To be upset by some parents reactions to my DP dressed up for charity.....

[boobookins]

We both d work for the RSPCA and since I run a company we recently bought a cat costume. Not a cheapo thing but a full padded professional costume - it will be a charitable donation. Previously we hired one and decided it was better in the long term to just buy one. And yes, I know we play on your little ones in order to get your attention and your small change (but every penny helps)

Anyway today was the first day out with it - its been about 18 months since we use a costume whilst collecting for various reasons..........

There were several reactions I found bizarre:

1. Parent on seeing him remove the head to take a drink and have lunch started yelling at him or traumatising her child (child in push chair - I'd say toddler rather than baby but then I dont have kids so it was an estimate based on my nieces and nephews) because they now thought the "cat" was headless

1. Parent on seeing child stroking the cats tummy - think a suit the size of mr blobby - started reprimanding about not stroking people inappropriately????????????

1. And this is the one I found totally abhorrent....... Parent had been quite happy to let two children - one girl/one boy hug and fondle cat. About five minutes later he took a drink break - the mum came up and started yelling at partner about being perverted and doing it to get felt up by little children. She would have had no problem if I had been in the costume but because it was a 47 year old male who looks like a hells angel, this was apparently perverted.

I am not a troll, I posted once before on here about why people with no children post on here and I have lurked here one and off for a few months. i'm just interested as to how anyone can justify any of the above reactions. It was a male helping a charity surrounded by three female minders (yes we did that JUST IN CASE someone over reacted - seems it was not enough).......

Over to the panel

Sorry, I meant, '...manager has killed him without warning having told me I had time to make arrangement for his safe transferral to rescue.'

I really must preview before I post!

Anyway, I still think YANBU!

thread hijack: vallhala I have questions to ask you about GSD. Can you follow me on another thread?

Would love to Damon, though I don't promise to be an expert. Where would you like me to go (cos I'm bound to lose you!).

I'll give poor Booboo some peace that way too!

YANBU but on the subject of headless cats... When I was a teenager, I briefly worked for a theme park. One of my duties was to dress up in the character costumes and go and entertain waiting children. (Incidentally, I was lousy at this and the children would invariably burst into tears at being greeted by Bootle the 7 ft badger)

It was an immediately sackable offence to take your head off in public. If you became faint, as frequently happened, you had to wait until you were in private to de-head!

Lol Bootle, in the parents defence I remember my DD1, then about 2 years old, playing with a visiting friend. He accidentally pulled the head off of one of her baby dolls ... she ran out of the room, I followed and found her hiding under the kitchen table, refusing to come out!

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