People and their Kids

grip · May 5, 2014

I saw a movie called the 'The Upside of Anger' with Keven Costner and his girl friend is driving thru a neighborhood, when suddenly a guy comes running out into the road exclaiming.. "please, please slow down kids are playing!" She apologizes, but can't really slow down because she's not traveling that fast. The second time she does this in the movie, and the guy comes running out again, saying the same thing, she flips him the finger with a big wry grin and says.. "oh puh-leeze, get over yourself!"

I laughed for a full 2 minutes over that scene, because I lived in a similar neighborhood where the parents used their kids and dogs as an excuse to act like assholes. They'd let their dogs out so they could poop in someone else's yard, usually mine for some reason. One couple would leave a caution sign in the middle of the street that said, "slow down, kids playing", and I thought 'we all crawl thru this subdivision', what an entitled bunch of horse****. And one neighbor got so tired of the sign being right in the middle of the road that he clipped it and knocked the thing half way up their driveway. They left it out there all day, when there were no kids, though after that incident they quit for awhile.

Anyone else ever experience this kind of behavior from parents?

TheNextEra · May 5, 2014

I was at a pub where some parent told me two tables down that she "did not appreciate my swearing" because she had her two kids with her. I told her I didn't appreciate she looked like a man, it was 10:00pm, and what was she thinking bringing her kids to a bar that late at night.

Mind you, while they also served food there it was clearly an adult atmosphere and it was also 10:00pm. If you don't want to hear swearing, go to a "kid" friendly restaraunt. Yes, I'm quite aware I was an A-hole for what I said and I lost no sleep over it.

lizzie · May 5, 2014

grip said:
Anyone else ever experience this kind of behavior from parents?

I resolved that potential problem by moving to the country, on a state highway. The state doesn't let ANYONE interfere with traffic here. :lol:

clownboy · May 5, 2014

The residential speed limit is 25mph, in every state AFAIK. I've never seen anyone asked to slow down when they were actually under the speed limit. I have witnessed quite a few asshats who think 25 means 35-40.

Aunt Spiker · May 5, 2014

grip said:
I saw a movie called the 'The Upside of Anger' with Keven Costner and his girl friend is driving thru a neighborhood, when suddenly a guy comes running out into the road exclaiming.. "please, please slow down kids are playing!" She apologizes, but can't really slow down because she's not traveling that fast. The second time she does this in the movie, and the guy comes running out again, saying the same thing, she flips him the finger with a big wry grin and says.. "oh puh-leeze, get over yourself!"

I laughed for a full 2 minutes over that scene, because I lived in a similar neighborhood where the parents used their kids and dogs as an excuse to act like assholes. They'd let their dogs out so they could poop in someone else's yard, usually mine for some reason. One couple would leave a caution sign in the middle of the street that said, "slow down, kids playing", and I thought 'we all crawl thru this subdivision', what an entitled bunch of horse****. And one neighbor got so tired of the sign being right in the middle of the road that he clipped it and knocked the thing half way up their driveway. They left it out there all day, when there were no kids, though after that incident they quit for awhile.

Anyone else ever experience this kind of behavior from parents?

I live on a country road - regardless of the potholes and several speed bumps - people still speed through recklessly and have no concern for those around them. As a result: people are hit and grazed all the time, cars end up in the ditches often, and at some point last week someone sped off the road and ran, nose first, right into a large pine tree at the edge of my property.

People in cars can be assholes, too.

Only - when they're assholes and speed, someone can get injured or killed.

An annoying parent isn't going to be injuring or killing anyone by simply asking that they slow the **** down.

grip · May 5, 2014

clownboy said:
The residential speed limit is 25mph, in every state AFAIK. I've never seen anyone asked to slow down when they were actually under the speed limit. I have witnessed quite a few asshats who think 25 means 35-40.

Aunt Spiker said:
I live on a country road - regardless of the potholes and several speed bumps - people still speed through recklessly and have no concern for those around them. As a result: people are hit and grazed all the time, cars end up in the ditches often, and at some point last week someone sped off the road and ran, nose first, right into a large pine tree at the edge of my property.

People in cars can be assholes, too.

Only - when they're assholes and speed, someone can get injured or killed.

An annoying parent isn't going to be injuring or killing anyone by simply asking that they slow the **** down.

