Who lets their kids sing loudly on an airplane

[amberpi]

When did you get married? I swear it wasn't that long ago when you were asking a slew of dating questions. Congratulations.

Getting married this weekend...and it's been fast. Thanks!

 

[laughinplace199]

My man's 2 and 4 year old know better without being told...having taken 100s if not 1000s of flights in my life; I can't say I've ever experienced a child singing through the whole thing. That sounds like hell. I'd have talked to the flight attendant and then started enlisting passenger allies...but that's me and I largely have a hard time not throwing rocks at kids en toto.

Interesting statement, which may very well come back to bite you down the road.

 

[GreatLakes]

As long as the parent is trying I really don't care. A kid crying or having a fit isn't going to kill me. It is when they don't at least try something that get annoying.

I've seen passengers get incensed because a baby was crying during take off or landing. Babies cry, sometimes for no reason. The parent was trying to comfort them with no luck. I just think to my self I've been there and am glad it isn't mine and ignore it.

 

[cabanafrau]

Precisely why I pack the cast members thank you satchel of painted rocks in my checked luggage and not my carry on when I go to Disney.

This one is obviously either too sophisticated or too low brow for me to figure out. Apparently I am stubbornly bourgeoisie after all.

 

[pigletgirl]

As long as the parent is trying I really don't care. A kid crying or having a fit isn't going to kill me. It is when they don't at least try something that get annoying.

I've seen passengers get incensed because a baby was crying during take off or landing. Babies cry, sometimes for no reason. The parent was trying to comfort them with no luck. I just think to my self I've been there and am glad it isn't mine and ignore it.

Yep and when you fly with little ones you get the WORST looks from other passengers! Then they get surprisingly pleased when the kids aren't awful the whole flight. I'm paranoid something horrible will happen in flight if my girls are being pests!

 

[cabanafrau]

Yep and when you fly with little ones you get the WORST looks from other passengers! Then they get surprisingly pleased when the kids aren't awful the whole flight. I'm paranoid something horrible will happen in flight if my girls are being pests!

IMO it does make a difference if the parent(s) is making an effort. Some people will understand because they are or have been in your shoes, or because they have empathy towards others. Some may even make an attempt to be helpful. I have a friend who worked in the school system for years and really enjoyed it on her cross country flights when she got a chance to pitch hit as a de facto granny or auntie as she missed her grandchildren living on the west coast and ate up every moment with them. We were once on a flight where a mom had a bit of a dilemma due to an extremely messy baby "incident". A few of us around her did what we could to help her, baby and the confined environment we shared. I donated a cardigan to the cause. Someone else was very kind to be an extra set of hands in the lavatory and bring baby back to her seat while mom cleaned herself up. Helped mom, baby and the rest of us passengers out to work together.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

This one is obviously either too sophisticated or too low brow for me to figure out. Apparently I am stubbornly bourgeoisie after all.

What? You've never read here about people who paint rocks and bring them to Disney to hand out to deserving cast members as a thank you gesture?

 

[cabanafrau]

What? You've never read here about people who paint rocks and bring them to Disney to hand out to deserving cast members as a thank you gesture?

I've heard about the fad of people painting rocks and hiding them for people to find. If it's anything like the reaction when they find them in the coolers of the store where my daughter works, I bet the cast members misunderstand the message as thank you. There have been a few people who come into the store to do this who repeatedly do their best to keep trying to sneak the rocks into different hiding places so the employees who have asked them not to do it won't catch them. A few of the employees have been really yelled at because these people think it is their right to do this and the store and employees have no business to interfere.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

I've heard about the fad of people painting rocks and hiding them for people to find. If it's anything like the reaction when they find them in the coolers of the store where my daughter works, I bet the cast members misunderstand the message as thank you. There have been a few people who come into the store to do this who repeatedly do their best to keep trying to sneak the rocks into different hiding places so the employees who have asked them not to do it won't catch them. A few of the employees have been really yelled at because these people think it is their right to do this and the store and employees have no business to interfere.

People who paint rocks to give out are crazy. That is all.

Wait. Adults whose idea of funny is throwing stones at children should only be left alone with pet rocks.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

I've heard about the fad of people painting rocks and hiding them for people to find. If it's anything like the reaction when they find them in the coolers of the store where my daughter works, I bet the cast members misunderstand the message as thank you. There have been a few people who come into the store to do this who repeatedly do their best to keep trying to sneak the rocks into different hiding places so the employees who have asked them not to do it won't catch them. A few of the employees have been really yelled at because these people think it is their right to do this and the store and employees have no business to interfere.

