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gamby
gamby SuperDork
7/4/09 12:10 a.m.

Checking back into this, I remember one incident at an old job where this little kid was off doing his thing around racks of bicycles while his parents weren't looking.

He proceeds to tear a 4-bike display down (lord only knows how), it crashes to the floor, he starts crying and his mom immediately says "you didn't do anything wrong!!!"

I dunno who I wanted to lob a grenade at more--the kid or the mom.

Yay retail.

RealMiniDriver
RealMiniDriver Dork
7/5/09 10:42 a.m.

It slipped my mind, about relatives' families. My Aunt and Uncle have three girls, two of which are twins. Their older daughter is generally quiet, reserved and very well-behaved. The twins, on the other hand, are wild and unruly. I think my aunt and uncle didn't know how to control them and gave up, after being spoiled by a "good" child.

They were at our new (to us) house shortly after we moved in. At the time, the twins were about 9 years old. They were running across the couch and jumped on an inflatable thing from IKEA. I raised my voice, "Don't jump on the furniture!" I think that shocked my uncle, who was in the room with me. He quickly corralled them, and they shortly left. They haven't been here since.

4cylndrfury
4cylndrfury Dork
7/5/09 11:01 a.m.

east coast Mojo gets 2546231545 points for using "Grump" as a noun in as much as it is a thing that can be given to someone else

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