Yes, we had a similar 'opposite' incident occur with the Home Owner's Assc President, of all peoples, teenage son running amok. He had just turned 18 and was allowed to have bunch's of driving maniac-drunk, friends speeding thru the neighborhood, mostly in big trucks. They were doing that and partying all hours, until one night it came to a head, with the mothers of the kids pushing their husbands to confront the teenagers. I think those dads would've handed those punks their asses but fortunately it never came to that after an the Association called an emergency meeting to address the situation.

I will agree those young men were driving recklessly and extremely fast thru a neighborhood full of kids. But there's no way the rest of us should've been subjected to that "Slow Down, Children Playing" sign. It was more of 'watch out for my kids because I'm not being a responsible parent'.

Higgins86 · May 5, 2014

on the other side of if some people who don't have kids want the world to stop for them. My personal fav was a guy I saw complaining about a toddler being too loud, he was on a plane to Orlando and was himself visiting disney.....

Superfly · May 5, 2014

grip said:
I saw a movie called the 'The Upside of Anger' with Keven Costner and his girl friend is driving thru a neighborhood, when suddenly a guy comes running out into the road exclaiming.. "please, please slow down kids are playing!" She apologizes, but can't really slow down because she's not traveling that fast. The second time she does this in the movie, and the guy comes running out again, saying the same thing, she flips him the finger with a big wry grin and says.. "oh puh-leeze, get over yourself!"

I laughed for a full 2 minutes over that scene, because I lived in a similar neighborhood where the parents used their kids and dogs as an excuse to act like assholes. They'd let their dogs out so they could poop in someone else's yard, usually mine for some reason. One couple would leave a caution sign in the middle of the street that said, "slow down, kids playing", and I thought 'we all crawl thru this subdivision', what an entitled bunch of horse****. And one neighbor got so tired of the sign being right in the middle of the road that he clipped it and knocked the thing half way up their driveway. They left it out there all day, when there were no kids, though after that incident they quit for awhile.

Anyone else ever experience this kind of behavior from parents?

Yeah, took my daughter and her husband to the beach last year. Set up the canopy, pulled out the camp chairs, all set to have a nice day. My daughter and her husband both lit a cigarette. A woman about a hundred feet away from us came up to us and complained that she could smell our cigarette smoke. "Free beach," I said, to which she replied, "Well, the beach is about to become smoke-free, so enjoy it while it lasts." So while she stood there, I called the Jekyll Island Authority and asked them if there was any truth to her claims. The lady turned around and asked the JIA attorney if there was any truth to it, and I heard him laughing - guffawing - in the back ground. He said, "Um - no, there is no chance of that happening. We stop smokers from smoking, we lose half our beachgoers." I said, "Sooo what you are saying is that there is no plan to now, or in the future, stop people from smoking on the beach?" He said, "No ma'am." I thanked him, hung up and smiled sweetly at her, as I asked my daughter if she needed a light. She spun around in a huff and stomped away. Now if we'd been right next to her, or even 20 feet away, I'd have considered it, or even moved. But she was quite a ways away, and was just being nasty for the sake of being nasty.

clownboy · May 5, 2014

Superfly said:
Yeah, took my daughter and her husband to the beach last year. Set up the canopy, pulled out the camp chairs, all set to have a nice day. My daughter and her husband both lit a cigarette. A woman about a hundred feet away from us came up to us and complained that she could smell our cigarette smoke. "Free beach," I said, to which she replied, "Well, the beach is about to become smoke-free, so enjoy it while it lasts." So while she stood there, I called the Jekyll Island Authority and asked them if there was any truth to her claims. The lady turned around and asked the JIA attorney if there was any truth to it, and I heard him laughing - guffawing - in the back ground. He said, "Um - no, there is no chance of that happening. We stop smokers from smoking, we lose half our beachgoers." I said, "Sooo what you are saying is that there is no plan to now, or in the future, stop people from smoking on the beach?" He said, "No ma'am." I thanked him, hung up and smiled sweetly at her, as I asked my daughter if she needed a light. She spun around in a huff and stomped away. Now if we'd been right next to her, or even 20 feet away, I'd have considered it, or even moved. But she was quite a ways away, and was just being nasty for the sake of being nasty.

Heh, funny. Just police your butts and I'm good with it.

Superfly · May 5, 2014

clownboy said:
Heh, funny. Just police your butts and I'm good with it.

