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Re: Thoughts? Comments? Nasty Remarks?
Um.... Ew. I can't tolerate this on a normal day (dogs better fvcking stay away from my feet!) but I would vomit if they did it while I was eating at a restaurant.
I agree with both of you too.
I was once licked on the arm by a dog as I shopped the bra sale at Victoria's Secret. Today my mom, brother and I were eating at this "Dive" from DDD on Food Network called the Oinkster. We ate outside, and I seriously wanted to drop kick the dog across from us. It was scaring the little girl next to me (and I too was that little girl who was afraid of dogs...lots of kids are...) and it wouldn't stop yapping. The woman would pet it and then take a bite of her burger. Ew.
Sometimes DH and I laugh when we see people taking their doggies out in strollers (is that just a SoCal thing?) and he threatens to get a leash for our kitties so we can take them on walks at the mall
Have you ever been on the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland? The last time I was on that ride, we rode our "doombuggy" into the room with the lady inside the crystal ball and all of the instruments flying throughout the air. All of the "doombuggies" face the center of the room in the dark and at least half of the people were just sitting there texting. Kinda ruins the fun, KWIM?
Why do people bother going out if they're just going to text?
Cell phones for some people = the world's worst invention.
I vote 'all of social media' for world's worst invention. Great as a way to keep in contact, but it has made people so involved in themselves that they can't have any empathy or compassion for others. Those two things would solve so many of the world's problems.
I've really mostly only seen it in SoCal...however my ILs are becoming "those people." Their dog goes out for coffee, etc...but not normal here. What shocked me the most in SoCal was that it isn't only little purse puppies...there will be golden retrievers walking around the Mall!
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Bumpies = Don't get me started!
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What are you looking at?
Many malls welcome it and set out doggy bowls with water and some stores even hand out treats. I'm sure the dogs love it, but my mother who is allergic to dogs doesn't, and sometimes she comes home feeling a bit miserable.
Most cities in Oregon are considered "dog friendly" and I'm still WTFing these stories about SoCal dogs... Dogs can sit at very select few places outside while you eat, but they definitely aren't allowed in stores (except pet stores). Dogs belong in the dog park...
I have issues with taking Maggie to the beach if she's not behaving (we usually leave, and that's a BEACH where she can be crazy), soooo you can get the picture what I would do if it was my human kid not behaving in a public place.
Kids crying on flights only bothers me when the parents just sit there and ignore them. On a red eye across the country a baby cried the entire way, but mom and dad were taking turns and walking up and down the aisles and bouncing and the staff would let them go in the back for a bit to get some separation. They were truly doing everything they could, and so, I wasn't upset with them. Annoyed, but able to shrug it off.
This.
This. Or if they encourage the behavior by sh*tty parenting (like ONLY paying attention to the child when he/she is screaming). That's what happened on our nightmare of a flight on our honeymoon. We had been bumped up to first class due to other flight issues (I hate American Airlines), and we had a child who shreiked for attention who was sitting right next to us. The parents would ignore him and then he'd scream and they'd smile and go, "Shhh! " and pay attention to him for like 2 minutes, then go back to flipping through magazines and stuff until he screamed again...over and over again. Due to thunderstorms, we had to sit on the tarmac for FOUR HOURS (we didn't fly out until after 10pm) while this child screamed. High. Pitched. Screaming. At one point (like 3+ hours into the screaming) a flight attendent even offered the parents Benedryl to help calm the child down b/c the whole entire flight was getting aggrivated (many people came up and complained after it had gone on for over 3 hours, and although giving Benedryl to a child is not a popular decision to some, in this case, I would have been okay with it), then finally the PILOT came back and told them that they would have to have a police escort off the plane if they could not (or WOULD not, since they didn't seem to mind it or try to get him to stop) get their child to calm down b/c the pilot could not hear the control towers and it wasn't safe.
I have never in my life been so close to saying something to a parent. I never step in on parenting techniques or any of that (except for when that was my old job), but this was absolutely ridiculous. I get all worked up even talking about it still.
Personally, I've never had a bad experience with a child annoying me in a public place. Maybe I'm just lucky. I have had bad experiences with teenagers and adults. I've had both talk in movies, push the back of my chair, stop in the middle of an aisle, etc. So, like someone said, this shouldn't just be targeted at children because every age of human can be annoying.
I don't think children or parents should be treated like second class citizens so no I don't like the idea of this. Its age discrimination to me. Bad parenting should not lead to discrimination.
DH doesn't agree with me on this and likes the idea of no kids allowed. He already feels bad for the people on the international flight when his sister and her baby come here from London. He thinks there is no way that a 6 month old won't scream at some point during the flight.