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So I was just at the supermarket down the street from my house and I was appalled by something that I witnessed while I was there.
I was browsing the aisles and I heard a young boy speaking in a very sharp tone from one aisle over. I tuned him out until that family entered the aisle where I was looking for some onion bagels. I tried to ignore them but it became very difficult as they got closer to me. The family consisted of a father, a 6-7 year old boy and an 8-9 year old girl. The boy was obviously angry with his father about something and this is what I heard...
Boy: But I want it!! :verymad:
Dad: It's not on the list. :thumbdown
Boy: I want it!! :rant:
Dad: It's not on the list, maybe next time.
Girl to her brother: Why did you even come?
Boy: Because I wanted to buy food!! I didn't know Dad was going to be an IDIOT! :rant:
I cannot believe that he just his father an idiot?!!? This kid went on and on degrading his father talking about how stupid he was and all that. I was getting rather annoyed listening to this child insult his father and the father did nothing. He didn't ask the child to stop or anything, he just took it. I really wanted to walk up to the boy and say, "Look, you don't talk to your father that way. He is here to buy food for you, food that he pays for with the money that he earns at his job. Until you start paying for your own food, he gets to choose what to buy not you! And you should not be speaking to him in that tone or calling him those names. It is extremely disrespectful and rude! You need to apologize to your father right now!"
Instead I held it back, took my bagels, and went to another aisle. Should I have butted in and scolded the child, or should I have just stayed out and minded my own business? If I had butted in, would the father have appreciated it, been angered by it, or just been embarassed by it? But if no one says anything, the kid just keeps on going.....
I guess that I chose to stay out of it because I didn't want to cause a bigger scene and I didn't want to embarrass the father (it's one thing for your child to behave inappropriately, it's another to have a stranger notice and discipline your child accordingly).
I was actually a bit surprised by this whole thing because the kids were wearing the uniform shirts for a local Lutheran private school. I know a dozen kids that attend that school and they are all extremely well behaved and gracious children and I was shocked to see this boy that comes from the same school behave in that manner.
But anyways, butt in or butt out? What do you think?
BTW I'm having a lot of fun with all the smiley faces! Didja notice?
I was browsing the aisles and I heard a young boy speaking in a very sharp tone from one aisle over. I tuned him out until that family entered the aisle where I was looking for some onion bagels. I tried to ignore them but it became very difficult as they got closer to me. The family consisted of a father, a 6-7 year old boy and an 8-9 year old girl. The boy was obviously angry with his father about something and this is what I heard...
Boy: But I want it!! :verymad:
Dad: It's not on the list. :thumbdown
Boy: I want it!! :rant:
Dad: It's not on the list, maybe next time.
Girl to her brother: Why did you even come?
Boy: Because I wanted to buy food!! I didn't know Dad was going to be an IDIOT! :rant:
I cannot believe that he just his father an idiot?!!? This kid went on and on degrading his father talking about how stupid he was and all that. I was getting rather annoyed listening to this child insult his father and the father did nothing. He didn't ask the child to stop or anything, he just took it. I really wanted to walk up to the boy and say, "Look, you don't talk to your father that way. He is here to buy food for you, food that he pays for with the money that he earns at his job. Until you start paying for your own food, he gets to choose what to buy not you! And you should not be speaking to him in that tone or calling him those names. It is extremely disrespectful and rude! You need to apologize to your father right now!"
Instead I held it back, took my bagels, and went to another aisle. Should I have butted in and scolded the child, or should I have just stayed out and minded my own business? If I had butted in, would the father have appreciated it, been angered by it, or just been embarassed by it? But if no one says anything, the kid just keeps on going.....
I guess that I chose to stay out of it because I didn't want to cause a bigger scene and I didn't want to embarrass the father (it's one thing for your child to behave inappropriately, it's another to have a stranger notice and discipline your child accordingly).
I was actually a bit surprised by this whole thing because the kids were wearing the uniform shirts for a local Lutheran private school. I know a dozen kids that attend that school and they are all extremely well behaved and gracious children and I was shocked to see this boy that comes from the same school behave in that manner.
But anyways, butt in or butt out? What do you think?
BTW I'm having a lot of fun with all the smiley faces! Didja notice?
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