Screamers and DEB-IT cards.

[mikoyan29]

If that were me and my mom...I would have gotten neither thing. She would have put the DVD (of course they didn't exist back then) away as well.

[pageantmama]

yay for the mom for not giving in,even though it sucks you had to deal with it too. And the toy in time out thing,I do that. For my kids and when I worked at the daycare. Mine are 2 and 3. While the 2 year old acts like you just disowned him and broke his heart when you get onto him,my 3 year old daughter could care less. Time out,spankings,she doesn't care. But take something away and that works. So when they are fighting and I don't know who started it or who had the toy first the toy goes in time out. Usually the kid that actually had it first sccreams the most and then i know which one started the fight,lol.

[truthless86]

*SC leans down, her face in front of the machine.*
SC: DEB-IT.

I would have died laughing if I'd been there

[kibbles]

The Mom is obviously doing something right..I noticed how the kid kept trying to "buy" the candy; in other words, he didn't just grab and run out the door with it.

[Moirae]

You know, if I ever did that to my mother when I was a kid, I would have gotten a spanking in front of everyone and never done it again. And I'm only 35. But today, parents like to just say no over and over again like a broken record.

[Kogarashi]

The Mom is obviously doing something right..I noticed how the kid kept trying to "buy" the candy; in other words, he didn't just grab and run out the door with it.

Oh, I will definitely give her that. I kept waiting for the OP to say that the kid tried to pocket the candy, instead of handing it to the cashier and not getting the clue that he wasn't going to be getting candy that day.

[chainedbarista]

kogarashi has the same principles that i and my mom do.

i'd have put the dvd back, finished my purchase and left.

the first customer is...priceless.

[LillFilly]

A pinpad...How quaint!

[BeenThereDoneThat]

Debit lady was kind of a sourpuss. OK, she didn't get the technology but I would have laughed at myself...she seems just too easily annoyed. I also give the mom props for not caving to her kid but she did allow him to go on and on and get away with talking back, etc. That would not have flown when I was a kid at all...not with my mom and I wouldn't have even TRIED it with my dad. Another future sucky adult in the making

[Misanthropical]

I talk to my computer, kitchen appliances, TV and car (never in front of strangers) but I'm just joking about it I can't imagine talking to a machine in a serious manner. if I had done what the first woman did I would laugh at myself too.

I would have been dead on the spot if I had done what the kid did in a grocery store.

When my big guy was about 3 he had a complete melt down in a book store when he was with his father because he couldn't get all the books he wanted. Mr. Mis put all the books back and picked the big guy up and started to leave. A couple of women told him they were calling the police on Mr. Mis even though the only thing Mr. Mis did was pick him up, left the bookstore and put the big guy in his car seat.

The police came by a while later (yes, they really did call the police) and saw that the big guy was not afraid of us and had zero marks on him. The officers apologized to us and left, nothing more was heard about it.

I guess the women thought Mr. Mis should have given in to the tantrum and bought all the books the big guy wanted which would only have shown the big guy that having a melt down works for getting what he wants. That message is not one we were going to send to our children.

[Mytical]

Tell Mr. Mis that he is awesome . I know good parenting should not be so rare, but for some reason it is harder to find then bigfoot.

[Nemesis44UK]

You know, if I ever did that to my mother when I was a kid, I would have gotten a spanking in front of everyone and never done it again. And I'm only 35. But today, parents like to just say no over and over again like a broken record.

As would I. I wouldn't dream of playing up my parents when I was young, because the downside was way too big.

I don't know about the US, but here in the UK (in all of Europe, actually) any smacking (or disciplining as it's also known) can be classed as assault if done incorrectly.

ie - you can smack a child's bottom, provided it does not leave a red mark lasting beyond 3 minutes. You cannot give them a clip round the ear as that is classed as battery and you will be arrested.

Many European countries have banned it completely. Parents are taught to just say no as many times as it takes and not use physical punishment of any sort.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Scotty: "Hello computer."


That's the mouse...

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thought that...

[Andara Bledin]

I'm so glad that I'm not the only one who thought that...

I'm certain that every Star Trek fan and most of those of us old enough likely thought that.

^-.-^

[Misanthropical]

Tell Mr. Mis that he is awesome . I know good parenting should not be so rare, but for some reason it is harder to find then bigfoot.

Of course he is awesome, he is married to me! I kid, but Mr. Mis and I agreed before we had children that we would never give in to a melt down or we would have huge problems when they became teenagers.