Kids that never shut up

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navi8orgirl
Wanna bet the parents lob a complaint to the office about my dogs barking? My reply will be that they are barking because it sounds like they are throwing couches on the second floor.

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Melanie
I was just in the grocery store picking up a few festive items and some wine; it was rather a slow Saturday afternoon and I was enjoying a slow survey of the various departments, gathering ideas for treats for upcoming guests and even little gift items (spices, etc.) I may add to some people's gifts.

Naturally I'm standing there pondering the cheese display when some moo and her kyd hove up. "Where's the cubed cheddar? where's the cubed cheddar? Liam do you see the cubed cheddar? Ched-dar? CHED-DAR?"

JFC. I look over and it's some spiffed-up sahmoo sporting a trendy ski jacket and lots of jewelry with a little girl (Liam?) with long scraggly unkempt curly hair. The both of them just wouldn't shut the fuck up. "Well let's see what Mrs. Wilson's recipe says again... yes cubed cheddar. CHED-DAR Liam, help me look..here is swiiiiisss cheeeeesee... and brieeeee but i don't see ched-dar, do you Liam?......." Meanwhile the kid, roughly age 7, was off on her own monologue that had nothing to do with paying attention to or responding to her mother. I couldn't believe it and finally gave the bitch a look for disrupting my focus on the gruyere and havarti. Finally she heaved a sigh and said (get this "Well, I guess we are just going to have to cut it up ourselves..." like she was going to have to milk the fucking cow and skim the curds! They meandered off, still both voicing their disconnected, disjointed babbling. I saw them in the laundry detergent aisle and moo was chirping "Liam, do you want to help me scan our items? Sca--ann? Then we are going to CVS and you can help mommy get our shampoo...." all the while Liam was staring at jugs of Tide and muttering to herself. It was eerie. (And no disability involved, I assure you.)

Meanwhile two other little brats had picked out books in the magazine area, sprawling across the floor in front of the display so I was unable to navigate that area and left without the mags I'd intended to buy as stocking stuffers. Later they rounded a corner, both of them with their noses stuck in the goddamned books, against traffic, and careened into my cart. Frankly I could've veered it out of their way but didn't bother, just said "Excuse me" in a dryly bitchy tone as they ricocheted off into the canned pasta sauce. Their moo started whispering "pay attention" but she had that defeated look and the two girls just ignored her and continued reading their books.

And these vapid dimwits honestly believe we are envious of THEM? I came home, unpacked, got a glass of wine, lighted some scented candles, set out some appetizers, laid a fire and tidied up in anticipation of an enjoyable overnight visit from one of my favorite men. Liam's mom is home cubing the cheddar for Mrs. Wilson's recipe with her spooky little spawn at her side and the other girls' mother clearly is already at the bottom of the pecking order in her family, even below the 7 and 8 year old girls she gave birth too. Yeah, I'm burning with jealousy.

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Melanie
Liam's mom is home cubing the cheddar for Mrs. Wilson's recipe with her spooky little spawn at her side and the other girls' mother clearly is already at the bottom of the pecking order in her family, even below the 7 and 8 year old girls she gave birth too. Yeah, I'm burning with jealousy.

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marco polo
I'm a substitute teacher for the time being. I'd like to become a full-time science teacher someday.

The other day I was subbing for P.E. class and there was an 8th-grade brat who started crying every time I told him to stop misbehaving. I couldn't believe it. His classmates said he does that kind of thing all the time for attention. I was ready to backhand the little shit by the end of that period. I should have just sent him to the office.

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JoJo
Whatever happened to "Children should be seen but not heard"?

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gymrat
I was a talker as a little kid - but my parents and older siblings would tell me, "Okay...that's enough talking. You need to be quiet now, and give others a chance to speak." So that's how I learned not to be an annoying chatterbox, and hog conversations. Breeders would never tell their kids to be quiet, because it might damage their precious self-esteem. So then they enter school, and the teachers have to do it. For the first time in their young lives, they are stunned that they aren't allowed to prattle on and on for hours.

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zatoth
here's another fun thing, related, imo: narcissism is no longer listed as a mental disorder.

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Melanie

Naturally I'm standing there pondering the cheese display when some moo and her kyd hove up. "Where's the cubed cheddar? where's the cubed cheddar? Liam do you see the cubed cheddar? Ched-dar? CHED-DAR?"

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entitude413

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Melanie

Naturally I'm standing there pondering the cheese display when some moo and her kyd hove up. "Where's the cubed cheddar? where's the cubed cheddar? Liam do you see the cubed cheddar? Ched-dar? CHED-DAR?"

I think people who do shit like this are doing it on purpose because they get a little thrill out of the fact that the total stranger in the grocery store miiiight be a little envious of them. I would bet money that this woman was thinking in her head "I have a child with a cool name like Liam...I'm going to emphasize this cool, British sounding name in the earshot of this other woman...she will envy that I have a Liam and wish she were the one getting cheddar with Liam"

When this is done to me, I make sure I amp up my level of 'ignore' and detached annoyance.