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in not wanting to endure a kid's crying in a shop

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AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:05

I get it - she's tired, shes rubbing her eyes but LADY dont just ignore her and carry on shopping.
it was a bloody racket! take her out, cuddle her shushshushshush her - not just subject the rest of us to this cacophony

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zzzzz · 25/06/2012 15:26

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MrsTerryPratchett · 25/06/2012 15:26

Mintyy what would you have preferred... I give my daughter the glass that she wants to hold herself which will end up smashed on the floor? I leave, even though I have just got my food? I never leave the house, so DD won't learn ho to behave in a restaurant and will be a badly behaved 10 year old? I let her tantrum for ten seconds (that was really how long it was) in a very noisy, very child friendly restaurant? Everyone else in the room smiled at us (they all had children with them, though).

Sirzy · 25/06/2012 15:26

In a shop I would finish the shopping as quick as possible and then leave, it's not always feasible to just leave. If it was a restaurant or somewhere though I would (and do) take them outside to finish their tantrum or calm them down as anything else is unfair on other diners

MammaTJ · 25/06/2012 15:27

Oh dear OP, your name suits you. Do you even have any kids of your own?

YABU!!

AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:28

Oh she was very slowly looking at clothes. Then chatting to till person. WITH A MATE who could have taken bloody screamer out

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AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:28

Agree. Mine were fantastic shopping haters. Would never inflict on someone else. It drove me mad enough

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AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:29

Btw. To specify. Wasn't tantrum. Was tired irritating crying

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tethersend · 25/06/2012 15:31

This is what internet shopping was invented for.

AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:32

There is that !
I was waiting to pay while she dicked about chatting. One year old wailing LOUDLY

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BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 25/06/2012 15:34

OMG - she was chatting...how dare she!! I think you should call SS Hmm

Do you have kids OP?

RightBuggerforit · 25/06/2012 15:34

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milkovermayhem · 25/06/2012 15:35

What a delight u r

AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:36

Waaah. Waaah.
Shuddit ;)

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AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:37

"no, me looking at clothes is far more important than anyone else's aural comfort. ".

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ilovesooty · 25/06/2012 15:38

It sounds as though to her looking at clothes was more important than the child's comfort, regardless of any annoyance caused to others.

usualsuspect · 25/06/2012 15:39

How dare other people shop at the same time as you Shock

AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:40

There is that too. I almost told her to shop somewhere family friendly. Maybe matalan.

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BettySwollocksandaCrustyRack · 25/06/2012 15:41

I almost told her to shop somewhere family friendly. Maybe matalan

Now just you sounds like a self entitled twat! Where were you, Prada?

usualsuspect · 25/06/2012 15:41

They should empty the shop of riff raff as soon as you set foot in it.

AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:41

I can't say. Let's just suggest it was aspirational to her.

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Helmondo · 25/06/2012 15:41

So now mums are only 'allowed' to shop in certain places?

Wow

usualsuspect · 25/06/2012 15:41

Maybe even roll out the red carpet.

usualsuspect · 25/06/2012 15:42

I think the OP is a goader.

Not a very good one, mind.

milkovermayhem · 25/06/2012 15:43

Delusions of grandeur OP or just trying to wind people up?

AnnaMosity · 25/06/2012 15:43

Buggy access should be a warning sign.
Anyway the kid was yelling. It was annoying and IMO rude.

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