My sister went to a restaurant this
weekend and her daughter got tired and
fussy. So jenny immediately picked her up
to carry her out and calm her down, and a
man literally screamed at her, ".Get that
stupid screaming baby out of here!" it
pissed me off so bad just hearing it that
I almost couldn't sleep. Is that
incredibly ridiculous to anyone else?
On another note, two girls that I went to
highschool with died in a car wreck this
weekend. It really hit me hard. We
weren't close friends, but it seems like
people your age aren't supposed to die
like that. It's crazy. I work for an
ambulance service, so I should know that
these things happen. But it's never the
people you know. Now I keep getting all
these morbid thoughts, like, what if i'm
next??? And of course, my job being as it
is, I have all the horrible details
written out before me to be filed. It's
horrible...
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Jules
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Re: Ridiculous? Posted: 12-04-06 09:25am
mommywannabe78
wrote:
my sister went to a
restaurant this weekend and her daughter
got tired and fussy. So jenny
immediately picked her up to carry her out
and calm her down, and a man literally
screamed at her, ".Get that stupid
screaming baby out of here!" it pissed me
off so bad just hearing it that I almost
couldn't sleep. Is that incredibly
ridiculous to anyone else?
well I think it depends on what kind of
restaurant it was. If it was a family
restaurant then that man had no place to
be so annoyed. However, if it was the
kind of place where adults want to go and
enjoy a nice quiet meal and conversation
then I can understand why it would be
extremely irritating to have someone
else's child screaming in your ear.
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mommywannabe78
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Re: Ridiculous? Posted: 12-04-06 09:27am
purestgreen
wrote:
mommywannabe78
wrote:
my sister went to a
restaurant this weekend and her daughter
got tired and fussy. So jenny
immediately picked her up to carry her out
and calm her down, and a man literally
screamed at her, ".Get that stupid
screaming baby out of here!" it pissed me
off so bad just hearing it that I almost
couldn't sleep. Is that incredibly
ridiculous to anyone else?
well I think it depends on what kind of
restaurant it was. If it was a family
restaurant then that man had no place to
be so annoyed. However, if it was the
kind of place where adults want to go and
enjoy a nice quiet meal and conversation
then I can understand why it would be
extremely irritating to have someone
else's child screaming in your
ear.
see that's the thing. It was definitely a
family restaurant. And jenny's not the
kind of person who just sits there and
lets her daughter scream either. It
irritates her when people do that. So
within seconds of kylie whimpering, she
was out the door! It just seemed a little
irrational to me.
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Jules
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Re: Ridiculous? Posted: 12-04-06 09:28am
mommywannabe78
wrote:
purestgreen
wrote:
mommywannabe78
wrote:
my sister went to a
restaurant this weekend and her daughter
got tired and fussy. So jenny
immediately picked her up to carry her out
and calm her down, and a man literally
screamed at her, ".Get that stupid
screaming baby out of here!" it pissed me
off so bad just hearing it that I almost
couldn't sleep. Is that incredibly
ridiculous to anyone else?
well I think it depends on what kind of
restaurant it was. If it was a family
restaurant then that man had no place to
be so annoyed. However, if it was the
kind of place where adults want to go and
enjoy a nice quiet meal and conversation
then I can understand why it would be
extremely irritating to have someone
else's child screaming in your
ear.
see that's the thing. It was definitely
a family restaurant. And jenny's not the
kind of person who just sits there and
lets her daughter scream either. It
irritates her when people do that. So
within seconds of kylie whimpering, she
was out the door! It just seemed a
little irrational to
me.
well I think that man deserves a kick up
the arse then because if you go to a
family restaurant, you have to expect kids
to be there and kids ain't quiet!
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 09:32am
I love the word arse. You don't hear it
enough in america.
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Posted: 12-04-06 12:07pm
We don't take .Alyvia out to super-nice
restaurants for this very reason. She can
be a bit, erm, dramatic. (she is
definitely my daughter! )
but if we're in a family restaurant, I try
to calm her at the table. If she becomes
hysterical, I will slip into the restroom
or outside, but otherwise I am not the
least bit ashamed. I probably would have
been before, but my father gave me a great
piece of advice:
babies will do what babies do. Simple as
that. It's nothing to be ashamed of. You
deal with it calmly and without
embarrassment, and if someone has a
problem with that, it's their problem.
I follow this unless she becomes extremely
loud, and then I will bring her somewhere
else. She's a baby, and crying is the
only way she can communicate with me. I
will not be made to feel like this is
wrong by some random person in a
restaurant that I will never see again.
If they're so offended by the sound of a
baby crying, they can go sit outside.
If some rude person started yelling at me,
you better believe he'd be ducking under
the table, because .I'd be throwing my
silverware at his face.
