PMO: Rude Behavior

[Wild Boar]

The last couple days had two really irritating encounters.

The first was while waiting to be seated at an IHOP on Sunday. My wife and I had our 8 month old with us and were chatting with some parents next to us when a young guy started arguing with the hostess about perceiving to have been skipped. Long story short, this kid started dropping swear words, including the F bomb right in the midst of several families with young children. Several of the dads and I stood up to inform this defective twit that he was being seriously uncool. It really frosts me when idiots don't think twice about using vulgar language around young kids.

The other was less direct. I was out-and-about on Monday with my little girl in tow when I felt that it was time to check her diaper. I stopped at a Macdonalds to use their facilities. When I lowered the changing table in the restroom, it was smeared with the previvous user's feces. How inconsiderate does one have to be to leave their kid's poop smeared on a changing table? Used several baby wipes to remove the crap and because the changing table wasn't stocked with liners, had to create a makeshift liner myself. It was really frustrating.

Once again, I feel that 90% of the problems in this country would go away if people were simply considerate and polite.

[Callipygian]

Once again, I feel that 90% of the problems in this country would go away if people were simply considerate and polite.
Modify that sentence to read ..."simply considerate, polite and more patient", and I couldn't agree more.

Calli

[Langolas]

Keep this in mind when raising your kids -as I'm certain this little product of our education system was not disciplined. He probably acted out as a child, as an adolescent, and as a teen and the parents did nothing.

I'm not accusing anyone here of bad parenting, but the American system of child rearing in general. Heaven forbid we actually be parents to our kids - and not their best friends.

[Malkyte2]

Unfortunately, in most cases it does go back to the way the person was raised. If the parents didn't instill these behaviors into their kids, then they will most likely be idiots for the rest of their lives. This could be a lack of attention payed to them or the parents themselves setting a bad example, by being the same idiots themselves.



Malkyte

[Callipygian]

In this specific case it is most likely a parent who is at fault. Changing tables are used by parents when changing the diaper of a young one. It is the parent who failed to clean up the mess.

Calli

[Martok2112]

People are more inconsiderate nowadays than they ever were before.

I especially hate it when I step out of a Wal-Mart parking lot, or even a grocery store parking lot, to find that some inconsiderate, lazy asshat had left their buggy right behind my car. It's bad enough that they leave their buggies out hell West and crooked on the parking lots, but to just leave it behind someone else's car? That's just felgercarb.

I personally hope one day to catch some asshat in the process of doing that just so I can politely ask them to remove it from behind my car. If they see the error of their ways, and apologize, and thus remove the obstruction, then fine...although I will ask why they don't simply take it back to the corral if they only move it out of the way.

If they refuse, I will procede to give them a wall to wall (or in this case, bumper to bumper) counseling session on being considerate to your fellow humans. They say concussion is good for the soul. :D

[Martok2112]

Oh...and...

"Won't somebody think of the children?!"

:D

[StarshipTrooper]

In this specific case it is most likely a parent who is at fault. Changing tables are used by parents when changing the diaper of a young one. It is the parent who failed to clean up the mess.

Calli

Hi,

Well said. The baby shouldn't be blamed for the bad manners of the parent.

Regards,

Nathan

[Martok2112]

Hi,

Well said. The baby shouldn't be blamed for the bad manners of the parent.

Regards,

Nathan
Sins of the father, anyone? :D