But Good God, it happened again....
Call someone up, the ambient atmosphere at the other side is quiet for the space of (avg 10 - 15 seconds) and then your stomach curdles as you hear the farkin sprog in the DISTANCE 'moooommy.. (whine whine) mooooommy (whiiiiiiiiine). The idiot moo, rather than putting said little shit in its place, ignores it and you can hear the damn loaf now as it starts crying because it waaants to talk on the phone. GOD I hate it. If I did that as a child, I got my ass kicked or one hell of a scolding. My mom would simply say (because I remember) 'hold on a minute', put her hand over the mouthpiece and let me have it verbally. And if I didn't shut up, worse would follow.
I can see letting a loaf talk to grandma or grandma... There is a time and a place for everything. But they seem to be unable to set any limits for these toadlers. My feeling is, they can be taught (to quote Aladdins genie) to respect mom being on the phone.