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AIBU?

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to be shocked that I was the only parent that disapproved of the rude behaviour at a party today?

102 replies

UggMummy · 06/11/2011 20:59

I took DS to a party today at a very nice Soft Play area in our area. Beautifully furnished, nice coffee bar, organic food and out of town so it's quite exclusive. Smile
DS was invited by our close friend's sister's son. We have met him just a few times and DS and he seemed to click, so it was a kind and unexpected invitation.
Malcolm (let's say) had invited almost all of his class and they all seemed a very well-presented bunch, and all played very well together at the party.
Buffet time came and the staff were actively encouraging cutlery banging and prolonged chants of "WE WANT FOOD, WE WANT FOOD, WE WANT FOOD.". I was horrified at such impolite behaviour. Shock
DS was quite clearly out of his comfort zone, and as the brouhaha commenced, he looked uneasily a me and one small shake of my head was enough to keep his behaviour in check, and his cutlery stayed untouched as is proper, and he sat silently, politely in his chair. I was such a proud mumma. Smile
I glanced around, fully expecting to witness chastisement echoing mine from the other parents, but, no, they were actively encouraging their DC to partake in the shenanigans.
AIBU to think that the countenance of this sort of rough behaviour was completely improper and beyond the pale?
I am also considering emailing the manager with reagrds to this thuggish behaviour - surely this sort of behaviour needs to be discouraged in a society teetering on the edge of anarchy?

OP posts:
NinkyNonker · 06/11/2011 21:02

Hahaha.

anotheroneintheoven · 06/11/2011 21:03

HAHAHAHAHAHA

This has got to be a joke =D

UggMummy · 06/11/2011 21:04
Confused

No.

It was bedlam.

OP posts:
Kayano · 06/11/2011 21:04

No way! Grin good try

anotheroneintheoven · 06/11/2011 21:05

Ugg, you're such a good commedian :D

Thanks for the laughGrin

blackoutthesun · 06/11/2011 21:05

yabu

i've taught my nephews to do this Grin followed by chants of 'why are we waiting'

its great fun!

LittleJennyRobyn · 06/11/2011 21:05

Grin Gotta give you ten out of ten for effort!!!!

MrBloomsNursery · 06/11/2011 21:06

You're deluded. Get a life. I bet you hate the fireworks too don't you?

CeliaFate · 06/11/2011 21:06

If you're serious, yanbu.
The tone of your op makes it sound like a wind up tbh.
I quite often feel "It must be me" as 80% of things I see make me turn into Margo Ledbetter from The Good Life!

Byeckerslike · 06/11/2011 21:06

Brouhaha Grin

NatashaBee · 06/11/2011 21:07

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rushofbangerstothefire · 06/11/2011 21:07

That's sounds literally unbelievable

UggMummy · 06/11/2011 21:07

Fireworks are fine within the correct constraints.

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BluddyMoFo · 06/11/2011 21:08

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MogTheForgetfulCat · 06/11/2011 21:08

'Beyond the pale'?? Er, no. Rowdy and silly? Yes, but it was a party, quite usual for normal rules to be relaxed a bit, surely? The carnival principle?

I feel a bit sorry for your DS, if he was fazed by this.

onepieceofcremeegg · 06/11/2011 21:09

Soft Play and Exclusive.

What's the word for phrases like this that just don't go? An oxymoron?

MenopausalHaze · 06/11/2011 21:10

What a crock!

heleninahandcart · 06/11/2011 21:10

6 out of 10 OP

ObviouslyOblivious · 06/11/2011 21:10

Sounds like chaos to me...

onepieceofcremeegg · 06/11/2011 21:10

I think that this exclusive soft play venue was serving billy goat burgers and chips. Wink

LittleJennyRobyn · 06/11/2011 21:10

Is Brouhaha even a word???? Hmm

FunnysInTheGarden · 06/11/2011 21:10

lol, really quite a lot of them. Organic food you say? Hugh FW would be appalled

budgieshell · 06/11/2011 21:11

I bet the little darlings where eating with their fingers too.

onepieceofcremeegg · 06/11/2011 21:12

aah but was it organic, fairtrade and freerange?

Any old place can serve organic.

onepieceofcremeegg · 06/11/2011 21:13

apparently so Jenny:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brouhaha