MAC_Pixie04
Well-known member
I don't dislike bad children....
I dislike bad parents!!!!
Today at work, I had an epiphany. A young couple came into the store today with two small girls. I'd guess the younger was no older than 3, the elder no older than 5. Well, rather than monitor these children and make sure they were within eyesight while they shopped (or shoplifted, we're still not sure, but damn were they sketchy) they simply ditched their children in front of our Stila section, where the majority of us were working or with clients, cleaning or whathaveyou, instructed them to stay put and not touch anything, and then walk all around the store, periodically shouting "Girls...Are you still there? Don't touch anything =D..." Essentially, they turned us into involuntary babysitters without telling us, because of course, they assume we're going to make sure they don't walk out of the store or get taken or whatever. And we're gonna make sure they don't fuck with our products.
Well, of course they were touching things. They're toddlers. That's what they do, they see bright fun colors, so they touch everything. "Oh this looks like mommy's, let me put it on my lips like mommy does!" 3-year-olds don't know what to do with eyeshadow, they see mommy do it! It's a learned behavior, duh (yes, I knew this already, I have nieces). So, it's not the presence of children doing undesirable things that gets to me...it's the dumbshit mother who drops them off in front of me and expects them to behave. I swear, this couple was in the store for at least 20 minutes and they weren't anywhere NEAR their kids. Just dumped them at Stila and went all over the store...and my store isn't a small store, and with the standing gondolas and gift fixtures everywhere, it would have been impossible to see these little girls where they were if they weren't in the same corner of the store that they dumped them in.
Honestly, what the fuck is that? What parent in their right mind leaves two children under 5 practically alone in a large, crowded store? And in a section right in front of the door where they could easily walk out or be grabbed? How did she know I wasn't some heinous bitch who wouldn't give two shits what happened to her children? I'm legally not responsible if anything happens to them. I can't be punished if they walk out of the store and get lost and I don't stop them; chastised, sure, but prosecuted? Yeah right.
Here's a thought: shop online or get a sitter. Don't just drop your kid off in front of me and assume I'll watch them for you, because I have a job to do. Or if you are going to shop in the store, make sure you can see your child. Keep her at your side for safety's sake, and for the sake of the employees and the products around you. We merchandise our products with little glass marbles, what 3 year old isn't gonna put that in her mouth? Sorry, I'm not comfortable performing the Heimlich on such small bodies, and my CPR license expired in 2006.
For the record, I happen to ADORE children. Can't wait to have a few rugrats of my own someday, and I'll be damned if I become one of those mothers who takes their kid everywhere and inconveniences people by letting them misbehave without discipline or by just ditching them somewhere and assuming they're being watched by the people around. That's not parenting, that's pseudo abandonment.
So to those of you mothers who do that...please stop. It's just wrong. And for those of you who are aware of how wrong it is and try your hardest not to follow in this unnecessary, rude behavior...myself and other employees at the mall, bank, doctor's office, grocery store, or wherever it is that you go...we appreciate your attentive parenting!
I dislike bad parents!!!!
Today at work, I had an epiphany. A young couple came into the store today with two small girls. I'd guess the younger was no older than 3, the elder no older than 5. Well, rather than monitor these children and make sure they were within eyesight while they shopped (or shoplifted, we're still not sure, but damn were they sketchy) they simply ditched their children in front of our Stila section, where the majority of us were working or with clients, cleaning or whathaveyou, instructed them to stay put and not touch anything, and then walk all around the store, periodically shouting "Girls...Are you still there? Don't touch anything =D..." Essentially, they turned us into involuntary babysitters without telling us, because of course, they assume we're going to make sure they don't walk out of the store or get taken or whatever. And we're gonna make sure they don't fuck with our products.
Well, of course they were touching things. They're toddlers. That's what they do, they see bright fun colors, so they touch everything. "Oh this looks like mommy's, let me put it on my lips like mommy does!" 3-year-olds don't know what to do with eyeshadow, they see mommy do it! It's a learned behavior, duh (yes, I knew this already, I have nieces). So, it's not the presence of children doing undesirable things that gets to me...it's the dumbshit mother who drops them off in front of me and expects them to behave. I swear, this couple was in the store for at least 20 minutes and they weren't anywhere NEAR their kids. Just dumped them at Stila and went all over the store...and my store isn't a small store, and with the standing gondolas and gift fixtures everywhere, it would have been impossible to see these little girls where they were if they weren't in the same corner of the store that they dumped them in.
Honestly, what the fuck is that? What parent in their right mind leaves two children under 5 practically alone in a large, crowded store? And in a section right in front of the door where they could easily walk out or be grabbed? How did she know I wasn't some heinous bitch who wouldn't give two shits what happened to her children? I'm legally not responsible if anything happens to them. I can't be punished if they walk out of the store and get lost and I don't stop them; chastised, sure, but prosecuted? Yeah right.
Here's a thought: shop online or get a sitter. Don't just drop your kid off in front of me and assume I'll watch them for you, because I have a job to do. Or if you are going to shop in the store, make sure you can see your child. Keep her at your side for safety's sake, and for the sake of the employees and the products around you. We merchandise our products with little glass marbles, what 3 year old isn't gonna put that in her mouth? Sorry, I'm not comfortable performing the Heimlich on such small bodies, and my CPR license expired in 2006.
For the record, I happen to ADORE children. Can't wait to have a few rugrats of my own someday, and I'll be damned if I become one of those mothers who takes their kid everywhere and inconveniences people by letting them misbehave without discipline or by just ditching them somewhere and assuming they're being watched by the people around. That's not parenting, that's pseudo abandonment.
So to those of you mothers who do that...please stop. It's just wrong. And for those of you who are aware of how wrong it is and try your hardest not to follow in this unnecessary, rude behavior...myself and other employees at the mall, bank, doctor's office, grocery store, or wherever it is that you go...we appreciate your attentive parenting!