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Eyes Wide Shut
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Posted: 12-04-06 12:10pm
Hahahhaa...Yeaaaa you right!!
You see that a lot (throwing silverwear)
in .Louisiana...Hhahahaha...We're
ruthless!!
Sarah
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chrissy721
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Posted: 12-04-06 12:12pm
Yea I think that's rediculous no matter if
it was a "family" restaurant or not.
It's not like she let her kid throw a
temper tantrum and she just let it go on
and on and on. People these days have no
patience and are totally selfish to only
their own needs. When my hubby and I go
out for a quiet dinner together, i'm
personally overjoyed to see babies and I
try to be understanding when the baby gets
upset. Hey it happens, it's not like i'm
going to let it ruin my night.
Some people just don't know how to control
their anger. On the other hand maybe
that guy had an extremely rough day and
just burst. He may have realized how
dumb he was and felt bad afterwards.
Hey don't worry that much about it.
It'll happen again someday, i'm sure.
There's not much you can do about it. I
think most people are understanding enough
not to say anything, but then you get
people who do stuff like that.
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mommywannabe78
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Posted: 12-04-06 13:22pm
chrissy721
wrote:
some people just don't know
how to control their anger. On the
other hand maybe that guy had an extremely
rough day and just burst. He may have
realized how dumb he was and felt bad
afterwards.
yea, I try to think of things like that
before I rush to judgement, but I let my
temper get me... But later I felt kinda
guilty for being so mad. He may have had
a horrible day. Maybe he lost a child.
You never know with people.
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Posted: 12-04-06 22:13pm
My 2yrs old son would act like any other
"terrible twos" that what they call it in
america and I hate when I hear that word
but getting his way in public sometimes
embarrase me but especially in a
resturant.. People can't tell you what to
do.. And if they show mad disrespect..
You do something about it.. Like confront
a manager or a cop.. Be like this guy is
rude. Eh.. Yesterday I took my son out
to denny's and ate breakfast .. He was
playing with his milk.. Back and forth
with my friend.. And somehow he missed
the friend and went off the table.. The
people who was around watching it.. Was
like that girl shoulda done something..
Before that boy misses the table.. Im
like shrugging my shoulder because I know
my boy would do some tantrum in public and
that would cause some discomfort to others
in public. The manager at dennys has no
problem.. Because I told him what
happened and was like its okay I
understand.
Sometimes other dont have no respect for
you .. Even when you shown them some.
Its stupid..
Btw the word arse is better than a.S.S lol
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tigresacanela24
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Posted: 12-04-06 22:27pm
You should probably learn to control
tantrums at home so that they're not an
issue in public.
Infants are a completely different story.
They are not acting out, they are just
doing what babies do. Crying is how they
communicate. A toddler acting out should
be taught better, not allowed to do as he
pleases to avoid a tantrum.
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HcoBrunette06
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Posted: 12-04-06 23:07pm
I agree. If you let them do what they
want just so they won't throw a fit then
theyre the ones in control, not
you
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Posted: 12-05-06 01:34am
If my three year old throws a fit in a
grocery store and I need to shop, we do
time out right there on the floor in the
aisle. Needless to say, we have only done
that two times. The mere mention of time
outs straightens him up. Before that, he
threw a few tantrums in the middle of the
store if I didn't get him something and I
just started walking away, of course
slowly. He tested a little, stopped and
ran to me. That method worked for my
son!! He is very easy to handle in the
store, that is until he finds a new
method. He is a crafty lil' fellow.
Hopefully something similar will work on
my next child. Nothing worked on me
according to my mom. I hope the curse to
have one just like me doesn't reign true
or I am in trouble!!
As for mean people....Rationalization of
the person's mean behavior helps me not
get so ticked off. It's the way I
naturally go but sometimes I later wish I
would have said something.
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chrissy721
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Posted: 12-05-06 06:36am
mommywannabe78
wrote:
chrissy721
wrote:
some people just don't know
how to control their anger. On the
other hand maybe that guy had an extremely
rough day and just burst. He may have
realized how dumb he was and felt bad
afterwards.
yea, I try to think of things like that
before I rush to judgement, but I let my
temper get me... But later I felt kinda
guilty for being so mad. He may have had
a horrible day. Maybe he lost a child.
You never know with people.
well, you weren't any more wrong than that
guy was. You had every right to feel
upset, because that was your family he was
being rude to. I would have probably
reacted worse and told the guy to shut up
or flipped him off. Mean, I know, but
nobody better treat my baby wrong. (when
I get to have one) I would understand the
guy being angry if my child was acting out
and wasn't being corrected or stopped, but
that's wasn't the case with you guys.
