Heartfelt Request
To the parents of young children - please, please, please don't take your kids out shopping after their bedtimes!
The kids will be tired and cranky and will end up crying, screaming or throwing a fit and you'll be tired and cranky and possibly crying, screaming or throwing a fit. However, it's your choice to put yourself in that situation.
I, on other hand, didn't get to choose to be in the store at the same time as you and your offspring. I mean, really, I should be able to have scream-free shopping after 9 PM.
OK, sure there are times when you have to run to the store with your kid. Maybe someone's sick and you need to pick up some meds or there's nothing in the house for breakfast.
But, honestly, did the woman with her 4 and 6 year old kids need to be at Barnes and Noble at 9:30 at night? What, was there some sort of book emergency!?!?
And, how about the parents with the literally screaming 2 year old buying their weekly groceries at WalMart at 11 PM? Hey, here's an idea. Why doesn't one of you stay home so Junior can be happily tucked into his own bed instead of letting his piercing cries carry throughout the store?
Jeesh. Color me cranky on this one.
The kids will be tired and cranky and will end up crying, screaming or throwing a fit and you'll be tired and cranky and possibly crying, screaming or throwing a fit. However, it's your choice to put yourself in that situation.
I, on other hand, didn't get to choose to be in the store at the same time as you and your offspring. I mean, really, I should be able to have scream-free shopping after 9 PM.
OK, sure there are times when you have to run to the store with your kid. Maybe someone's sick and you need to pick up some meds or there's nothing in the house for breakfast.
But, honestly, did the woman with her 4 and 6 year old kids need to be at Barnes and Noble at 9:30 at night? What, was there some sort of book emergency!?!?
And, how about the parents with the literally screaming 2 year old buying their weekly groceries at WalMart at 11 PM? Hey, here's an idea. Why doesn't one of you stay home so Junior can be happily tucked into his own bed instead of letting his piercing cries carry throughout the store?
Jeesh. Color me cranky on this one.
