The other day I was at Wal Mart. This in itself is generally an ordeal, no? I felt awful but we needed some food. Or rather I needed some cravings filled. :) First I see a couple of my friends. Great. I looked horrible. I mean HORRIBLE. I felt the same. Allori and I got our shopping done then proceded to the check out. There was one lady in front of me and as I was behind her for a good 5 minutes she never interacted with anyone nor was there a child near her.
I heard a bit of commotion right behind us near the candy rack, so we glanced over naturally. There was a little girl about Allori's age with one of those push pops IN HER MOUTH! She made eye contact with me and the look in her eye let me know she knew she was being naughty. I was momentarily stunned. The second or two we were looking at one another seemed to drag on, I didn't know what to do.
The woman in front of me finished and called out a name, a child I supposed even though there had been no clues that they were connected before that. When I finally made the connection I said to the woman, "she's over here, and she has a sucker in her mouth!" She promply walked over as the child removed said sucker from her mouth, replaced the lid and threw it onto the shelf and dropped the little plastic wrapper onto the floor. The mother glanced for *maybe* a second at the shelf then exasperatedly pulled the girl's arm to get her stand up then led her to their basket and out of the store.
In case the cashier missed it, I told her the girl had sucked on the sucker and then threw it back onto the shelf. (It would obvioulsy need to be found and removed-yuck!)
Something tells me the girl learned it was ok to open candy in the store, if she didn't already know...to do as she pleased.
I Thank God my daughter is well behaved and obedient. What a fine example of how not to parent.
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When I started reading this I thought, "She did not look that bad." But you obviously were embarrassed to have run into us because you weren't your talkative self. Plus I expected you to say something since I am going to give a surprise and you were the first to comment on my blog. Then I finished the post and I am utterly disgusted. People make me sick. Okay that was a naughty little girl and she needs to be diisciplined but that mom should be knocked up side the head. Stupid people. Come on where is the common sense or common decency. At least throw it in the trash if your not going to buy it. Them your not spreading germs. I can just go on forever at how horrible that is. Sick!
Good lord!
My intention isn't to comment on EVERY post - but I HAVE to say.... (obviously) good kids come from good parents. Pat yourself on the back - there simply aren't very many "Good" parents out there anymore. (case in point)
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