To be contemplating throwing something at this kid/his mother?

[soupforbrains]

So, it's Saturday morning. I'm looking after my niece which means taking her to ballet/tap/modern classes.

You know what it's like, but of a rush most of the time and then inexplicably there is always a big waiting time in the middle. The 'lobby' waiting room doesn't have enough chairs and kids flow in and out constantly at the changeover of classes.

There are always a few reluctant siblings hanging around too. Usually getting homework done etc.

Tolerable if not exactly thrilling/luxurious.

BUT this morning a mother has just swanned in with her son (sibling of a dancer) and parked him in the waiting room WITH HIS GUITAR.

The kid's about 7 and Based on his competence and the sound he's making i would estimate has been learning guitar for approximately 30 seconds.

AIBU to want to throw something at him/throw the guitar through the window and scream in the mother's face?

sing "maxwells silver hammer goes down upon his head" (its a horrible earworm as well

Maybe a loud comment like 'Am I in the right place, thought this was for dance classes not music lesson or I would have brought double base along'!

This is along the same lines as the group in our local pub who decided to start a ukulele group ... without asking the permission of the owners or other customers. It’s a local legendary tale 😆. Practice at home ffs

This thread has made my evening 😂 can it be put in classics? I love that you all sat there typically british not saying anything until someone exploded 😂 I would have clapped for hero dad too OP!

(But probably have asked the mother to take the guitar away about 10mins in!)

You see, THIS is why I always carry an emergency recorder...

😂😂

Inconsiderate entitled mother. Should have given him a book to read!

I would have been tempted to say "think you need to get that guitar tuned before you play any more" ...

Or just played some loud heavy metal on my phone!!!!

Am I the only one who can't see why a guitar would be a problem? A recorder or violin yes, but a guitar barely makes a sound and it's pretty much impossible to make an unpleasant sound on one, even if strumming discordantly.

Actually laughed at loud at the update in which hero dad was left holding the guitar after helicopter mum had stormed out. Genius!

I had to explain to a parent the other day why it wouldn’t be appropriate for her to take her child’s guitar on a camping trip to practise on an evening outside the tent. Someone who can play the guitar would irritate me, but I’m also prone to a good music session in the right place. But not an absolute beginner.

We have a parent at swimming who allows the toddler to run up and down the gallery viewing area lifting and dropping all of the seats he passes. Those plastic ones that fold up when you don’t use them. I sat for an hour giving her very sharp looks and she just kept looking lovingly at her toddler and smiling. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one feeling the irritation. I just don’t get how people think these things are acceptable. When my child was at a different time lesson to her sibling she would sit with me and wriggle about on her seat and allow it to lift and drop a few times and I’d constantly tell her to sit still and stop irritating people.

I love stories like this 😁

It wasn’t bullying. Bullying is such an overused term on here.

@celticprincess I had similar on a flight last week. Arm rests were hard ones that bounce several times when dropped, toddler bounced said arm rest for the whole 90 minutes we were sat in holding on the runway and then for the entire 5 hour flight. Parents looked at each other as if to say isn’t she cute, oblivious to the looks of surrounding passengers and never once tired to stop it

Gosh. That's a lot of outrage over 1 kid practicing his guitar..I honestly don't think it would have bothered me. He was occupying himself with something constructive. Better than staring at a phone. I feel sorry for the kid and his mum. And the teenage daughter.
Also YANBU for staring your OP with "So".
I find that much more irritating than a musical instrument.

*YABU, obvs!

How can people think that this is acceptable? where is the consideration for others.

Where's the tolerance?
Maybe they just didn't realise how..upsetting so many people would find guitar practice. You can be considerate, help your elderly neighbours, not do diy early on a Sunday morning, not block people's driveways and still manage to piss someone off.
Everyone seems so ready to judge and brawl over nothing much these days. It makes me quite sad.

Am I the only one who can't wait to hear what happens next Saturday?!?

I’d turn up with a full one man band ensemble.

I would have put my fingers in my ears.
Sat like that in the GPs waiting room last week when 2 kids behind me started chomping their way through a packet of crisps.

Thank you OP for making me lol . I’m so glad my daughter is now all grown up and I don’t have to endure/take her to these type of activities anymore .
Isn’t it strange some people pull the racist card when someone decides to tackle them about how inconsiderate they are.
Had it been me the mother would have been wearing the bloody guitar with me saying get a tune out of it now!
People can be so obnoxious and think the world revolves around them and their offspring.
Once again thank you for cheering my morning up .