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To be annoyed and gobsmacked at a little boy who pinched ds biscuit..?

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shhhh · 20/06/2009 22:39

Stood in the life in shopping centre earlier today, in with 2 foreign women with 3 kids.

The woman next to me had x2 kids who were possibly around 6/7..

Well ds was sat in his pram, holding a biscuit. The lad firstly stood onto the pram apron of ds pram (ds feet were underneath) so as to climb up in the lift...

I was totally and said "excuse me, what do you think you are doing".
To which the woman with him pulled him down...and I assume told him off.

NEXT

He then in a flash pinched ds's biscuit out of his hand and ate half of it (believe me, I have never seen a child each a biscuit so quickly..) and then proceeded to give half back to ds and then take it back have a bit more and hand it back....

I again said, "what are you doing" and at that stage the woman again saw, tutted and pulled the boy back. She tried to put the biscuit into ds hand and I told her to keep it, if the boy wanted it that much have it..and I didn't want ds to have a biscuit back that someone else had eaten .

The woman talked to her friend and then I could make out he saying "he's a good boy really" yeah right...

Not sure if he had some disability I wasn't aware of but Im shocked..totally.

Felt like telling her to teach her son manners...

If the lad had learning difficulties then surely she should have some control..? she seemed oblivious to what he was doing...

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limonchik · 20/06/2009 23:16

If English isn't her first language she may have found it difficult to communicate though shhh.

Heated · 20/06/2009 23:16

Maybe we ought to have a 'pile in here' sign?

Digressing a bit, yes the Anglo-Saxons called the Britons wealas (foreigners) and it's from this name we now have Wales. Scottish celts had their own name for the Anglo-saxons - Sassenachs.

bellavita · 20/06/2009 23:17

English may not be the mothers first language, but there are other ways of communicating to say sorry.

OldLadyKnowsNothing · 20/06/2009 23:25

What exactly is wrong with the word "foreign"? I'm sorry, I don't mean to be obtuse, but I don't think the OP meant it as a term of abuse.

shhhh · 20/06/2009 23:29

I agree BV.

Oldlady, you are right. Was not meant as abuse and I felt was relevant to the post....

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KiwiKat · 20/06/2009 23:32

I'd be miffed if a child pinched my dc's biscuit and the mother made no attempt to apologise or acknowledge his behaviour, which seems to be the issue here.

I know what you meant by 'foreign'; don't let them wind you up.

QuintessentialShadow · 20/06/2009 23:36

I would not have anything against being classified as "foreigner" by somebody overhearing my having a conversation in my mother tongue. So what? Being a foreignere in Britain is nothing to be ashamed of is it?
You lot (not shhhh) makes it sound like it is....

This is political correctness gone mad!

shhhh · 20/06/2009 23:41

thankyou quintessential & kiwikat. Wasn't prepared for the "foreign" comments as never intended in any other way..

Can understand that some will think IABU and thats the idea of this section to pass on views & opinions.

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CKelpie · 21/06/2009 00:01

Sorry, have not read the whole of the thread...

YANBU - I would be narked by that kind of lack of consideration by another mother. The child has no chance with a role model like that.

Nahui · 21/06/2009 00:02

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Goblinchild · 21/06/2009 00:05

yabu to expect a small child not to snatch, although i try not to let ds do it.

Really? You think a child of 6/7 should still be snatching things from babies?
My behavioural expectations for Y2 are obviously way too high.

simplesusan · 21/06/2009 00:13

Yanbu

I would be appauled if a child climbed on my pram, then stole anything from my baby.

btw I never eat biscuits in public, not unless I can ram the entire thing in whole, thus reducing the chances of losing out to a starving child.

Nahui · 21/06/2009 00:18

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