I just can't not see it as needing a good clipping. EW.
I always tell someone when my phone rings, "I'm checking out, let me call you right back" and then get back to brass tacks. I just.. man, it's so rude and inconsiderate!
I hate, hate eating at Panera and finding that the person in front of me is on the phone. Hi, maybe we haven't met. Probably haven't in fact. But I'd like to be done eating before sun up so PLEASE GET OFF THE PHONE AND ORDER SO I CAN BE THE NEXT PERSON, thank you! When I lived in Buckhead, I ate Panera like 3 times a week because it was cheaper than cooking and a lot more filling. Needless to say, I saw it often.
I'm with you on all three of those. I can't tell you how annoying it was to have my customers at the bank talking on the phone while trying to do a transaction. They invariably didn't have their deposit slip filled out right and their math would be wrong and you can't get any questions in to them because they're on the phone and the people in line behind them are getting annoyed. Hated it. Hang up and do your business, asshole!
French toenails creep me out too. And leashes... dear god, no. I'm of mixed minds about ski leashes for little kids on the mountain (the kind used for teaching). I get the idea of being able to keep your kid from just going out of control down the mountain. But there's a problem in that sometimes the kid falls and then the parent falls down on top of the kid. So good points and bad points. But leashes while walking around in public really piss me off. As you said, just pay attention to your kid and you won't need a fucking leash.
You just can't multitask the phone and anything else. It's been shown over and over how people think they can, but they CAN'T. I love it when salespeople refuse to help someone on their phone. I've had one salesperson skip the person at the counter because they were on the phone, and helped the person behind them. Awesome.
Hmm, I didn't think about ski leashes, but I can see how that can have merit. That's not really the same thing, though, as in, it's not employed as a way to not have to worry about them so you can do your own thing (ie: phone talking, shopping, etc.) Now, if it's being used that way, talk about a dangerous thing! I'll just hook ol' Junior to my waist and hit a black diamond... Lol.
I'm still of the mindset that just paying attention (on the slopes, too) is the way to go. My kids learned to ski the old fashioned way "french fries/pizza" and a lot of ouchie bottoms from falling on their butts. :)
Yeah, it's totally different on the slopes for sure. And I still don't really like it. ;-) Most ski instructors I know say the best way to teach a kid is to have them follow your lead. Kids will do what they see. They don't need an explanation, just the direction to "do what I do". It cracks me up to see the little ones on the mountain in a train behind an instructor turning exactly where they turn. They're totally happy, they're doing great, they're having a blast, and they're learning. It's awesome.
I'm right there with you on the teaching kids the behaviors you want them to mimic. There are just loads of life lessons that should be learned early on, in my opinion. Which hey, I have some. Let me splooge them all over the internet and get people to hate me, I AM SMART. :)
I was a child on a leash. I was quiet and sneaky. The one time my mother went shopping with me without the leash, I ended up on the other side of the mall the first time her back was turned, and only managed to get reunited with her because I had my address and phone number memorised.
Not all parents who leash their children are horrible and neglectful. Some just are trying to raise people who are naturally ninjas. >_>
While I'm obviously not going to say your mother was a horrible person, I still stand by my belief in not using harnesses. What if your destiny in life was to be the greatest ninja that ever ninja'd? You have been denied that! Ha.
But really, I think there's a distinct lack of object lesson learning happening with kids over the past, say, 25 years, and they're lessons that are important. Like getting lost and scared, getting sick, etc. etc. We'll just think differently on this one, I suppose. I'm just an opinionated LJer after all, I don't make policy. :D
Yeah, I'm not like "HARNESSES FOR EVERY CHILD!!!" but it's not really cool to demonize every parent as some sort of horrible neglectful wretch who doesn't pay enough attention out of selfishness. I mean, if anything, my mom was a bit overprotective of me, and just wanted to be able to shop without having to keep track of a child who's very difficult to keep track of.
I definitely do not disagree on the object lesson front.
