So, today, out of the blue, my daughter threw an apple at our relatively new TV. She threw it harder than I even knew she could throw. Apple pieces flew all over the place. Why?? I still have no idea. Was she dealt with or did we just laugh it off? She absolutely found out that throwing apples ANYWHERE is unacceptable. It was not a matter of us being worried about the TV. It is a matter of her learning not to throw things in the house and listening to the rules. It is a matter of her not becoming that D-bag or grinch that we all run into every once in a while.
Today, while my sister and I took 'the train' for a walk (aka myself, herself, the double stroller, single stroller and, in this case, the dog), a guy was waiting for cars to pass to turn into his driveway. He started turning in before we had even cleared his driveway and revved his engine... Ok. Kind of rude.... As soon as I am out of the way.. not even off his driveway yet totally, he pulls in so fast that he spits stones! Ok... Quite a D-bag move.. Like seriously?? The whole ten seconds that it took for us to walk across your driveway made you THAT impatient?? Really? How sad! I do not know what has made your day so terrible that you need to act so aggressively and irresponsibly. I could only shake my head as I kept walking. I am not about to argue with stupid behaviour of adults that I do not know.
Even better, earlier today, while my husband and I took out 'the train,' we ran into one of my favourite people that I see in town <please sense my sarcasm>. This woman has some background of harassing people in town, so perhaps I should delve into that quickly...
SIDE STORY: So, we took our dog for a walk when our daughter was very young, and we had the unfortunate pleasure of meeting a fellow dog owner in town. We were walking down a trail minding our own business and HER dog started barking at ours. Our dog barked a greeting and kept sniffing his side of the path as we walked. She went out of her way to tell us that she was deaf and her dog is a service dog and that we needed to get our dog under control. Say what?? Really lady?? I am quite sure that YOUR DOG BARKED FIRST! Now, I may not be the most educated person in the world, but I am not a dummy. We apologized and continued on our walk, which we were now walking BEHIND her... and talking about how stupid she was being... She turns around and starts yelling at us about how she was going to call in about our dog being out of control and to stop talking about her. HAHAHAHA. I have never known a deaf person who could hear a conversation that is taking place about 20 feet BEHIND them. Anyways, her dog was obviously not a service dog, or it was one of the worst trained service dogs ever. (It was pooping and peeing all over the park and she could hardly control the thing.) So, we continue to walk even further behind her, and she, yet again, tells us that we need to keep our dog away, because he is being aggressive. Um, lady, just because your dog will not listen to you because another dog is in the park, this is not our issue! SERIOUSLY! Ok.. enough back story. I think you get it... she told us we would be fined thousands of dollars for interfering with her dog... well, that didn't happen....
So, we saw this woman walking ahead of us today. We did not have our dog with us, but we definitely remembered who she was. We were chattering away between ourselves and with our daughter and sons, when we finally caught up with her. She looks at us and tells us to be quiet. Really lady? Aren't you supposed to be deaf? I'm sorry, but, if I want to talk to my kids, I am going to talk to my kids. This lady has quite the sense of entitlement and really things that everyone who she encounters needs to bow down to what she says. She uses her dog as ammo to keep people around her 'scared' that she will try to get them into trouble with the town. (I have many stories I can add about this woman, but I will end it here.. although what she expects of people is rather humorous.) I have to hold my tongue whenever I see her... (and I know that I am not the only one)... Seriously, though... my daughter is two and she loves being the boss during play time. It come off pretty rude to try to make other people obey you, especially for no good reason.
I know that everyone has bad days. Even I have been known to have a bad day on occasion. That said, why take it out on perfect strangers? Work a day in customer service (especially at a fast food restaurant) and you will find out just how many people are actually like this... and it's A LOT! I do not want my kids to be like that! I want them to be the ones giving smiles and joy to people, instead of being rude and ignorant. I just don't understand why people are so careless of how they treat others. I really hope to instill my kids with value for others, as much as themselves. Their world does not need to rotate only around themselves. That makes for a lonely life.
Future social behaviours might not come down to something as simple as a two year old throwing an apple at a TV once, but being rude and disrespectful starts somewhere... and if I don't deal with the apple, it will turn into an apple tree eventually, and those are much harder to handle.
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