'My kids never screamed like that' - old bag says loudly at the supermarket checkout...

[TeenTwinsToddlerandTiaras]

about my DS (2). He is a screamer and it drives me nuts. Not when it's just me and him but when my older DSs are anywhere near him - he wants what they've got, wants to do what they're doing. He's trying to dominate, it's the pack mentality!

He screamed around Tescos as he was in the trolley and he wanted to put the food in the trolley. He screamed at the checkout as he wanted OUT! Cue santimonious, smug middle aged woman making the above comment very loudly. I don't want him to scream either but short of putting a sock in it, what can I do? I should have asked her what her secret was but I just glared.

Really unnecessary comment that only made me feel more shit and stressed and angry.

BREATHE!!!!

Well, I'm not an "old bag" by any means and I have twins who are just school age but I had the fun of experiencing screaming children in M&S earlier. I got away pretty quick and no, my two have never done that. Giggle and laugh loudly but not ear piercing shrieking. I will now don my flame retardant suit.

Seriouslu i dont know why i was deleted and am slightly pissed off!!

glitter just bw grateful yours have never done the screaming. Two of my five never did eithet. Ds2 was hard work and ds4 and dd have their moments. Temprement is a lot to do with it ime.

As i said i am always sympathetic to parents with screaming/crying children. Yes its annoying but tbh i am.just grateful its not my child!

Sympathetic to parents who honestly look frazzled and are trying their best like OP but definitely not to the mum in today's experience and definitely think I am lucky too.

Actually upon reading back I have just seen atleast 2 other posts calling Nancy an arsehole or similar, why are these still standing?

I was replying to a comment which demeaned the OP's parenting style and inferred that she was of a higher class because she earned more money.

I don't think I was wrong to say Fuck off to that and point out that all the money in the world won't make up for lack of empathy and manners.

Perhaps the poster used all of her money to pay off HQ to delete twattish posts

I mean her twattish posts. Not yours.

But feel glad that I'm only calling you a twat by mistake, at least I'm not inferring that you're old or young or skint or rich

I did wonder :o

I am a relatively (live within my means) comfortable (skint by most peoples standards), young(ish), fat twat :o

It's ok, god just punished me for making the mistake and my toddler did a HUGE wee all down the stairs.

In essence, God just called me a twat and dealt me a twatty blow.

You can be sued for ageism if you tried to get rid of someone because of their age.

This won't necessarily be old age - I can imagine a few trendy stores with the gorgeous young things serving who would banish you to the stock room once you got a grey hair.

Good point Moomins....has anyone ever seen a person over the age of 25 working in Hollister for example?

Oh yes: age discrimination is valid at both ends of the spectrum. However in terms of this forum, the workplce and people's attitudes in general older people are much more likely to be treated dismissively, referred to in derogatory terms, and be described negatively.

Oops, sorry OP. It must be my middle aged woman's pre senile dementia. Am saying aloud what I thought I was only thinking, again, when behind some woman with a screaming brat in the supermarket?

Ah. Let's be honest. She was only saying what everyone else in the queue was thinking...

And off it goes again

peanutMD if you find it so utterly tedious, why not just hide the thread?

OK, you're bored. Don't keep posting then!

Really, there was no need for that at all. Peanut had a perfectly valid point as it's the same argument repeated every 50 posts.

I'm too busy laughing at the irony of people banging on about ageism towards the older generation then calling children brats in the same breath :o

Well if people want to discuss it, what's the problem mrscumberbatch ? It is, after all, a discussion forum.

So I don't think she has a valid point at all, because rather than pissing on people's chips with her sighing and eye-rolling she could just hide the thread.

I'm too busy laughing at the irony of people banging on about ageism towards the older generation then calling children brats in the same breath

Not all who are concerned (which I think is more polite than the term you used) about ageism have called children "brats" or insulted them in any way.

I'm not a chip pisser, I just think that the conversation has moved on.

I wasn't clear I admit, its the fact that people keep banging on about a slip of the tongue remark then marking down a child for.. Erm... Acting like a child

You are either anti-ageism or you're not.

Okay some, not all.

I admit that was a sweeping statement.

Sighing and eyerolling is as valid a contribution to an online forum as any retort!

If people want to behave like teenagers then it's allowed. By not allowing it's it's AGEIST didn't you know?

I admit that was a sweeping statement

Thank you.

How very dare you make assumptions about me!

I never sigh or eyeroll, I raise an eyebrow!