Just taken DS to softplay. It was very quiet, just us and another family with a child about DS's age (2) though he could have been 3
Other boy was pretty rough in the the ball pond, throwing balls at DS's face and shoving him and jumping on him, but toddlers can be like that so I didn't mind too much.
He started talking to me and was pretty rude (in a shouty, demanding way) but again, only looked very little so.....
Then he wanders off, returns with a packet of Quavers which he proceeds to eat in the ball pond. At this point I was a bit judgeypants.
Parents of this child nowhere to be seen in the play area. Later saw they were sat in the coffee bit reading the Sun (judged choice of paper a bit along with total lack of concern for the whereabouts / behaviour of their DC)
But then DS and I were sat at a table and the little boy came over and sat down at it. Looked over at his parents who were too engrossed in the Sun to notice.
I made polite conversation with the little boy. Who then spat a load of Haribo sweets all over the floor. Which I cleaned up as his parents were not paying him any attention.
Then he grabbed my can of Diet Coke and started drinking it. At this stage was torn between annoyance that he had drank my bloody coke and concern he shouldn't be having diet coke (possibly, mine isn't maybe he is allowed it but I had no way of knowing) and also concern he might cut his tongue on the can.
At this point I said "Are you allowed to have that?" loudly enough to get his mother to look up from her paper.
She came over, grabbed his arm really roughly and said "You'll cut your tongue, put it back".
Didn't apologise to me and then went back to her paper leaving him sat at our table with me looking at my toddler drooled in drink.
AIBU to have hoicked my judgey pants? Or am I a joyless old bint who should be more tolerant of other children's behaviour?