Ok seriously. (Germophobic rant)

[hyperRealGurl]

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Originally Posted by shimmer People, when you go to the MAC store, keep your freaking kids out of the emmereffing makeup. I am so skeeved out every freaking time I go into the store and I see four or five little girls PLAYING IN THE MAKEUP WITH THEIR FINGERS and rubbing it all over their faces and just all around playing. Got shadow on your fingers? No problem. *lick* *wipe* *stick fingers in new shadow* And to make it worse the little brats are crowding the shadows . I don't mind getting out of legitimate customers' way while I'm browsing, but when little fucking kids are trampling me while their mama is over in the foundations it fucking pisses me OFF. I've GOT four kids. I am taking pains to raise my kids so that by golly when I take them in public they behave like normal fucking human beings instead of hyped up monkeys on crack in unfamiliar territory. WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO RAISING YOUR KIDS TO BEHAVE LIKE LADIES AND GENTLEMEN??? I don't want your kids' nasty funk on my person, I don't want to "Oh honey just try it out and see if you like it" at the MAs advice (while she's busy with someone else) after seeing your little snotnosed brat sticking her grubby assed dogpetters in the freaking pigments/shadows/blushes/lipglasses/ccbs/whateverthefuckthey'retouchingnow. THANKS anyway. My daughter was with me tonight and she saw the little girls playing in the makeup and at NINE YEARS OF AGE she was positively SCANDALIZED that those girls' mothers were ALLOWING that behaviour. My daughter, as I was waiting to tell the MA what I wanted, asked me if I really intended to try ANY of the makeup those girls were touching. No. Honey, I do not!! Just. ARGH!!!

HMMMMMMMMMM! i sense some anger????? lol jp a"tell it like it tiz sista i feelz ya" yea but i do understand what ur saying would piss me off too, same reason i dont try anything out at MAC.. Kinda funny about Grems and what not.

 

[Shimmer]

it's as much about manners as germs for me.

 

[libra14]

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Originally Posted by shimmer it's as much about manners as germs for me.

I had to come back to read this thread. I totally agree with your comment. It is about manners. And they seem to be getting worse.

Moonrevel--she slapped you! I know it was hard not to go off on the mother. I had a little boy in my station once that told me I was a stupid, mean, fat lady and he hated me. All I could do was smile and walk away. Guess what the mother said? "oh miss, are you going to take our order?" I didn't. I had to get another server. The mom didn't even acknowledge her little one talking to me like that and the kid was about 5ish. Old enough to be corrected.

I understand that kids will be kids and all of that. What I don't understand is how parents can let kids raise themselves.

 

[MAC_Whore]

First, to quote Juneplum: Amen sistah shimma!

Second, about testers: I can tell you some skeevy stories from when I worked at MAC. From a kid running both snotty, dirty hands up and down the lipsticks then running across the hall to wipe them off on clothing merchandise, or a lady I was helping who had like 2-inch nail tips which she used to pick a huge hunk of food out of her teeth and then touched a lipstick (yes, i threw the lipstick away), or the kid who threw up

on the lipsticks (oh yeah, you read that right), or the appartently homeless man who walked up and sampled the tinted lip conditioners in the pot, or the countless people who jam their thumbs in the shadows and wipe it on their greasy lids.

About behaviour: When I was a kid, I knew what was right and what was wrong. Why? Because my parents gave a shit and took the time to teach me. They never yelled or laid a hand on me (with the exception of the occasional spanking-yeah, even the good kids have to push the limits occasionally

). I look at some of the ways that kids act today and I imagine what my parents would have done if I pulled that shit. Yikes. I am scared for our future. A lot of kids today have no manners or idea of what is decent behaviour.

I have stopped tolerating a lot of poor behaviour from kids (and adults). Maybe it is my age (35). I guess I have had enough time on this earth to finally get fed up with it.

