You know what is it that I hate about summer?

maestrowork · Jul 12, 2006

I was at a Panera Bread and gosh, it was a mad house. Kids everywhere. Suddenly, the whole joint turned into an amusement park. And I wasn't talking about one or two kids per parent. It's like four or five each.

Now before I piss off every parent here... I do like kids. But not a hundred at the time. Not only are they noisy... and they're all over the cashiers... and they take a LONG time to make their orders. They can't frigging decide what they want. And when they do, they're large orders (why do parents let their kids have so many cookies and pastries and sugary stuff anyway?) Then they get their orders and they yelled, "that's not what I want!"

*sigh*

Remind me when I have kids to keep them in the house, or at least not take them anywhere during lunch hours.

OK, I lied. Not a hundred kids. I counted. More like 34.

EEEEKKKK...

CaroGirl · Jul 12, 2006

Ray, I have kids and I hate that kind of situation too. It gives me a headache and I sympathize.

That many kids together seems to give even the most polite kids a license to be loud and rude.

Shadow_Ferret · Jul 12, 2006

A couple of points, I'm a parent, but I hate kids.

Parents should not bring kids to Panera or Starbucks or anywhere else adults go to get away from kids.

And lastly, bite your tongue about hating summer!

scfirenice · Jul 12, 2006

I agree with Ferret, I don't like any kids but mine. Seriously. Not even my nephews. Sorry. My kid wouldn;t have behaved like that BTW. Or she'd have had my size 8 in her backside. ; )

Joe Unidos · Jul 12, 2006

I hate the heat and humidity.

And I hate kids.

MidnightMuse · Jul 12, 2006

I vote for open season on Tourists, too.

And year-round school.

kristie911 · Jul 12, 2006

I hate summer too. And I hate other peoples kids. My son would never act like that or he'd have gotten a spanking. I never let him run wild and I'm appalled when I go somewhere and kids are acting like that. Can the parents not see what's going on? Makes me crazy!

And I totally agree with an open season on tourists. The area I live in is a huge tourist area, and this weekend we have a 3 on 3 basketball tournament that is coming to town...we'll have approximately 35,000 extra people in the area for three days. That's over double our winter population...and they'll be packed into one city! And I have to work all weekend. Someone shoot me now!! Please.

tiny · Jul 12, 2006

Kids are a pain, but I have a bigger problem with parents that let them act like that. I tolerate all sorts of crap at home, but when we walk out that door I expect my boys to behave. No whining, no yelling, no bullsh!t. I'm not above dragging them to the car and leaving if they aren't behaving up to my standards (and by the way, I only had to do that once with both my boys).

I believe in a healthy fear. I want them to be afraid of me. Not afraid that I'll hurt them, but afraid that I'll be dissappointed in their behavior.

PattiTheWicked · Jul 12, 2006

You'd think people would just wise up and take the little boogers to McDonald's. Whoever heard of a Panera with a play-place?

rhymegirl · Jul 12, 2006

tiny terror said:
...but when we walk out that door I expect my boys to behave. No whining, no yelling, no bullsh!t. I'm not above dragging them to the car and leaving if they aren't behaving up to my standards (and by the way, I only had to do that once with both my boys).

I agree with you totally. When I brought my kids to restaurants when they were younger I told them ahead of time how I expected them to behave. And they did.

Sometimes someone would come over to my table and say, "Just wanted to tell you that your children are very well-behaved."

That always made my day.

pconsidine · Jul 12, 2006

Huh. I guess I've developed selective hearing over the years, because I don't even hear kids that I'm not responsible for. Granted, I'd be able to hear my nieces whisper across the infield at the Indy 500, but if they're not mine, they don't even register.

Maybe it's from being a city kid?

William Haskins · Jul 12, 2006

i feel like i stumbled into a meeting of the w.c. fields fan club.

maestrowork · Jul 12, 2006

Yeah. I don't drink water....

Shadow_Ferret · Jul 12, 2006

William Haskins said:
i feel like i stumbled into a meeting of the w.c. fields fan club.

No. I love pets.

CaroGirl · Jul 12, 2006

kristie911 said:
My son would never act like that or he'd have gotten a spanking.

Ooo, ooo, let's open the spanking debate. I bet it'll be at least as much fun as the circumcision debate.

I'm feeling like a real sh't disturber today.

CaroGirl · Jul 12, 2006

Shadow_Ferret said:
No. I love pets.

Whose pets? Your pets, or other people's pets?

Shadow_Ferret · Jul 12, 2006

CaroGirl said:
Whose pets? Your pets, or other people's pets?

All pets. There are no bad pets, only bad owners.

Wish I could say the same for children.

CaroGirl · Jul 12, 2006

Shadow_Ferret said:
All pets. There are no bad pets, only bad owners.

Wish I could say the same for children.

IMO, the same goes for children. They are just more complicated and can be more thoroughly ruined by their "owners".

maestrowork · Jul 12, 2006

Right now, there's a kid there screaming at the top of his lungs. Screaming. And the parents are not really doing anything. They just sit there and eat their soup.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

Shadow_Ferret · Jul 12, 2006

CaroGirl said:
IMO, the same goes for children. They are just more complicated and can be more thoroughly ruined by their "owners".

I disagree. I know good parents who still have bad children and vice versa. As parents we can only do our best but a lot of it is out of our hands unless we lock them in a closet and just expose them to what we think is right.

Shadow_Ferret · Jul 12, 2006

maestrowork said:
Right now, there's a kid there screaming at the top of his lungs. Screaming. And the parents are not really doing anything. They just sit there and eat their soup.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

YOu have my sympathy. We went to Pizza Hut the other day and we were put at a booth where there were several children and a mom. The kids were hanging over our side of the booth constantly jabbering away and directing their comments at us. I kept saying to my wife, "Where's the mom?"

"Just sitting there."

So then I felt like a meanie because my 6-year-old was responding and standing up to look at them and I'm yelling at him to sit down and behave. "We don't act like that in a restaurant."

"But they are."

Yeah. I know.

SC Harrison · Jul 12, 2006

maestrowork said:
Right now, there's a kid there screaming at the top of his lungs. Screaming. And the parents are not really doing anything. They just sit there and eat their soup.

ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!

My dad would have smacked me. When my turn came around I (mostly) threatened the smack, which was less effective. Nowadays, parents either calmly explain the inappropriateness of the behavior or they ignore it, both of which have little apparent effect. We should bring back the Smack.

MidnightMuse · Jul 12, 2006

I vote for bring back the Smack, too!

Selling jewelry at art shows you spend hours listening to "don't touch! Tommy, I told you to stop touching. I mean it now, don't touch. Put that down. If I have to tell you one more time. Stop it. Don't touch anything. Don't touch that. Touch with your eyes only. Billy put that down. I said no touching."

I consider it a good day if none of the little spawns wipes a boogar on the velvet.

CaroGirl · Jul 12, 2006

Shadow_Ferret said:
I disagree. I know good parents who still have bad children and vice versa. As parents we can only do our best but a lot of it is out of our hands unless we lock them in a closet and just expose them to what we think is right.

Yes, sometimes we're at the mercy of our combined genetics, but so are we with our pets. My dogs won't stop being excitable and goofy no matter what I do (granted, I'm not much of a dog trainer). I'm not excitable and goofy (much) why are they? It's the breed, I'm afraid.

MidnightMuse · Jul 12, 2006

CaroGirl said:
My dogs won't stop being excitable and goofy no matter what I do (granted, I'm not much of a dog trainer). I'm not excitable and goofy (much) why are they? It's the breed, I'm afraid.

Any time you breen an Excitable to a Goofy, you're asking for trouble!

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