Who the actual fuck gives their child a harmonica to play with in a train?

[WhyTheLongFace]

I have no words.

The same kind of arsehole who gives their child Hungry Hippos to play on an 8 hour flight??

Thought the flight attendant was going to have a breakdown.

@Sunnysidegold castanets! Made me lol. Particularly as I've been on a plane near a child who was given a tambourine.

Could be worse - a kazoo maybe? I went to a school assembly once where the little darlings were given kazoos to play en masse to entertain the parents. The whole damn schools worth of little darlings.

On a train or a plane the conductor or flight attendant should be telling everybody who is making a noise to pipe down. (The adult if it is the child of course.) We already have entitled twats walking around, but for future generations being entitled will be the default. I want to go and live on some land which has no human irritants on it for a few miles.

And this is why I always book the quiet carriage on trains.

At one point DS has 4 harmonicas. Family and friends obviously hate us.

Somebody who knows the alternative would be

I'm hungry
I'm bored
Kick, kick, kick
Why can't I play on your phone?
That lady's fat
I'm a DINOSAUR!
Baby Shark, Doo doo do doo...
I want Daddy
I want a biscuit
I want to play on your phone
I want to play on your phone
Phone
Phone
Phone
Phone
Baby shark
I want a biscuit
I don't want a sandwich
Why is this taking so long?
Kick, kick, kick
That man's got a fat tummy
I want to go home
I don't want to see Nanny
I want Daddy
Kick, kick, kick
I want Nanny
I want to go home
I want that seat
I want to play on your phone
Phone Daddy
Phone Nanny
Baby shark
I'm a DINOSAUR
I'm hungry
I WANT DADDY

Four and a half fucking hours. I could have zoned out instruments, but the constant demands and whining, complete with that hooting noise they make when they aren't actually sure what they were upset about, but know they have to keep it up now they've started, cut through my headphones on far too loud a level for safety. And the effort required to get their legs underneath the seat to be able to kick me in the back of the ankle...they'd have been less trouble if they'd been told to have running races with themselves up and down the length of the carriage.

Willing to bet that once she dropped the little darling off, she breathed a sigh of relief even more than the remaining passengers when they got off just before Plymouth.

The same parent who got out a MARBLE RUN for their child to play with. Where the marbles were removable. On a packed commuter train.

Who the fuck allows their child to play with marbles on a train?!

It'll be the same one that sang 'Rupert, Rupert The Bear' tunelessly all the way from Paris to the Spanish border back in the 70's. Now a grandparent obvs.

Probably the same person who gave their child a toy recorder to play with on the bus.

Probably the same parent who let their child play a hideous Christmas toy on a packed bus for well over an hour. Featuring the first verse of the Jackson 5 version of Saaaaaaaannaaaaa Claws is coming to town.

I've just seen an ad for a train company where a child had a Jenga. Nooooooo

Someone with a death wish?

My ex mil used to buy my sons the noisiest toys, drums etc etc, I swear she did it on purpose as she didn't like me x

How about Baby Shark for an hour (there is a video on You Tube) DD and I lasted 15 minutes before we turned it off . 2 year old DGD2 loves it but luckily my DD and the DGDs don't use public transport and only inflict it on me .

I can never understand how the parents zone out the noise of their own children. I actually almost wish I could, but I’m quite happy not to be one of those parents.

Oh and scooters in supermarkets, yeah, good move.
Tossers.

someone who lives in England and knows that sticks and stones may break bones, but tutting won't.

At least I can trust my own children to loudly exclaim how loud these other children are and how rude it is to be so inconsiderate

I was once on a bus with a kid with a Vuvuzela, oh my god - it was horrific. The closest I have ever come to having a meltdown!!

Who the fuck allows their child to play with marbles on a train?!

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Now this boggles the mind

Buy an energy drink and give it to him just before your stop. Discreetly, so the parents don't notice till it's too late.

When this type of thing happens, th best thing to do is put it on an anonymous forum. It would make no sense to speak to the parent involved who could remedy the situation would it?

Although I wouldn’t give my DS one myself. I’d enjoy hearing another child play with one, I find it sweet when children are happy to play with simple toys.

So funny! 😂😂 Both the harmonica and the castanets.
I was on a plane next to a woman who hit out messy play activities to do with her child including paints

😂😂
Our neighbours kids have bongos! 😬

Someone who just likes pissing other people off.
There are people who derive a silent evil relish from seeing their kids thoroughly annoy other people.
I used to know one - she couldn't prevent that sly little smile as she sat there observing her little sods creating mayhem. I often thought she'd have really liked to piss people off herself, but it was more 'socially acceptable' to allow her kids to do it.