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"Some way to treat a little kid..."

Now shame on me for judging, because I know NOTHING about parenting. But surely people should know better than this:


I've been working at MacDonalds over Christmas holidays.

The other day, I was working in the dining area, cleaning up after the messiest mofo's on the planet (I mean, you sometimes wonder if they actually EAT anything...) and wiped a table that some kids were sitting on.
One of the girls (aged between about 5-7 I'd guess) started trying to help me by wiping it with her hands.

Her mum went mental.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!? ARE YOU STUPID OR SOMETHING?!? THAT'S AN EIGHTY FIVE POUND COAT!!!"


I was thinking, are you stupid or something?
First off, spending £85 on a coat? I know I wouldn't.
Secondly, how's a kid supposed to appreciate something like that. I mean I won't go as far to say that they wouldn't care what sort of coat they were wearing, because if it was really tatty then they wouldn't like it. But £85?
Lastly, it's cruel. Loading them with a responsibility? Stopping them from having fun and being themselves. For a coat that they probably didn't even choose to have and doesn't really mean that much to them anyway?


Now shame on me for judging, because I'm not a parent but...

:-S!

heh

Ahem. :-S


:-)

Strafio wrote:
> I've been working at MacDonalds

You're working there but you can't spell it.

cookie monster wrote:
> The Hibernator wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> gerbil man wrote:
> £85 isn't that much for a coat.
>
> Yep, if that coat lasts for 3 years then you will get 1096 days of
> use. This roughly works out to 0.08p per day, which is pretty much
> nothing.
>
> WOW! You should have your own talk show...
>
> It was basic arithmatic, lets not get carried away.

Come on - you know you want one!

And back to the subject of the way people treat kids:

My auntie Julie let's her daughter Rebekkah get away with whatever she wants. I've confronted her about this before and she insists that there isn't a problem. Last time I saw her was at a funeral. She said to me "Glad to see your not joined to your best friend's hip anymore". Cheeky cow - as if I'd bring him to a funeral!

While we are on the subject of Tesco's i got 2 bottles of Dr Pepper for 78p each.

Bargaintastic.

Ah, the joys of a happy ending.

The Hibernator wrote:
> cookie monster wrote:
> gerbil man wrote:
> £85 isn't that much for a coat.
>
> Yep, if that coat lasts for 3 years then you will get 1096 days of
> use. This roughly works out to 0.08p per day, which is pretty much
> nothing.
>
> WOW! You should have your own talk show...

It was basic arithmatic, lets not get carried away.

Was in Tesco couple weeks ago.
Heard a little kid crying and then a woman screaming at the top of her lungs, "You effing cow!" etcetc.
Being me, I went to their isle to be nosy and saw an old lady - in her 50s/60s shaking this little boy and slapping him round the face!

I thought she must've been his mother, but she was a complete stranger!

Friend I was with asked the grandma, of the boy, what had happened and she'd said that the little boy had accidentely stepped on the old hag's foot and she mouthed at the boy, whose mother mouthed at the hag.. which resulted in the old hag hitting the mother, and the boy.

Crazy world.

She was pretty violent for an old lady. She looked all fragile on the outside, ready to break like a vase. I think I'm right when I say that old women with really long, white hair, are evil.
You could tell she was old-fashioned anyways, but no way do you hit other peoples' kids.
A least the little boy got a free selection box and Coke. :)

cookie monster wrote:
> gerbil man wrote:
> £85 isn't that much for a coat.
>
> Yep, if that coat lasts for 3 years then you will get 1096 days of
> use. This roughly works out to 0.08p per day, which is pretty much
> nothing.

WOW! You should have your own talk show...