Things people do that annoy you

[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.

[KSUViolet06]

LOL at a church kid flasher.

Not saying you need to beat your kid, yell at them, or anything crazy, but I get annoyed when people let kids have things after they said no before.

[preciousjeni]

Originally Posted by christiangirl

Who exactly is cj? *stern look*

Gracious. That was a combo of cg and pj (the way I sign my SN sometimes).

"All of the above" appears on exams everywhere--blame it on my years of education!

It's definitely not incorrect. It just feels incomplete.

Originally Posted by christiangirl

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.

I've got the look down from years of working at day cares.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

LOL at a church kid flasher.

Not saying you need to beat your kid, yell at them, or anything crazy, but I get annoyed when people let kids have things after they said no before.

This one's a biggie for me. I was helping watch two children in church this morning. They're mischievous and will wait until they catch your eye before doing something they're not supposed to do. Mind you, they're only 13 months old.

In any case, my cutoff for that type of behavior is 9 months. After that, children know what they're doing by your look, tone and words. So, these children are well over the limit.

One of them went to pull a fire extinguisher from the wall, so I gently took her hand to turn her around, look her in the eye and tell her no, that's not to touch. Then, it was game time. After the first warning, I simply blocked her path to the fire extinguisher. She tried to push me, sneak around me and finally, when all else failed, she began to whine. When I stood my ground, she went off crying to her mother.

Two minutes later, she was back and wanted me to pick her up and cuddle. lol

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

LOL at a church kid flasher.

LOL.

A few years back, I was at a Friday night service where one of the cantor's sons (who was maybe 4 at the time) was present and seated in the front row. The cantor's wife, other son, and newborn daughter were not there.

While the cantor was in mid-song, the little boy decided he was too warm. So he took off his sweater. OK. Then he kicked off his shoes and socks. Questionable, but also ok. Next, he took off his shirt. By this point he was drawing looks from the congregants, and a look of semi-shock from his father. Next, he started taking down his pants and underwear...! The cantor finished up the song, sprinted off the bima, grabbed his son, and hauled him into the back.

The rabbi had to stop the service for a minute because she was laughing so hard.

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[honeychile]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

LOL.

A few years back, I was at a Friday night service where one of the cantor's sons (who was maybe 4 at the time) was present and seated in the front row. The cantor's wife, other son, and newborn daughter were not there.

While the cantor was in mid-song, the little boy decided he was too warm. So he took off his sweater. OK. Then he kicked off his shoes and socks. Questionable, but also ok. Next, he took off his shirt. By this point he was drawing looks from the congregants, and a look of semi-shock from his father. Next, he started taking down his pants and underwear...! The cantor finished up the song, sprinted off the bima, grabbed his son, and hauled him into the back.

The rabbi had to stop the service for a minute because she was laughing so hard.

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Think he was yearning for a second bris?

[cheerfulgreek]

Today, at work I asked one of my vet techs why the driving here in Michigan is so bad. She told me that after age 18 they only have to take a written test. She said she doesn't know if the laws have changed but she said there isn't any behind the wheel student driving. She said the behind the wheel driving is like for 18 years and under or something like that. I've never heard of that before. I laughed because I knew that PB would get even more upset knowing this, lol.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by cheerfulgreek

Today, at work I asked one of my vet techs why the driving here in Michigan is so bad. She told me that after age 18 they only have to take a written test. She said she doesn't know if the laws have changed but she said there isn't any behind the wheel student driving. She said the behind the wheel driving is like for 18 years and under or something like that. I've never heard of that before. I laughed because I knew that PB would get even more upset knowing this, lol.

I know that's how it is in NH (over 18, no driver's ed required). I thought that applied in most states.. but maybe not..?

[christiangirl]

I can't stand it when people will give kids things after another adult has already told them no. It doesn't really matter if you agree or not--unless the first person has been totally unreasonable and is denying the child something they absolutely need, you should not undermine another adult. You just teach the child not to respect them and that isn't right. This is especially a problem when the kid learns to play one parent against another and they parent will let them, in an attempt to one-up the other.

[Psi U MC Vito]

I know that some upstate NY people think that the City should form it's own state.

[barbino]

Yes, and some in Montreal, Quebecque (sp?) believe that Quebecque should withdraw from Canada and form its own country. But I just heard this in the morning and I am so annoyed. Don't fix the state's financial problems. Form 2 new states instead.