Not a particularly thrilling one, but I've been pondering on and off since teatime because OH is on night shifts and I've nothing to distract me and I'm wondering if I'm missing something.
DS (2) is going through a phase of loving vehicles, trains in particular, both toys and the real thing. We use public transport a lot, and when we get off, he likes to wave goodbye to the bus or train as it departs, so I generally wait the few moments so we can watch it pull away so he can wave goodbye. If we're in a rush/the weather is foul etc, we don't, and he's content enough to wave as we leave, but gets excited if we wait to see it leave. Not really thought much about it until today, it's just something that we do.
We got off the train at the small station near to us, which only has once service run through it. We stood back in between two of the benches while people got on and off, waiting to wave the train off before heading home. The conductor caught my attention, and pointed out that I wouldn't get a connection from that station, and that I should have got off at the previous (central) station, and was kind enough to point me in the direction of a bus stop where we could get back to the main station (I'd have been very grateful for this if I'd made a mistake with connections, as trains only run every hour through that station, so it could have been a lengthy mistake to rectify). I explained that we were just waiting to watch the train pull away so DS could wave, and he looked at me like I was batshit crazy, and said 'so you're just going to stand there until the train goes?' and made a comment about spoiled, bratty children running the show, before getting back on the train, shaking his head.
Not that it's any of anyone else's business if we choose to wait a moment and wave to the train, but is it a stupid thing to do? Am I one of these ridiculously over indulgent parents without realising? It's just something he enjoys, that has minimal impact on our day, the thought to not let him wave off the train when he enjoys it so much without an actual reason NOT to didn't occur. Curious as to what others think. It just seems harmless to me, but apparently not to the conductor!