Not mine. :lol: I haven't smoked in 15 years. But I agree - I hate to see butts laying around.

grip · May 5, 2014

Superfly said:
Yeah, took my daughter and her husband to the beach last year. Set up the canopy, pulled out the camp chairs, all set to have a nice day. My daughter and her husband both lit a cigarette. A woman about a hundred feet away from us came up to us and complained that she could smell our cigarette smoke. "Free beach," I said, to which she replied, "Well, the beach is about to become smoke-free, so enjoy it while it lasts." So while she stood there, I called the Jekyll Island Authority and asked them if there was any truth to her claims. The lady turned around and asked the JIA attorney if there was any truth to it, and I heard him laughing - guffawing - in the back ground. He said, "Um - no, there is no chance of that happening. We stop smokers from smoking, we lose half our beachgoers." I said, "Sooo what you are saying is that there is no plan to now, or in the future, stop people from smoking on the beach?" He said, "No ma'am." I thanked him, hung up and smiled sweetly at her, as I asked my daughter if she needed a light. She spun around in a huff and stomped away. Now if we'd been right next to her, or even 20 feet away, I'd have considered it, or even moved. But she was quite a ways away, and was just being nasty for the sake of being nasty.

Before I quit, people would pass by me outside smoking a cig in the breeze 'no chance of them getting a whiff' and they'd cough, like I was fouling the air. I thought it was bad enough they made me leave the business to smoke. The social stigma and shortness of breath were starting to get too me. People are complete retards about smoking for some reason, probably what makes e-cigs so popular.

I smoke an occasional cigar now. I don't miss cigs, and though I enjoyed them, I always felt like a slave.

Superfly · May 5, 2014

grip said:
Before I quit, people would pass by me outside smoking a cig in the breeze 'no chance of them getting a whiff' and they'd cough, like I was fouling the air. I thought it was bad enough they made me leave the business to smoke. The social stigma and shortness of breath were starting to get too me. People are complete retards about smoking for some reason, probably what makes e-cigs so popular.

I smoke an occasional cigar now. I don't miss cigs, and though I enjoyed them, I always felt like a slave.

I've missed them from time to time, and honestly, if I walk outside a store and somebody is standing there, 5 feet away, and smoking, it bothers me. In New York, you have to stand (IIRC) something like 50' away from the entrance to a building to smoke. I'm not that bad, but I don't like walking through smoke to get into a building.

I remember when I smoked, we had designated smoking areas. Wonder why we don't have those anymore?

Medusa · May 5, 2014

grip said:
Yes, we had a similar 'opposite' incident occur with the Home Owner's Assc President, of all peoples, teenage son running amok. He had just turned 18 and was allowed to have bunch's of driving maniac-drunk, friends speeding thru the neighborhood, mostly in big trucks. They were doing that and partying all hours, until one night it came to a head, with the mothers of the kids pushing their husbands to confront the teenagers. I think those dads would've handed those punks their asses but fortunately it never came to that after an the Association called an emergency meeting to address the situation.

I will agree those young men were driving recklessly and extremely fast thru a neighborhood full of kids. But there's no way the rest of us should've been subjected to that "Slow Down, Children Playing" sign. It was more of 'watch out for my kids because I'm not being a responsible parent'.

l was just about to tell it.people should care for their children ,not the others.

Alyssa · May 5, 2014

Kids in restaurants are like finger nails on a chalk board. Unless it's a family oriented restaurant, leave the little bastards at home. There is nothing worse than trying to eat while some brat is screaming or after some snot-nosed toddler **** its diaper. And movie theaters... pisses me off. I never go to the movies. A couple of days ago, I went to see Spiderman. Of course, someone's toddler was screaming. I get it. It's Spiderman. Kids will be there. But infants? Toddlers? Come on... :roll:

Some people just assume that others should put up with their little devils. I disagree. I have two small kids. When I go out, they stay home.

MaggieD · May 5, 2014

grip said:
I saw a movie called the 'The Upside of Anger' with Keven Costner and his girl friend is driving thru a neighborhood, when suddenly a guy comes running out into the road exclaiming.. "please, please slow down kids are playing!" She apologizes, but can't really slow down because she's not traveling that fast. The second time she does this in the movie, and the guy comes running out again, saying the same thing, she flips him the finger with a big wry grin and says.. "oh puh-leeze, get over yourself!"

