I was having a conversation with my sister about all the interesting parents we came across today. We took my son to the Solano County Fair. For the most part, we had a great time. However, towards the end of the day when we were riding the kiddie roller coaster for the last time, angry mother 1 and angry mother 2 had to show their faces. It was around 4 in the afternoon so all the lines were pretty long. When the rides first opened at 11am, a lot of the rides only had 1 or 2 people on them. I guess some people thought that carried through for the rest of the day as well. When the ride operator was escorting all the kids to their seats for the roller coaster, all of a sudden one of the kids in the very first seat said he wanted to ride by himself. "Mommy, I don't want to share a seat!" he yelled over to his mom that was waiting for him by the metal fences. His mother called the ride operator over (quite rudely, might I add!) and said "My son wants to ride by himself!"
I was on the ride with Barrett and we were patiently waiting for everyone to get settled in so the ride could start. The operator said the lines were long and he had to fill up every seat. Her child COULD NOT ride by himself. Then mother number 2 chimes in and says "Other kids got to ride by themselves!" Yeah.......at the beginning of the day! Or when there are no other people that want to ride that particular ride! Where do people get that annoying sense of entitlement? The operator went ahead and started the ride since it was full to capacity. I can't believe those ladies would be so selfish.....not realizing that EVERYONE had to listen to this awkward conversation take place. You're not teaching your child a very good lesson here, Mom! I overheard them say they hated how all the ride operators were incompetent Mexicans. Are you serious? That is just going way too far.
There were also quite a bit of kids cutting in front of Barrett in line. Of course, they were the children of more ANGRY parents so I didn't even want to bring it up or tell the children to wait their turn. It was so not worth it to start quarrels with crazy parents. There is a time to speak your mind and then there is also the time to let things slide. It is so not worth it. There was another mom that complained to management about how the kiddie rides cost too many tickets to go on and guess what? Her kid got to ride the rollercoaster FOR FREE! What the? Another great lesson you're teaching your child. If you complain and are annoying, you get what you want. Aaaaaaaargh!
Later on, Ryan, Barrett and I went to Best Buy. We came across quite the debacle in the parking lot. A father was driving past a mother and her child and shouted at her that he saw her driving way too fast earlier when he and his child were walking. He said "You should get your license revoked! You almost killed my kid!" I think he could have approached her in a better way. Immediately, she gave him attitude back and all hell broke loose. The dad got OUT OF HIS CAR AND THREW A DRINK AT THE MOM!!! And of course, these 2 idiots both had their children there witnessing their parents acting like high schoolers. Wow, folks. Just wow. I cannot believe this happens.
Please excuse all the run on sentences and unnecessary caps. I am way too annoyed to edit this. No wonder there are so many horrible people in the world. Because we are raising them to be that way. How can you expect your child to share, be polite, wait their turn, say please and thank you when YOU DON"T EVEN DO THAT? *pulls hair out*
