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Three weeks ago I had an op ro replace a shattered radial head in y elbow and have been confined as unable to drive.
Today I went to the hospital for a check and was told if I felt confident then it was fine, so in need of some essentials took a short drive to
Tesco.
Going up the flat escalator, it suddenly stopped, and I and my friend almost fell over, looked up to see a brat had hit the stop button, which is hidden
away at the side. Obviously not the first time she had done as she knew exactly where it was, mum and grandma totally taking no notice as
child continued to wreak havoc with clothes etc.
I do have some restrictions on what I can do, one is not lifting or putting any weight on that arm so falling on it could have had dire consequences
for the future of that arm, as the surgeon had pointed out to me earlier, if that had happened I would have been less then happy,
I know we've had this conversation before but why do parents just let kids run riot in shops, cafes etc. ?
 
I have never in my life passed one of those buttons without an almost overwhelming desire to press it.
 
ditto again

however we control ourselves (hopefully)

Little brat concerned can't really be blamed if the parents havent brought it up any better - parents on the other hand want a serious talking too
 
Guy living close to us had some little humans over the other night all i can say is thank god they didn't stay very long... and i have kids mine were not little darlings but by god i would have welted their bums had they pulled any stunts..
 
JonathanRyan said:
I have never in my life passed one of those buttons without an almost overwhelming desire to press it.
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Have to admit to that too ;)

But this button was in a small gap between the side of the escalator and the wall, never even knew it was there till the kid pushed.
Bearing in mind that she was on the escalator a few feet in front of me,. went off and straight to the button, it's pretty obvious
that it's not the first time she had done it.
Grandma was in wheel chairs and you can bet your life she would have been the first to complain if she couldn't use the escalator
and had to escorted up in the goods lift
 
They should replace the coloured ball-pit balls with puff-adders and drop the brat in there for an hour. Grrrrrrr.
 
Sadly it's child neglect like this that gives every youngster a bad name.
 
DorsetDude said:
They should replace the coloured ball-pit balls with puff-adders and drop the brat in there for an hour. Grrrrrrr.
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Now you sir, have style :-)
 
While I too suffer from an almost overwhelming need to press big red buttons, I have (so far) always managed to resist the temptation. Knowing just how overwhelming such urges can be is just one of many reasons we decided not to breed (although the most pressing reason was the £150,000 or so it's reckoned it costs to raise one from birth to 18...)
 
I've never had the temptation to press it, because it means I've got to walk up the escalator then...and I'd rather be carried.
I've seen kids do it before though, and mine have always known that something like that would just not be acceptable behaviour so it's never been an issue.
Same with moving things when they were toddlers, we taught them not to stick their fingers everywhere....so when we took them to friends' houses we didn't have to worry about them racing round picking all the ornaments up.
 
I hate little brats. Had a couple in the shop recently, and it's only going to get worse as the year progresses!

I can rather unfortunately remember being a right little sod as a child though especially when out shopping (I hated shopping even then!)
 
:plus1: Marcel
 
I still think supermarkets should have a couple of hours a day when kids aren't permitted. Bliss.
 
viv1969 said:
I still think supermarkets should have a couple of hours a day when kids aren't permitted. Bliss.
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Wrong Ruth, they should only have a couple of hours a day when kids are allowed (y)
 
viv1969 said:
I still think supermarkets should have a couple of hours a day when kids aren't permitted. Bliss.
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You'd think such a time might be the middle of the night. Not Asda at Dagenham it's not, although the parents do try to keep them under control, usually by screaming at them because they are at the other end of the store and mum is yelling at the top of her voice telling them to effin well come back or such like. Certainly a strange breed to be found in Dagenham Asda in the middle of the night.
 
Unfortunately, I think all you haters have the wrong idea...

It's not the children you hate, but the 'Parents' who are responsible for their behaviour..

Bad behaviour, isn't taught. My wife is always having a go at me for telling the kids off in public,
My answer is just that "they need telling", would you prefer the people who you think are scowling at me, scowl at the kids behaviour instead?
 
No bad behaviour isn't taught. But it is tolerated and therefore encouraged.
 
viv1969 said:
No bad behaviour isn't taught. But it is tolerated and therefore encouraged.
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Tolerated and encouraged by the Parents, who should discipline their child. No-one else..

It's not being tolerated here, we're all moaning about it haha.
 
nilagin said:
You'd think such a time might be the middle of the night. Not Asda at Dagenham it's not, .
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b****r! and I was about to suggest midnight to 2 am.
Seems thats not such a good choice after all then :(
 
Kids are fantastic but I couldn't eat a whole one.

How about collars like those used in The Running Man where prisoners who left a certain area the collars exploded?

Seriously children are a reflection of their parents. There are no bad children, just bad parents.

Pity but the children do go on to be bad parents and the self fulfilling prophesy continues.
 
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