To be shocked and embarrassed by my friends behaviour today

[bagpuss90]

Bumped into a friend today at the local Tesco’s . She was in a check out queue , I stopped to chat . There was a woman with a screaming baby in a sling and a screaming toddler in a trolley . The poor woman looked totally stressed out , she started to put her shopping on the check out conveyer belt (I’m not sure she realised my friend was in the queue) my friend snapped at her , told her she’d jumped the queue. The woman asked if my friend minded if she went first as she’d got two screaming children. My friend told her no and added she might have considered it if she hadn’t pushed in front . She then told the woman’s screaming toddler to shut up ! I might add my friend doesn't have kids and it would seem not much empathy either .

because "why" a woman is "deeply unpleasant" is down to whether or not she has had a baby...

How deeply regressive

@dimllaishebiaith actually did you read my post? It would explain either way? So not sure where you got that idea from?

I’m sure you’ll think pointing this out makes me even more unpleasant, but this post makes no sense. (Also, I couldn’t really give a flying fuck what you think of me.)

Eh?

Why would it - those with children and those without are not monoliths

It either explains either way, so is irrelevant, or you think being "deeply unpleasant" has something to do with whether or not you have been through labour

@dimllaishebiaith no it doesn't! But never mind

Then as I am not the only one who has interpreted your post the same way perhaps you could explain it better instead of just laughing at people?

Then as I am not the only one who has interpreted your post the same way perhaps you could explain it better instead of just laughing at people?

Explain what? You’re talking in riddles.

someone who thinks “of course” it’s fine to tell a toddler they don’t know, out of ear shot of mother, to “shut up”….

begs the question if do have children @HotChocolateNotCocoa what the heck did you think was fine to say to your own child behind closed doors

@bagpuss90 are you by any chance in Lincolnshire? I’m genuinely interested to know if this is the same person (a family member) who told MY toddler to shut up. There are an awful lot of similarities in your OP.

I rather think that’s my business.

I would have told my friend in front of the woman, let her go first and stop being a selfish twat

This is why society going to crap!
People telling toddlers off, just because she was in the line in the supermarket. If that was me I would have apologised for cutting in but then get angry if someone tells my kid to shut up. shopping for groceries is an essential not like she was buying something else.
Then you have people telling us parents we are entitled when some of us are not and trying to do the best we can.

Sounds like you don't. If you do I would be questioning your parenting ability.

Well, woe is me.

I think we can all agree it is not on to tell a toddler to "shut up"

I am not the one that sounds miserable.

No, you just sound like you enjoy making digs at people, but passing it off as being oh so caring.

Think you are reading that wrong. I think if you are happy to shout at a small child or say it is acceptable then you are a bit of a tosser.

I’m not reading it wrong at all. Your implication really wasn’t subtle.

My comment about your pretence of caring relates to you behaving like it’s all about the poor ickle wickle children, when really, you just fancied having a bitch at someone.

Did the screaming toddler stop screaming?

Given the last post was four months ago, I’d imagine it’s probably shut its cakehole by now, yes.