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(8,656 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)yell at the kid? That is the lesson we want to teach? Lol.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)a kid? Huh.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)help but yell OUCH! Think maybe that's what happened? Reflex?
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,663 posts)LizBeth
(9,952 posts)I don't know and we were not told what was yelled.
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)looked behind saw a kid and did a dramatic, ouch ouch ouch, hopping on leg. Mother says, so sorry. I laugh and said it is ok. Bent to the kid with a smile, booking eye to eye and told them, gotta be careful and pay attention. That hurts.
Now, that would be the lesson I would want my children to learn, not by some stranger hitting a 100 in no time and in anger yelling at them.
If that happened, I would then have a conversation later with my kid that behavior was inappropriate and the better reaction would be...
So, I find all this kind of funny. Thank you for going there.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Not to mention, they can cause a lot of pain, can be sharp and why is the kid ramming it in the first place.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)It was most likely an accident. WTF is up with some people?!
LizBeth
(9,952 posts)Archae
(46,345 posts)Halfway down the aisle, not at one end or the other, kid rams me, keeps going, knocks over display.
I yell at the kid "No running with carts!"
Mother shows up minutes later, looking for kid, kid whines about "bad man yelling at me," I point out I now will have a big bruise from kid's ramming.
Woman screams at me "No one talks to my kid like that!"
Store manager shows up, he saw the whole thing, he throws stupid woman and kid out.
Asks me if I need medical help, I tell him no.
But days later sure enough very nice bruise develops.
This woman was a "Karen," although I used more colorful language, not to her face though.
The Central Park dog choker was a "Karen."
So was the woman who called the cops because a black woman was resting on a park bench.
And many others.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)I think we get it.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)I don't think I'm alone in that.
This.
Archae
(46,345 posts)I don't give a shit what gender a parent is, when they let their kids run rampant, it causes problems.
When I was a stock person at a toy store, I saw parents letting their kids open packages of toys on the shelf, play with and sometimes break them, and just walk off.
Some parents can be really irresponsible.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)This Karen thing seems to give a lot of guys a real giggle, though no one seems to talk about the idiots like that guy on the bike, the one in the black womans face in Montana, etc. what is their pet name?
Archae
(46,345 posts)In pain and a bit of shock I yelled at her brat.
Then I pointed out to the woman where it hurts.
The store manager confronted the woman.
And some kids CAN be brats if they run wild.
As to guys being like "Karen," I've noticed they get called "Chad."
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)That has happened to me at the store. The most I have said, is excuse me? With a raised eyebrow.
demmiblue
(36,885 posts)Archae
(46,345 posts)Where some women had trouble with a "Chad," that charged in yelling to scare some elderly women.
"CHAD!!!"
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)Back in 2000. Always hanging around, screwing up elections. I blame him for everything bad thats happened since.
Its funny to me how your story is kind of like a Rorschach test. I liked the thread better when there were fewer details.
Beringia
(4,316 posts)They chew out store employees or waitresses sometimes. I just hold my breath.
This relative is not what you could call entitled. She has experienced incredible prejudice herself, but she has a hot temper for sure.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)stopdiggin
(11,361 posts)A brief moment of anger at a child (even from a non-parent) is NOT anything other than human .. and probably justified. A screaming rampage? 'Course not. But I don't think anyone is suggesting that's what happened here. And if your kid is running around rampant (and heedlessly) .. crashing into, and hurting, other people .. and you're not attending to the situation. Then little Susie or Billie probably deserves a little barking at. S' called lessens on life. Don't crash into other people!
Don't want other people correcting your kid? .. then you do it!
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)My response: "Somebody needs to, it's clear that you're doing a poor job of raising this little monster."
Archae
(46,345 posts)One already has me "pegged" as an "incel."
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)the "be your kid's friend and not his/her parent" crowd. They've raised self-centered brats everywhere you go.
Archae
(46,345 posts)customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)And the generation of Trumps after that have also been poorly raised.
madaboutharry
(40,220 posts)Secondly, this "Karen" meme is misogynistic and sexist.
DU is designed to express opinions and that is mine. Have a nice day.
customerserviceguy
(25,183 posts)with a shopping cart, I have every right to say, sharply, "Hey, don't do that!"
If the parental unit wants to tangle with me verbally, I'll tangle back.
Archae
(46,345 posts)I reacted.
But Mommy didn't help matters one damn bit.
That's why she was made to leave the store, and I wasn't.
11 Bravo
(23,926 posts)"Chad" and "Florida man" are directed at asshole males.
Neither is misogynistic or misandrist, simply gender specific.
Get the fuck over it.
There. You have a nice day, as well.
stopdiggin
(11,361 posts)speak to other people's kids? What utter nonsense! I general stay out of the way of parenting situations, because the parents are obviously primary. (assuming any "parenting" is going on) But the idea that no one else has any input? Craziness! Particularly when the child in question is running off the rails. Takes a village and all that.
An occasional show of anger is quite instructive in the lessons of life.
Shermann
(7,433 posts)Suze Orman needs to find a new look now though.
haele
(12,676 posts)She's defiantly aggressive, treats everyplace like her playground, and is greedy/sneaky when it comes to sweets and treats.
She's not yet suitable for public, and now that she's too big for the cart, I won't risk her injuring someone or getting us banned from the commissary because she just cannot slow down and pay attention to her surroundings.
I would apologise in that woman's position. I love my grandkids, but I'm also honest about the risks she brings with her.
I can't wait for her to grow out of this stage.
Haele