I get that I'm really offending you with my opinion on this, and I'm really really not wanting to piss anyone off, esp. people who always are cool and chill and have great things to say like you do, but I am just fiercely attached to my opinion on this topic. We all have our hills we are willing to die on, and certain parenting techniques are mine, I suppose. I'm coming from a place of huge family, children with disabilities, etc., so I'm not trying to be half-cocked.
Having said that. I'll drop the topic here and say that I'm sorry that I've put you in a place where you have to defend your upbringing, because I don't want to be a dick, even though I am being a dick. :(
I was a Mom of Ninja with a leash. I didn't clip it to my belt, I held it in my hand. But, my little precious angel was a NIGHTMARE. She would BOLT in an instant, which is pretty damn fast when you are also dealing with a grumpy tween and a tired middle kid. If I held her hand, she fell limp and SCREAMED "LETMEGO, LETMEGO, LETMEGO," which, I tell you, gets you some fun stares in the mall. I would slip her in the harness, hold the leash, and she'd think she was free...until she went to run at that tall display of expensive breakable things....DENIED, SUCKA.
That said, I was always a little embarrassed to use it and I'm so glad I don't need it anymore.
Ha, furikku was the Ninja Child, as well, so I've clearly struck a nerve with some of my flist. IDK, I just feel there are other alternatives. I know that's going to be polarizing, but I have to stick to my principles, or some shit. ;)
I haaaaaaaate those nails. Toes or hands, really, but toes really gross me out. (I totally typed toes or nads, which really changes things, lol.)
See, that's the benefit of being me. I only have to stick to my principles until it suits me to do otherwise. I was all "OMG THE HORRIBLE PEOPLE WITH THE PET CHILD!" until my then 2 yo bolted in a department store and hid in the Boys department (we have no boy children, we never even GO to that department)...she sat in the middle of one those round clothes racks and LAUGHED while we frantically ran around shouting for her.
I love having a slippery sense of right and wrong. It's so flippin' convenient. Except on the nail thing, of course. Some rules are inviolate.
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I always tell someone when my phone rings, "I'm checking out, let me call you right back" and then get back to brass tacks. I just.. man, it's so rude and inconsiderate!
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French toenails creep me out too. And leashes... dear god, no. I'm of mixed minds about ski leashes for little kids on the mountain (the kind used for teaching). I get the idea of being able to keep your kid from just going out of control down the mountain. But there's a problem in that sometimes the kid falls and then the parent falls down on top of the kid. So good points and bad points. But leashes while walking around in public really piss me off. As you said, just pay attention to your kid and you won't need a fucking leash.
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Hmm, I didn't think about ski leashes, but I can see how that can have merit. That's not really the same thing, though, as in, it's not employed as a way to not have to worry about them so you can do your own thing (ie: phone talking, shopping, etc.) Now, if it's being used that way, talk about a dangerous thing! I'll just hook ol' Junior to my waist and hit a black diamond... Lol.
I'm still of the mindset that just paying attention (on the slopes, too) is the way to go. My kids learned to ski the old fashioned way "french fries/pizza" and a lot of ouchie bottoms from falling on their butts. :)
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Not all parents who leash their children are horrible and neglectful. Some just are trying to raise people who are naturally ninjas. >_>
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But really, I think there's a distinct lack of object lesson learning happening with kids over the past, say, 25 years, and they're lessons that are important. Like getting lost and scared, getting sick, etc. etc. We'll just think differently on this one, I suppose. I'm just an opinionated LJer after all, I don't make policy. :D
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I definitely do not disagree on the object lesson front.
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Having said that. I'll drop the topic here and say that I'm sorry that I've put you in a place where you have to defend your upbringing, because I don't want to be a dick, even though I am being a dick. :(
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And cell phones! Don't even get me started on that.
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CELL PHONES. PUT THEM AWAY, OH MY GOD.
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That said, I was always a little embarrassed to use it and I'm so glad I don't need it anymore.
Of course French Pedicures are gross. Duh.
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I haaaaaaaate those nails. Toes or hands, really, but toes really gross me out. (I totally typed toes or nads, which really changes things, lol.)
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I love having a slippery sense of right and wrong. It's so flippin' convenient. Except on the nail thing, of course. Some rules are inviolate.
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