TheOtherVillainess
Luminous beings we are, not this crude matter.....
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On Friday night my mother calls, demanding to know WHY exactly haven't we taken The Bug to the mall to see Ye Olde Santa Impersonator (YOSI) yet. I told her we'd not had the chance and we would definately TRY soon. Though I know that when we actually DO go see YOSI, it'll probably end in tears all round. Not something I'm looking foward to.
We went to the mall today and walked up to where YOSI is holding the annual Court of I Really Want That PLEASE and the line is a mile long. We ask a scantily clad girl Elf Creature (EC) how long the wait is. She informs us (in a very perky manner which makes me want to puke candy canes)that it'll be more than an hour. YOSI's court had JUST opened fifteen minutes prior and it was already an hour long. We weren't willing to wait that long. Brandon was all like 'Screw it!" and I hung back to ask the EC if there was a time when it would be less crowded. She informed me (bouncing almost, it was sick how merry she appeared to be) that if we came mid-week (say..Weds) in the mid-late afternoon time frame it would be tons less busy as most people are working and not out shopping. I convinced Brandon to come back on Weds for the photo since I know my mother will hound us daily until it gets done. >.<
We shopped for a few hours and we started to get hungry, so we head over to the Byte Syte Food Court (which is sort of an oxymoron tbh. There USED to be a block of public computers hooked up to the 'net on one end of the food court,from which the name Byte Syte was drawn.However, about a year or so after they were installed, mall mgmt decided to remove them in favor or more tables. Why? It's less expensive to repair tables than computers that were constantly getting trashed from people mashing the keyboards too hard with overly large, greasy fingers. Spilled drinks on/in computer bits, as well as the screens being left on porn sites also contributed to the computers going bye bye). Brandon gets a Double Mushroom Swiss OMG Do You Even REALIZE How Many Calories Are In That Monster Burger, I get a single patty with mustard, fries and a drink and Bugs gets a grilled cheese. He had mostly finished his sandwich and was looking sleepy, so I give him his pacifier and he sucks away contendtly.
It is at this point that Brandon gets up to go to the bathroom and I'm left to sort of clean up our mess. A woman passing by with her own tray o' greasy goodness notices Bugs has his paci and is on the verge of falling asleep.
M=Deck the halls with parts of Charlie! Fa la la la la la! Pieces of his head and body...fa la la la la la!
AW=Annoying woman
AW: Excuse me!
M* thinking our stroller is in her way,so I pull it back a bit so she can pass* I'm sorry...
AW: How old is your baby?
M: Um..almost 2, why?
AW: Then he's TOO old to have a pacifier in his mouth like a plug. You should be ashamed of yourself!
M: Uh..buh..I..*jaw hits the floor*
AW: You are a horrible parent. Those things malform their teeth. My *something's* a dentist! I should know. You're going to have to pay throug the NOSE for orodontia later,dearie. He'll probably have buckteeth otherwise. *horrible laugh*
M: Buh..I..*I still dont' know what to say. I was floored*
AW: Hmmph! *as if she is SO right >.<*
M: Ma'am....it's really none of your ******* business whether or not my son has a paci in his mouth or not. So I'd appreciate it if you went the *bleep*
away.
AW: *eyes bug out*
M: Thank you! Merry Christmas!
AW: *scurries away*
I couldn't believe the gall of this person. She had no right to approach me like that, I thought. It really is none of her darn business how I raise my child (unless she sees me doing something that would be illegal, like beating him senseless or whatever). I guess she felt that because she was in a public place, it was ok to come up to me and say that. I have not and would not ever do such a thing to somebody else.
I have never yelled at parents who are too lazy to use their own strollers and instead gank carts (marked in store use only do not remove)from the dept stores instead.
I have never yelled at a parent who has forced two or three kids to sit in a stroller designed for one.
I didn't even yell at the mom I saw last Christmas who had filled the stroller seat up with shopping bags and had her baby (who was probably 3-4 mos old)laying face down on the tray bit next to the handle (where your cups, keys,etc would normally go). I was appalled, but I figured as long as the baby didn't fall off, it was none of my business.
