You're funny. I used that deliberately. My kids say it as a joke: "Negan needs to be disappeared -- enough already"... "that food needs to be disappeared -- it's awful".
You're a disgrace, really.
I find myself wanting to throw rocks at adults much more often. Kids are immature by nature. Obnoxious entitled adults have no excuse, other than to be a target of my well-thrown pebbles and gravel. Will gladly change up my ammunition to include larger rocks if they complain about the aforementioned pebbles and gravel.
You are still one of my favorite posters on these boards....
Merci beaucoup mon ami.
Just be sure to count kids' head ON the plane before you settle into first class for takeoff.
I don't usually. But I speak French so this was a no-brainer. A semi-sarcastic response meant in good fun to what I assume (perhaps incorrectly?) was a sarcastic post meant in good fun -- no?
And no -- my two-year olds did suffer tantrums at times -- we would take them out of the restaurant whether it was a McDonald's or Nobu. I didn't make it every other diner's problem that my kid was having a tantrum. Didn't happen often -- perhaps we were lucky.
I completely understand the thought process, however, when one is being bothered by the behavior or another, to ask them to cease, easily becomes confrontational.
My kids first heard that story when they were very young, as an example of what NOT to do on a plane.
I can see that point--but I also know sometimes parents re so used to something they aren't hearing it for what it is---or so tired they don't notice. I have said something a couple of times (again, approaching the kids and being nice about it) and had a parent fall over themselves apologizing having not really registered the issue until pointed out, and agreeing it was an issue.
After the flight ended and we were disembarking, the parents apologized to me profusely for all of the kicking, and I smiled and told them it didn't bother me at all, and welcomed them to New York City.
It's so important to work together - compromise - we're all in these horrible flight situations, every time we fly. Flying as a fat person, I get looks, stares, sighs, and I always do my best not to take up more space than necessary. It's not easy for anyone. It's not easy for the people stuck next to me, and it's certainly not easy for me, clutching my arms across my chest for hours at a time to not encroach on their space.
If you have a little kid behind you in a carseat, and it's not a hugely long flight, maybe just recline 2 inches instead of 3, and if you're flying with a kid in a carseat, remove their shoes! Work together!
I was on an overseas flight last year, sitting in front of an older couple and their adult special-needs daughter. I was wearing my very long hair in a ponytail. The mother leaned over to me and very politely asked me to move my hair out of the way, as her daughter tends to grab things. I immediately thanked her and braided my hair over my shoulder so it would be out of her daughter's reach. The daughter kicked my seat throughout the flight, and normally I would turn around and give a kid the stink-eye if that happened, but having been given the knowledge of her situation by the parents before the flight, I knew that it was not being done out of malice and that a long flight must be especially difficult for them all, and I managed to ignore the kicking. (A sense of righteous compassion will make anything endurable.
I felt good after that flight despite my lack of sleep, because we had communicated beforehand and gotten through together with mutual understanding. Sometimes that's all it takes.
I think what it comes down to for most people is just simple consideration. I would never begrudge anyone who is doing their best to work with their child, special needs or not. And I'll be happy to offer to help if there is something I can do. Most people only get upset when parents ignore or encourage behavior that disturbs others.
