CrochetArtist
06-27-2008, 03:20 PM
Sorry it's so long... This week I had to renew my drivers lic. There was a 2 hour wait at the DOL. When I arrived, they were serving #511. I was #577.
The wait wouldn't have been too bad (I always bring a book or some crochet project with me when I know I'm going to be in a waiting room) except for the kids...
First MOO comes in with two kids, a 10 year old and a toadler. The 10 year old had an electronic game, so he was pretty quiet and sat still most of the time. But MOO let the toadler waddle around the waiting area screeching and banging on the chairs, walls, windows, etc. while she sat there working on her company issue laptop. (It had a sticker on the front that said "property of Such & Such company").
When the little brat finally got bored of banging around - and MOO had received several dirty looks, she finally put the kid on her lap and let the kid play with the COMPANY laptop. The kid pounded on the keyboard with her sticky fingers, slobbered and drooled, smeared the screen... I wonder if MOO's boss knows she's letting Bratleigh play with the company laptop?
Enter child #3. Another MOO came in with a second toadler and of course the MOO's decided they ought to be friends, so they immediately put the two kids together and gave them a STACK of those information forms your supposed to fill out when you get to the DOL and a PERMANENT marker. The kids proceeded to scribble over ALL the forms, wasting them - and then scribble on the chairs, floor, walls, their clothes, etc...
Of course, they were so proud of themselves that they had to show off their artwork and ran around the waiting room screaming and giggling, showing everyone their scribbled up papers. Most people praised them saying "Oh, that's wonderful, you draw so pretty... " "Aren't they cute?" "how old is she?" and that sort of disgusting child-worship thing.
When they got to me, I turned away scornfully and ignored them. The MOO's were annoyed that I hadn't praised their wonderful, talented children - but one of them at least figured out that it wasn't really my job to pay attention to her kid, so she mumbled to the kid "Honey, don't bother people".
Finally one of the employees had to stop helping people and come out from behind the counter to tell the MOO's they needed to obey the posted signs which said "Parents please do not allow your children to wander the lobby unattended". Of course the MOO's were offended at having been scolded, and they claimed the children were not unattended because both MOO's were right there (although not paying attention).
How clueless do you have to be? First, why couldn't they get babysitters for these brats? You'd think they'd know that there's ALWAYS going to be a long wait at the DOL. And why do these damn parents just expect that everyone else in the waiting area loves to watch their damn kids?
The wait wouldn't have been too bad (I always bring a book or some crochet project with me when I know I'm going to be in a waiting room) except for the kids...
First MOO comes in with two kids, a 10 year old and a toadler. The 10 year old had an electronic game, so he was pretty quiet and sat still most of the time. But MOO let the toadler waddle around the waiting area screeching and banging on the chairs, walls, windows, etc. while she sat there working on her company issue laptop. (It had a sticker on the front that said "property of Such & Such company").
When the little brat finally got bored of banging around - and MOO had received several dirty looks, she finally put the kid on her lap and let the kid play with the COMPANY laptop. The kid pounded on the keyboard with her sticky fingers, slobbered and drooled, smeared the screen... I wonder if MOO's boss knows she's letting Bratleigh play with the company laptop?
Enter child #3. Another MOO came in with a second toadler and of course the MOO's decided they ought to be friends, so they immediately put the two kids together and gave them a STACK of those information forms your supposed to fill out when you get to the DOL and a PERMANENT marker. The kids proceeded to scribble over ALL the forms, wasting them - and then scribble on the chairs, floor, walls, their clothes, etc...
Of course, they were so proud of themselves that they had to show off their artwork and ran around the waiting room screaming and giggling, showing everyone their scribbled up papers. Most people praised them saying "Oh, that's wonderful, you draw so pretty... " "Aren't they cute?" "how old is she?" and that sort of disgusting child-worship thing.
When they got to me, I turned away scornfully and ignored them. The MOO's were annoyed that I hadn't praised their wonderful, talented children - but one of them at least figured out that it wasn't really my job to pay attention to her kid, so she mumbled to the kid "Honey, don't bother people".
Finally one of the employees had to stop helping people and come out from behind the counter to tell the MOO's they needed to obey the posted signs which said "Parents please do not allow your children to wander the lobby unattended". Of course the MOO's were offended at having been scolded, and they claimed the children were not unattended because both MOO's were right there (although not paying attention).
How clueless do you have to be? First, why couldn't they get babysitters for these brats? You'd think they'd know that there's ALWAYS going to be a long wait at the DOL. And why do these damn parents just expect that everyone else in the waiting area loves to watch their damn kids?
