Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Peoples' (Bad, Loud, Cryin' Ass) Kids II

Ok, I know I've been over this one before, but after much delay, I felt I had to touch on it one more time: peoples' bad, loud, spoiled-ass kids! So last Saturday morning, I was out and about, trying to pay bills and still trying to land that oh-so-elusive job and thusly, a road back to independence, when I went to the bank and there was this long-ass line...and it was close to closing time. I had to get this money in the bank, so needless to say, I was gonna wait in that line! Anyway, there was this guy in the line with his son. This kid would not shut the hell up about "Why do we have to wait so long", and "I wanna go to the car, NOW daddy!", you know, the usual kid stuff. Oh, and the boy's father (maybe he was, maybe he wasn't) did absolutely nothing but say, "we'll be going soon, son", and as I tried to fill out my account ticket, I felt little flashes of rage surge through my body every few seconds every time the kid repeated his demand. Let me cover these 2 in order if I may...

Firstly, why we have to wait so long. Ok, shut up, kid. Seriously. Do you think that saying "I wanna go home, daddy" over and over again will make it happen faster? The tellers up front can only handle one person's account need at any given time, so they don't mess it up somehow. The only thing that's happening here is everyone within earshot is becoming more and more annoyed by your "non shut-the-hell-uppness" (yeah, I just made it up; don't steal it!) every time it's said, but I'm sure he wouldn't understand all this, but whatever... For people not in the know, 10-15 mins. in adult time is like 12-13 years in kid time, and any parent that tries to make their kids wait for anything already knows this.

Exhibit A:



Yeah, he kinda looked like this...

Secondly, the whole thing about this kid wanting to go home...NOW! Ok, WTF?! Are you serious?! Who the hell is this kid to be making demands of anyone that they do what he wants right now?! I'll slap the dumbass off you if you ever come at me like that!! Demanding that we get out of line and that I forget putting my paycheck in the bank so I can pay bills and keep that pile of broken up toys in the corner in your room apparently is unimportant to you, so long as you can go back home and annoy the hell out of me there! I sure hope his parents put his ass on some Ritalin or some shit to calm his blockheaded ass down! Really folks, do I need to say any more about this??? It's ok, I'm calm again...really...seriously...

I'm going to personally make a call to arms to all parents that you better start learning to control your kids asap, or in 20 years, you'll be bailing your kids out of jail, or under a Republican government, watching them get lethal injection.

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