I'm sitting here waiting for the Dino Buddies to cook wondering what to make of the experience I just had at the grocery store.
I picked the girls up from school and ran to Top Foods to pick up a prescription. It was a quick errand - just an in and out. I pulled Nicholas out of his car seat and carried him because at 7 months and 20 pounds carrying him in the bucket is ridiculous. So there I am carrying a baby walking down the parking lot with the three bigger kids in tow (and I guess bigger is a stretch since they are all 5 and under). We go to cross the street into the store and a woman rolls down her window and shouts, "My gosh, are you having fun yet?" huh?! I smile and cross the street wondering why people have to open their mouths sometimes.
Getting looks, stares, smiles, etc. is not unusual when I go out with my kids and I always want to shout, "it's only 4 kids people!!" Getting comments though are not as common. This is what happened next...
We walk over to the pharmacy and of course there is a line. My kids are usually pretty good on errands but Matthew has been having a hard time with everything lately. Today he really let loose. He put on a display that would make any 3 year old proud. It was a tantrum of gargantuan proportions. Laying on the floor, kicking, screaming, shouting "NO" - you get the picture. Like any good Love and Logic parent I tried to be calm as a cucumber (though I must admit I was dying inside), stepping over him and let him carry on. I had a prescription to get and then we'd be out of there. Several people had already walked by giving me the sympathy look - you know, the "I"m so glad it's you and not me look." But one lady didn't have her filter on. She walked by, turned to me and said, "He needs a good spanking...right now. What a brat. He's acting so bratty." My brain doesn't work that fast so I was still trying to process what she just said to me instead of coming up with an appropriate 'mind your own business lady' response. While my head is still whirling, she backs up, comes right over to Matthew and says, "You are being such a brat. Bratty Bratty Bratty." Then stands up and walks away.
What?!
The kicker is, me prescription wasn't even ready. The pharmacist said it would be 10 more minutes. I smiled kindly, gathered my kids and left empty handed.
Hello? Hello? Is This Thing On?
6 years ago
2 comments:
This reminds me of my sister-in-laws favorite "non-filter" moment...she 7 months pregnant and living in downtown San Francisco. One day she was out on a walk pushing her 2-year old in the stroller when some strange man leaned his head out a window and yelled, "Breeder." She said she had the same response...she just stood and stared because really, no one is ever prepared to respond to the awkward peoples' random comments!
I bet Hannah could give Matthew a run for his money in the tantrum department!
What?? I can't believe people have the nerve!!
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