they are so traumatized by it that they dont want others to be spanked.

[Misanthropical]

When my oldest son was about 3 years old, he went with his dad to the bookstore. Well, my son decided to have a melt down because he couldn't have something or other.

My husband picks him up and carries him out of the store, while being followed by a group of people. He puts our son in the car while the boy is still having a melt down and not wanting to get in the car.

These wonderful people tell my husband how abusive he is being. Now, realize that my husband hadn't spanked our child, didn't raise his voice to him, just picked him up and took him out of the store.

We had two police officers at the door when he got home, because these wonderful people called to report a case of abuse. The police left after seeing there wasn't a single mark on our son and our son wasn't fearful of his father.

[Barefootgirl]

We had two police officers at the door when he got home, because these wonderful people called to report a case of abuse. The police left after seeing there wasn't a single mark on our son and our son wasn't fearful of his father.

You know, this is actually the first case I have ever heard of of the police actually being called out to someone disciplining their child. I hear it all the time, third or fourth hand, or generic worrying that if you do spank your child in public "they " will call the cops, but I have never actually heard of it happening in real life.

I have spanked my daughter in the supermarket for being a little toad, and I've never once heard anyone criticise me. If anything, round here you get lots of little old ladies praising you for being a decent parent. I suspect our police would laugh at someone who called them over someone smacking their child in the bookshop.