WELL YESTERDAY I HAD QUIT AN EXPERIENCE, TELL ME HOW WOULD YOU HAVE HANDELED THIS SITUATION.
WHILE SCHOOL SHOPPING FOR NEW CLOTHES YESTERDAY, MY SON HAD TO GO TO THE DRESSING ROOM TO TRY ON PANTS AND SHORTS FOR SCHOOL. JUST AS WE GOT TO THE DRESSING ROOM ANOTHER LADY SHOWED UP WITH THREE YOUNG CHILDREN, A BABY ABOUT 7 OR 8 MONTHS OLD STRAPPED IN A SHOPPING CART WITH A LOOSELY APPLIED STRAP, A YOUNG GIRL ABOUT 5 OR MAYBE 6 YEARS OLD, AND A BOY ABOUT 9 OR 10 YEARS OLD. SHE TOOK THE OLDER GIRL BY THE HAND AND TOLD THE BOY TO STAY RIGHT THERE WITH THE BABY WHILE SHE TRIED CLOTHES ON THE LITTLE GIRL ( 5 OR 6 YEAR OLD ) . SHE NO SOONER WENT IN THE DRESSING ROOM TILL HE STARTED TRYING TO POP WHEELIES WITH THE CART , JUMPING IT UP AND DOWN FROM TWO WHEELS TO FOUR , THE BABY BEGAN TO CRY AND REACH FOR ME TO PICK HER UP. THERE WAS PROBABLY 6 OR 8 OTHER ADULTS STANDING THERE WATCHING ALL THIS , BUT DOING OR SAYING NOTHING, SO I SAID TO THE BOY IN A LOW , CALM VOICE PLEASE STOP DOING THAT YOU ARE SCAREING HER. HE LOOKED RIGHT AT ME AND SMILED BUT CONTINUED TO DO THE SAME BEHAVIOR. THE BABY WAS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENED, IT WAS OBVIOUS. THEN HE NEARLY FLIPPED THE CART, I LOST IT, I SAID IN A LITTLE LOUDER MORE AGRESSIVE VOICE STOP IT NOW ! HE JUST LOOKED AT ME LIKE HOW DARE YOU, AND IGNORED ME ONCE AGAIN. I SAID LISTEN BOY , YOU ARE BEING VERY MEAN TO YOUR BABY SISTER AND THAT AINT VERY NICE. IF YOU DON'T STOP I WILL GO RIGHT IN THERE AND TELL YOUR MOTHER , NOW HOW WOULD YOU LIKE THAT. HE LOOKED AT ME AND SAID OK I WILL STOP. IN A FEW MINUTES HE BEGAN ARCHING HIS BACK AND RUBBING HIS PRIVATE AREA AGAINST THE BABIES BARE FEET. I WAS REPULSED BUT SAID NOTHING , I JUST KEPT MY EYE ON HIM, THEN HE STARTED GRABBING THE BABY BY THE COLLAR BONE LIKE TO TICKLE , BUT EXREMELY HARD. I SAID HEY YOUR BEING MEAN AGAIN, SHE DON'T LIKE THAT. SHE WAS ONCE AGAIN CRYING AND TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM HIM, STRAPPED IN THE CART AT HIS MERCY. SO HE STOPPED THAT AND BEGAN BLOWING HARD IN HER FACE, TAKING HER BREATH FOR A SECOND OR TWO , HE DID THIS REPEATEDLY, I WAS JUST WAITING FOR THE MOM TO COME OUT . .......................... THEN THE MOMENT ARRIVED, SHE APPEARED WITH THE OLDER GIRL. , SHE GOT A PAIR OF PANTS OUT OF HER CART AND TOLD THE BOY TO GO TRY THEM ON. I COULD NOT HOLD MY TONGUE ANY LONGER, I SAID EXCUSE ME , I JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU THAT YOUR SON WAS BEING EXTREMEMLY MEAN TO YOUR BABY AND WOULD NOT LISTEN TO ME WHEN I ASK HIM NICELY NUMEROUS TIMES TO STOP IT, I WOULD ADVISE YOU NOT TO LEAVE HIM IN CHARGE OF WATCHING HER ALONE ANYMORE, ITS OBVIOUS TO ME AND EVERYONE ELSE HERE THAT HE HAS A MEAN STRECK. I SAID YOUR BABY WAS CRYING AND REACHING FOR ME , A COMPLETE STRANGER, I ASK HIM SEVERAL TIMES TO BE NICE TO HIS SISTER , I TOLD HIM HE WAS SCAREING HER BUT HE KEPT UP THE SAME BEHAVIOR. I SAID YOUR LUCKY YOUR BABY NEVER GOT HURT , HE NEARLY UPSET THE CART WITH HER IN IT. ................... ABOUT THAT TIME THE BOY CAME FROM THE DRESSING ROOM, SHE GRABBED HIM BY THE SHOULDERS AND SHOOKE THE SHIT OUT OF HIM.THEN SHE TOLD HIM YOU WAIT TILL I GET YOU HOME, YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU CAN BE SO MEAN TO YOUR SISTER AND ME NOT FIND OUT ABOUT IT. AFTER LEAVEING THE STORE AND COOLING OFF MY TEMPER A LITTLE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF WHY WAS THIS CHILD BEHAVEING LIKE THIS ? WAS SOMEONE MEAN TO HIM TOO? I HOPE HE DON'T GET HURT LATER AT HOME BECAUSE I TOLD ON HIM. ................. SO NOW I FEEL A BIT GUILTY , GIRLS PLEASE TELL ME WAS I OUT OF LINE , OR DID I DO THE RIGHT THING?
Tags: baby, young boy, dressing room, shopping, meaness, tatteling, shopping cart
the little shit deserved a kick up the coyt girl lmao what has happened imn that home for him to be rubbinghimself up against a 8 mth old ?????thats what worries me the most and for him to repeatedly try and rock the cart rightoff its wheels well if he was my son for starters he would never be left in charge with such a small child and if he was then he would know better as i wouldnt stand for that shit and he would so know aboutit when we got home lol you did great babe dont feel bad at all you did something to help that baby those other people that just stood there wel i hope they have all the guilt now because they should have een more like you and stood up instead of run the other way
you go girl
I would have done the same thing. You did the right thing in trying to get him to behave correctly and in letting the mother know. However, I wouldn't necessarily attribute his rubbing of his crotch or his bad behavior on something that is going on at home. Hailey- my 4 year old, has an extreme fascination with her crotch and I fight with her constantly to stop touching it, at least when she's in front of people- if you get me here. It's hard for parents to know what to do in situations like this, both the ones being told their child was bad and the parent who observed the whole thing. How would you feel if you were the mother being told these things? How would you react towards your child? I am sure she did what she did because she didn't want you or anyone else to think that she wasn't going to resolve the issue with her child.
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Dont feel bad......
That baby needed a voice and you were it.
Wendypooh66 Jul. 28, 2007 at 3:07 PM