I will say something to the mother or the kid. I do it in a calm, rational manner. A lot of times people are so surprised that I said something that they rein in their grubby little kids. Some get bitchy, then I just walk away. Whatever. I can only hope that I planted a seed of thought in their heads.

Kind of on the same note, but kind of off topic: If you really want a laugh, start saying something to every guy that stares at your boobs (a bad behaviour that is a huge pet peeve of mine). Seriously, I'll just say, "Can you not do that". It catches them so off guard. It is pretty hilarious. I guess that topic is more about adult bad behaviour, but it's no less annoying.

 

[litlaur]

you know how a lot of people carry dogs as accessories now (a la Miss Hilton)?

Apparently, that's ok at the mall near me. I was looking at e/s, when I bump into something furry. I look over, and there's a man holding his Shih Tzu OVER the display.

Don't get me wrong, I love dogs, but who needs hair and dander in their makeup?!

 

[MxAxC-_ATTACK]

I cant agree more with everything that has been said here! I cant stand it when your minding your own business and little kids come running around the corner while your browsing thru the tshirts at target , run into the clothing rack then think its ok to hide behind you while touching your legs as their sibling is trying to tag them. the mother is 2 racks away not giving a crap... If i EVER EVER EVER did anything remotely similar to that as a child.. O man. i would be done for.
Little kids at resturaunts.... who stand on the booth next to yours..end up pulling your hair or breathing on you.. when i was little. I sat quitely in the booth and was DEFINITLY not allowed to put my feet on the seat OR climb under the table.. whats wrong with parents these days?I know parents are generally getting younger. but i dont think its any excuse for bad parenting. Parents should be in charge of the child. not the other way around. I cant stand seeing my friends son scream at her, and she does nothing. i wouldnt allow that in my home.

 

[Shimmer]

LET my kids run into a stranger in a store, or be rude like that.
I'll drop everything I have and remedy THAT situation immediately.

 

[Juneplum]

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Originally Posted by shimmer LET my kids run into a stranger in a store, or be rude like that. I'll drop everything I have and remedy THAT situation immediately.

ah ahah ah ha ha!!

 

[Shimmer]

It happened in the mall yesterday.
My exhusband came home on leave and took them shopping, so they went batshit crazy. He called me because they were being such turds, and I went up there and handled it. Braden (my youngest) was acting a fool, and I took him to the bathroom and informed him that if he didn't return to his normal mode of behaviour, he would go home with me and he wouldn't get to shop and play with his dad.
(And, yes, I do speak to all of my children in big words. It drives the other tball parents mad)
Braden straightened up immediately, kept his hands to himself, and remained by my side for the duration of the shopping expedition.

 

[Parishoon]

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Originally Posted by shimmer It happened in the mall yesterday. My exhusband came home on leave and took them shopping, so they went batshit crazy. He called me because they were being such turds, and I went up there and handled it. Braden (my youngest) was acting a fool, and I took him to the bathroom and informed him that if he didn't return to his normal mode of behaviour, he would go home with me and he wouldn't get to shop and play with his dad. (And, yes, I do speak to all of my children in big words. It drives the other tball parents mad) Braden straightened up immediately, kept his hands to himself, and remained by my side for the duration of the shopping expedition.

THANK GOD! I get so annoyed by parents who speak to their kids in baby words/voices. I feel like they don't *get* that no one else will talk like that to them...personal pet peeve. I like your style Shimmer, if/when I have kids, I may come to you for advice

 

[Shimmer]

lol I detest speaking to a child during a game or whatnot & having said child look at me and say "I don't know what that means".

My kids literally, if they say they need to go to the bathroom, when asked number 1 or 2, will say urinate, micturate, and defecate. Other parents think I'm weird, but I don't care.

 

[IslandGirl77]

I talked to my kids normally too! And if my son tries to talk baby talk to me, I tell him he's not a baby and he needs to speak normally. That is not cute. Especially when I know he can speak normally. People just need to get their kids in check. Don't let your kids run you, you run them!