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To wit, the reason that stupid people shouldn't be allowed to have children:
I'm at the drug store yesterday, waiting for a prescription to be filled, so I'm roaming the aisles. There's a little girl (about 3 or 4 years old) sitting RIGHT at the entrance to the hair product aisle. To her left is a display of those sticky lint removers. This child is in the process of peeling off the layers of sticky paper. Her mother passes her, and moves on to the next aisle, while muttering something to her child. The child finishes destroying the item, and then walks off after her mother, who has ducked into another aisle, so the child can't see her. I call out (rather loudly) "Whose child is this?" Everyone turns around looking dumbly at me. Finally, the mother emerges from three aisles down (yes, way to take care of your child in a store full of strangers) and walks toward her. I say (loudly again), "Your child ruined this lint brush and left it on the floor. Are you going to just leave it like that?" The woman walks towards the aisle and picks up the product. I walk further down to look at all the shampoos. I turn around, and I see her WRAP the removed pieces around the roll, and HANG IT BACK on the display. Because, OBVIOUSLY, it can be resold in that condition, no? She does all this with her daughter WATCHING.
I just had to shake my head. Way to set an example for your child that it's ok to ruin products and NOT pay for them. And thanks for causing stores to jack up prices to recover for your stupidity. She might as well have stolen the thing, as far as I'm concerned.
Posted by raptorgirl at January 7, 2004 12:00 PMYou're absolutely right on this one Rap!
I DO NOT let my children destroy things until we've paid for them and taken them home!
Your story, Rappy, once again begs an answer to the eternal question...
Do stupid people know they're stupid?
Did we discuss this in Miami? My children are going to HATE me, since I plan on not letting them get away with any of the shit I see kids doing today.
A 3-year old doesn't know any better, fine. But she's certainly not going to LEARN any better with that asshat example from her mother.
Posted by: Ka Ching at January 7, 2004 04:30 PMAs for the girl not being responsible, I can't accept it if only for the fact that there is NO reason for her to have been unsupervised for long enough to inflict such damage.
Who the hell takes their child into a huge store and leaves them unattended? And it was a store right by the subway,too. If I weren't a normal person, I'd have taken that girl's hand and been gone within minutes.
Posted by: rappy at January 7, 2004 05:05 PMAh yes, the lack of discipline and taking responsibility for one's actions. It's deadly depressing.
I also like random overtly violent acts of "discipline" from parents in public. Tasty!
Posted by: Genny at January 7, 2004 07:12 PMOh yeah, I agree about the unattended thing, but I can't blame a 3 year old for her mother's stupidity.
You really should have to pass a test or something to be a parent.
Posted by: Ka Ching at January 7, 2004 07:24 PMUgh, I hate iresponsible parents. These are the ones you see on TV going 'I turned my back for just a second!'
They should just ban children in stores altogether.
Oh, I have no issue with the child. She did what any curious little girl will do, but her mother had me ready to commit homicide.
I think that responsibility is something that can be taught to a child at a very early age, and the horrible example the mother was setting was just cringe-worthy.
I see the way kids at my school behave, and can attribute most of the problems to their parents setting a very bad example.
Posted by: rappy at January 8, 2004 12:17 PM