Things people do that annoy you

[KSUViolet06]

Maybe it's the teacher in me but I hate hearing/seeing a person refusing to set boundaries with their children and just allowing them to be a brat.

Ex: seeing a 4th grade-ish girl have this conversation with her mom in the school supply aisle of Target.

Kid: I want the glittery folders.
Mom: Oh honey, those are $4. I don't think so. These plain ones are $2.
Kid: Please!!!!!
Mom: No.
Kid: *tears* OMGGGGGGG. I hate you. You like never let me have anythinngggggggg.*stomp*
Mom: *sigh* okay.
Kid: Thanks mom!!!!

UGH.

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Maybe it's the teacher in me but I hate hearing/seeing a person refusing to set boundaries with their children and just allowing them to be a brat.

Ex: seeing a 4th grade-ish girl have this conversation with her mom in the school supply aisle of Target.

Kid: I want the glittery folders.
Mom: Oh honey, those are $4. I don't think so. These plain ones are $2.
Kid: Please!!!!!
Mom: No.
Kid: *tears* OMGGGGGGG. I hate you. You like never let me have anythinngggggggg.*stomp*
Mom: *sigh* okay.
Kid: Thanks mom!!!!

UGH.

BWAHAHAHA! My soon to be 6 year old tries to pull this shit all the time. I tell her she can buy stuff with her own money, or ask Santa for it. Thankfully she never throws a "fit" but she does get whiny. The "LOOK" usually shuts her up. I can deal with the resulted sulking.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by IrishLake

The "LOOK" usually shuts her up. I can deal with the resulted sulking.

I love the fact that I have "the look." Not all women can do it effectively. I feel like I inherited some special, recessive trait. I had to use it on a little boy this morning--he was being big stuff by cussing at church. The smile fell off his face so fast, I thought it would hit the floor. I recognized him as the same little boy who flashed me at a church pool party this summer. He's about 6 or 7. I wish I knew his parents, but I always see him without them.