Such a pain. You have to move them off the shelves so you can properly stock and front the shelves. Then the people get all irate that you removed their rock (and most likely just tossed it in the nearest garbage bin) and act like you tossed the Hope Diamond away! You can't just toss the rock back outside, because of the paint/glue/googly eyes/yarn/glitter/etc all over it.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

Such a pain. You have to move them off the shelves so you can properly stock and front the shelves. Then the people get all irate that you removed their rock (and most likely just tossed it in the nearest garbage bin) and act like you tossed the Hope Diamond away! You can't just toss the rock back outside, because of the paint/glue/googly eyes/yarn/glitter/etc all over it.

I've never heard of this crazy fad. Bizarre.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

I've never heard of this crazy fad. Bizarre.

It's HUGE here in lower Michigan. There are lots of FB groups that track the journey of these rocks. I don't get it, but my kids love finding and re-hiding them.

 

[cabanafrau]

Such a pain. You have to move them off the shelves so you can properly stock and front the shelves. Then the people get all irate that you removed their rock (and most likely just tossed it in the nearest garbage bin) and act like you tossed the Hope Diamond away! You can't just toss the rock back outside, because of the paint/glue/googly eyes/yarn/glitter/etc all over it.

My daughter actually works at a gourmet food market and inevitably some of these loons think the bestest hiding places are in the food coolers and get very irate when told that it's not allowed. A few actually insist the employees and the store "have no rights" to ban the rocks. The poor employees have to both enforce the rule and be kind, and stand there and take it when the loons make a scene. Some of the regular customers have actually jumped in the fray because they realize the clerks are forced to smile and be pleasant while removing the rocks. As far as I know it's been a couple months, but there were a few scenes with customers telling these idiots they need to leave. Some got really wound up because the clerks cannot give them the rocks back per their managers' orders. Apparently they had to take the rocks into the back stockrooms to throw in the garbage there.

 

[cabanafrau]

It's HUGE here in lower Michigan. There are lots of FB groups that track the journey of these rocks. I don't get it, but my kids love finding and re-hiding them.

So it's a Facebook thing? For some reason I assumed Pinterest.

Kinda makes it hard to be a Michigander.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

My daughter actually works at a gourmet food market and inevitably some of these loons think the bestest hiding places are in the food coolers and get very irate when told that it's not allowed. A few actually insist the employees and the store "have no rights" to ban the rocks. The poor employees have to both enforce the rule and be kind, and stand there and take it when the loons make a scene. Some of the regular customers have actually jumped in the fray because they realize the clerks are forced to smile and be pleasant while removing the rocks. As far as I know it's been a couple months, but there were a few scenes with customers telling these idiots they need to leave. Some got really wound up because the clerks cannot give them the rocks back per their managers' orders. Apparently they had to take the rocks into the back stockrooms to throw in the garbage there.

Oh my nerves.

 

[AnnaFloridaLover]

It's HUGE here in lower Michigan. There are lots of FB groups that track the journey of these rocks. I don't get it, but my kids love finding and re-hiding them.

I'm surprised it's even allowed in privately owned businesses. It must be a huge nuisance to the owners and staff. My kids would be told in no uncertain terms to knock it off.

 

[cabanafrau]

Oh my nerves.

There sometimes are kids involved, but from stuff my daughter has talked about mostly it's those of age to be adults.

I wish to make it clear that most of us Michiganders have no use for this nonsense and generally only use rocks in normal landscaping like sane humans.

 

[Bianca and Bernard]

My daughter actually works at a gourmet food market and inevitably some of these loons think the bestest hiding places are in the food coolers and get very irate when told that it's not allowed. A few actually insist the employees and the store "have no rights" to ban the rocks. The poor employees have to both enforce the rule and be kind, and stand there and take it when the loons make a scene. Some of the regular customers have actually jumped in the fray because they realize the clerks are forced to smile and be pleasant while removing the rocks. As far as I know it's been a couple months, but there were a few scenes with customers telling these idiots they need to leave. Some got really wound up because the clerks cannot give them the rocks back per their managers' orders. Apparently they had to take the rocks into the back stockrooms to throw in the garbage there.

Plus, the darn glitter gets all over the fruits and veggies. Who wants stripper dust on their cucumbers and grapes???

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

So it's a Facebook thing? For some reason I assumed Pinterest.

Kinda makes it hard to be a Michigander.

Maybe Pinterest too, but definitely FB.

 

[ENJDisneyFan]

I'm surprised it's even allowed in privately owned businesses. It must be a huge nuisance to the owners and staff. My kids would be told in no uncertain terms to knock it off.

Right! My kids are only allowed to hide them outside. Mostly it's done at parks.