Overheard at Target
So I'm at the local Target this afternoon, buying a few things to help me clean up and unclutter the house this long holiday weekend.
The store is packed with shoppers on Black Saturday. Lots of grumpy kids with grumpy parents, wore out from Thanksgiving, a house full of relatives, and too much Christmas shopping.
So I'm pushing my cart along and I see a little boy, probably two or three in the kiddie seat of a cart parked in the pet food aisle, in the early throes of a tantrum. Mom comes along and tries to calm him down, to which he shouts, "I'm not f*cking stupid!"
I doubt he heard that on Sesame Street from Bert and Ernie.
A few minutes later, I'm near the books and video department. A small, unseen voice yells, "I want Wall-E!"
To which the unseen mom replies, "You know what you did and why you're not getting it!"
Unfortunately, the child's infraction remains a mystery as I tool along to the checkout lane and the blessed relief that leaving this Seventh Circle of Hell can only bring.
Merry Freakin' Christmas!
Todd Epp
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There is a time and a place to take kids shopping and when you know the stores are going to be extremely crowded isn't it. When my girls were little they knew who was boss, partly because I was strict without a lot of spankings, but also because their Dad was a cop and a former Marine. When he was home the house was ran like a boot camp. I used to go shopping at walMart really late at night, like about midnight, and I was appalled at the couples that were there, along with their crying, crabby, tired kids. I alwas thought one parent could have stayed home with the kids.
Tell you what, the language of the child is wrong and the parents should at least try to hold their language when the kid is around!!! Of course I am assuming it is coming from the parents!
Epp, did you have to pick your jaw up off the floor?
J
I didn't know whether to laugh or to cry when I heard the f-bomb. It was both funny and highly disturbing. Obviously, the young man had been called that before by his own parents, which is really disturbing. On the other hand, to just hear that out of the blue from a toddler was pretty funny.
The other youngster I think was just spoiled, like most of our kids.
Epp
Anon:
I think some folks view a trip to Walmart as a sort of family outing, akin to going to a movie. God knows the people watching is interesting!
Epp
nice story!