Gadget Sunday...For The Crazy Parent Shopping Next To Me
Wow. It's been a whole week since I posted. You'd think I was busy or something but really...I've just been swimming and sunning (yeah, yeah, keep your skin cancer comments to yourself...I'm old, I've read the research) and napping and doing homework. So I haven't been busy...just incredibly lazy. One more week and all that will change.
So in between sunning and swimming and sleeping...I did a little back to school shopping for my kids. Sheesh...all the nuts were out. I am going back to online shopping only. Is it wrong to buy your kids' school supplies online? I think not. So...shopping...nuts...crowds...oh yeah, that brings me to today's gadget. It needs to be prefaced with a story...so I don't go down in flame emails.
Some people should not have kids. Or it they have kids...they should shop online....really. I went to this neat little shop with my daughter (in between the school supply shopping...work with me...). We were looking for bead strands for a friend. It was one of those stores that caters to women who like animal prints and crosses and unusual (think ugly) handbags. It is crowded...no aisles...just a bunch of stuff everywhere you turn. And in the midst of this stuff there is a mom...with a little boy...who is screaming bloody murder. Why is he screaming?? Cause he wants to run rampant through the store. For ten minutes she let him screech...just as my teacher persona was coming out...she put him down. He promptly ran and grabbed the nearest items (bracelets) and slung them across the floor. Mom went to pick him up and he started screeching...like a banshee...and running into displays...so his mom...perfect parent that she is...said, "When you stop acting like that I will pick you up," and then proceeded to IGNORE HIM. He destroyed an entire little section of the store...the poor little teenage worker was horrified but tried so hard to be polite. DQ and I left before I could give that woman a piece of my mind.
That woman clearly needs today's gadget....I may just order it and leave it at the store for her future visits.
So in between sunning and swimming and sleeping...I did a little back to school shopping for my kids. Sheesh...all the nuts were out. I am going back to online shopping only. Is it wrong to buy your kids' school supplies online? I think not. So...shopping...nuts...crowds...oh yeah, that brings me to today's gadget. It needs to be prefaced with a story...so I don't go down in flame emails.
Some people should not have kids. Or it they have kids...they should shop online....really. I went to this neat little shop with my daughter (in between the school supply shopping...work with me...). We were looking for bead strands for a friend. It was one of those stores that caters to women who like animal prints and crosses and unusual (think ugly) handbags. It is crowded...no aisles...just a bunch of stuff everywhere you turn. And in the midst of this stuff there is a mom...with a little boy...who is screaming bloody murder. Why is he screaming?? Cause he wants to run rampant through the store. For ten minutes she let him screech...just as my teacher persona was coming out...she put him down. He promptly ran and grabbed the nearest items (bracelets) and slung them across the floor. Mom went to pick him up and he started screeching...like a banshee...and running into displays...so his mom...perfect parent that she is...said, "When you stop acting like that I will pick you up," and then proceeded to IGNORE HIM. He destroyed an entire little section of the store...the poor little teenage worker was horrified but tried so hard to be polite. DQ and I left before I could give that woman a piece of my mind.
That woman clearly needs today's gadget....I may just order it and leave it at the store for her future visits.
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I'm a wife, a mom, an educator and a normal (okay, relative term here) person who makes frequent mistakes. I have a lot to say, hence the blog. My kids were adopted as babies (one through an agency and one through the foster care system). I love to talk about adoption. My daughter has sensory issues as well as ADHD. I like to vent about parenting. I am occasionally rosy, usually blunt and sometimes I am simply downright rude. Don't read if it offends you. I may sometimes write about my school experiences so let me cover my bases. I don't live in your town, I don't work at your school, I am not talking about your child, you don't know me. If you think you've figured out who I am...ask me, I will lie and say you don't know me. email me at chocolatecoffeesleep@hotmail.com
Gender: Female
Location: United States
About Me
I'm a wife, a mom, an educator and a normal (okay, relative term here) person who makes frequent mistakes. I have a lot to say, hence the blog. My kids were adopted as babies (one through an agency and one through the foster care system). I love to talk about adoption. My daughter has sensory issues as well as ADHD. I like to vent about parenting. I am occasionally rosy, usually blunt and sometimes I am simply downright rude. Don't read if it offends you. I may sometimes write about my school experiences so let me cover my bases. I don't live in your town, I don't work at your school, I am not talking about your child, you don't know me. If you think you've figured out who I am...ask me, I will lie and say you don't know me. email me at chocolatecoffeesleep@hotmail.com
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