I have never yelled at a parent who 'forced' their 5,6 or even 7/8 year old to use a sippy cup.
So why did I get picked on today?
TOV
We went to the mall today and walked up to where YOSI is holding the annual Court of I Really Want That PLEASE and the line is a mile long. We ask a scantily clad girl Elf Creature (EC) how long the wait is. She informs us (in a very perky manner which makes me want to puke candy canes)that it'll be more than an hour. YOSI's court had JUST opened fifteen minutes prior and it was already an hour long. We weren't willing to wait that long. Brandon was all like 'Screw it!" and I hung back to ask the EC if there was a time when it would be less crowded. She informed me (bouncing almost, it was sick how merry she appeared to be) that if we came mid-week (say..Weds) in the mid-late afternoon time frame it would be tons less busy as most people are working and not out shopping. I convinced Brandon to come back on Weds for the photo since I know my mother will hound us daily until it gets done. >.<
We shopped for a few hours and we started to get hungry, so we head over to the Byte Syte Food Court (which is sort of an oxymoron tbh. There USED to be a block of public computers hooked up to the 'net on one end of the food court,from which the name Byte Syte was drawn.However, about a year or so after they were installed, mall mgmt decided to remove them in favor or more tables. Why? It's less expensive to repair tables than computers that were constantly getting trashed from people mashing the keyboards too hard with overly large, greasy fingers. Spilled drinks on/in computer bits, as well as the screens being left on porn sites also contributed to the computers going bye bye). Brandon gets a Double Mushroom Swiss OMG Do You Even REALIZE How Many Calories Are In That Monster Burger, I get a single patty with mustard, fries and a drink and Bugs gets a grilled cheese. He had mostly finished his sandwich and was looking sleepy, so I give him his pacifier and he sucks away contendtly.
It is at this point that Brandon gets up to go to the bathroom and I'm left to sort of clean up our mess. A woman passing by with her own tray o' greasy goodness notices Bugs has his paci and is on the verge of falling asleep.
M=Deck the halls with parts of Charlie! Fa la la la la la! Pieces of his head and body...fa la la la la la!
AW=Annoying woman
AW: Excuse me!
M* thinking our stroller is in her way,so I pull it back a bit so she can pass* I'm sorry...
AW: How old is your baby?
M: Um..almost 2, why?
AW: Then he's TOO old to have a pacifier in his mouth like a plug. You should be ashamed of yourself!
M: Uh..buh..I..*jaw hits the floor*
AW: You are a horrible parent. Those things malform their teeth. My *something's* a dentist! I should know. You're going to have to pay throug the NOSE for orodontia later,dearie. He'll probably have buckteeth otherwise. *horrible laugh*
M: Buh..I..*I still dont' know what to say. I was floored*
AW: Hmmph! *as if she is SO right >.<*
M: Ma'am....it's really none of your ******* business whether or not my son has a paci in his mouth or not. So I'd appreciate it if you went the *bleep*
away.
AW: *eyes bug out*
M: Thank you! Merry Christmas!
AW: *scurries away*
I couldn't believe the gall of this person. She had no right to approach me like that, I thought. It really is none of her darn business how I raise my child (unless she sees me doing something that would be illegal, like beating him senseless or whatever). I guess she felt that because she was in a public place, it was ok to come up to me and say that. I have not and would not ever do such a thing to somebody else.
I have never yelled at parents who are too lazy to use their own strollers and instead gank carts (marked in store use only do not remove)from the dept stores instead.
I have never yelled at a parent who has forced two or three kids to sit in a stroller designed for one.
I didn't even yell at the mom I saw last Christmas who had filled the stroller seat up with shopping bags and had her baby (who was probably 3-4 mos old)laying face down on the tray bit next to the handle (where your cups, keys,etc would normally go). I was appalled, but I figured as long as the baby didn't fall off, it was none of my business.
I have never yelled at a parent who 'forced' their 5,6 or even 7/8 year old to use a sippy cup.
So why did I get picked on today?
TOV
I have one child with ADD and one with autism and believe me, I have heard it all.
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