I laughed for a full 2 minutes over that scene, because I lived in a similar neighborhood where the parents used their kids and dogs as an excuse to act like assholes. They'd let their dogs out so they could poop in someone else's yard, usually mine for some reason. One couple would leave a caution sign in the middle of the street that said, "slow down, kids playing", and I thought 'we all crawl thru this subdivision', what an entitled bunch of horse****. And one neighbor got so tired of the sign being right in the middle of the road that he clipped it and knocked the thing half way up their driveway. They left it out there all day, when there were no kids, though after that incident they quit for awhile.

Anyone else ever experience this kind of behavior from parents?

Two blocks from my house, down the street I live on, there's a small subdivision of maybe 25 homes. Their deeds don't allow yard fences. They've fought it in court and lost, so they're stuck with not being able to fence their yards. My street is a cut-through for a railroad crossing corner on a busy street that always backs up on rush hour, so people come zooming down the street who don't live in the neighborhood. It's a quiet residential area except during rush. The people who live in those homes were much like your neighbors, doing what they could to educate people to slow the **** down. It's a 25 mph limit, and people would fly through at 40.

Cops put up those LED speed monitors, sat and gave tickets, etc. Nothing much worked. Finally, the neighbors all got together and insisted that the town put in speed bumps. I don't blame them in the least. Problem solved. They put the speed bumps maybe a half-block apart down the three blocks involved. Hit that speed bump at over 20 mph? You're going to bottom out your car.

grip · May 5, 2014

Superfly said:
I've missed them from time to time, and honestly, if I walk outside a store and somebody is standing there, 5 feet away, and smoking, it bothers me. In New York, you have to stand (IIRC) something like 50' away from the entrance to a building to smoke. I'm not that bad, but I don't like walking through smoke to get into a building.

I remember when I smoked, we had designated smoking areas. Wonder why we don't have those anymore?

Many places don't have designated areas anymore because they're "smoke free". Our local hospital went smoke free a few years back, when I still had the habit and I would visit my mom and go into the car and duck down, while I lit up. I felt like an idiot but needed my nicotine binky. :lol:

It bothered me at first to be around other smokers, only because I wanted one but now it's just a non event. Unless someone blew it right in my face, it doesn't bother me but then again I'm not a sensitive ninny.

Alyssa said:
Kids in restaurants are like finger nails on a chalk board. Unless it's a family oriented restaurant, leave the little bastards at home. There is nothing worse than trying to eat while some brat is screaming or after some snot-nosed toddler **** its diaper. And movie theaters... pisses me off. I never go to the movies. A couple of days ago, I went to see Spiderman. Of course, someone's toddler was screaming. I get it. It's Spiderman. Kids will be there. But infants? Toddlers? Come on... :roll:

Some people just assume that others should put up with their little devils. I disagree. I have two small kids. When I go out, they stay home.

Amen sister, you're preaching to the choir! Having kids or pets is not a license to abuse the rest of us with unsociable behavior. My parents didn't tolerate it from us, as a matter of fact nobody did back when. I live above a single guy with shared custody of a 5 yr old boy, and he lets that kid just wail day and night like a crazoid. I really don't get it?

MaggieD said:
Two blocks from my house, down the street I live on, there's a small subdivision of maybe 25 homes. Their deeds don't allow yard fences. They've fought it in court and lost, so they're stuck with not being able to fence their yards. My street is a cut-through for a railroad crossing corner on a busy street that always backs up on rush hour, so people come zooming down the street who don't live in the neighborhood. It's a quiet residential area except during rush. The people who live in those homes were much like your neighbors, doing what they could to educate people to slow the **** down. It's a 25 mph limit, and people would fly through at 40.

Cops put up those LED speed monitors, sat and gave tickets, etc. Nothing much worked. Finally, the neighbors all got together and insisted that the town put in speed bumps. I don't blame them in the least. Problem solved. They put the speed bumps maybe a half-block apart down the three blocks involved. Hit that speed bump at over 20 mph? You're going to bottom out your car.

That's funny. High speed bumps will literally bust up your suspension system, if you try and run too quick over them. Some people have no sense about how to drive, especially younger people. I was nuts when I was in my 20's, burning rubber and racing around in my hopped up cars.

But my car actually takes a small speed bump better at slightly faster speeds because it's so stiff.

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