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Scumbag Parents

  • 08-03-2014 2:06pm
    #1
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭


    I am just in from a quick trip to the local Tesco. What I saw has annoyed me so much.

    As I was coming out the door a guy in his 40's was coming in with what I assume were his two kids. One girl about 4 years old and a boy maybe a year older. They were standing on the side of the trolley as kids do. They guy looked like an average Joe, well dressed etc.

    Just as I am walking towards him he stops the trolley , gets right into the little girls face and screams at her "Get off the f***ing trolley" . The only way I can describe the scream is it was like he looked out his window and saw somebody breaking into his car and was screaming at them, it was absolutely at the top of his voice.I was really taken aback by it , as was everyone else that was there. Poor girl did not know what to do. She was absolutely terrified, I could see it in her.

    Where do **** like this get off treating kids like that. If there is one thing that I wish it is that Karma is real. What a scumbag.


Comments

  • #2
    Festy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭Festy


    At least he's not letting them run wild


  • #3
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    Tzardine wrote: »

    Where do **** like this get off treating kids like that.

    Probably the bus stop outside your local Tesco.


  • #4
    jescart
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 140 ✭✭jescart


    Fair play to him, I'm tired of little brats running riot in supermarkets when I'm trying to shop.


  • #5
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    spare the rod, spoil the child.


  • #6
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    suicide_circus wrote: »
    spare the rod, spoil the child.

    Settle down Mr.Saville


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  • #7
    gugleguy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,959 ✭✭✭gugleguy


    wazky wrote: »
    Settle down Mr.Saville
    that'll fix it! .... will it?


  • #8
    suicide_circus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,802 ✭✭✭✭suicide_circus


    wazky wrote: »
    Settle down Mr.Saville

    rod the child, spoil the spare


  • #9
    alchemist33
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,969 ✭✭✭✭alchemist33


    jescart wrote: »
    Fair play to him, I'm tired of little brats running riot in supermarkets when I'm trying to shop.

    They werent running riot. Read the OP.


  • #10
    December2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭December2012


    You should have done or said something.

    Anything along the spectrum of asking him "do you want some help?" to "stop screaming and cursing at the child you big bully".


  • #11
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    you don't really know whats going on in that blokes life

    still wrong though


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  • #12
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Tzardine wrote: »
    I am just in from a quick trip to the local Tesco. What I saw has annoyed me so much.

    As I was coming out the door a guy in his 40's was coming in with what I assume were his two kids. One girl about 4 years old and a boy maybe a year older. They were standing on the side of the trolley as kids do. They guy looked like an average Joe, well dressed etc.

    Just as I am walking towards him he stops the trolley , gets right into the little girls face and screams at her "Get off the f***ing trolley" . The only way I can describe the scream is it was like he looked out his window and saw somebody breaking into his car and was screaming at them, it was absolutely at the top of his voice.I was really taken aback by it , as was everyone else that was there. Poor girl did not know what to do. She was absolutely terrified, I could see it in her.

    Where do **** like this get off treating kids like that. If there is one thing that I wish it is that Karma is real. What a scumbag.

    Little Johnny needs a good crack on the arse


  • #13
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Little Johnny needs a good crack on the arse

    You went to the trouble of quoting my post but did you actually read it.

    It was little Mary. A kid probably still in pull ups. Quiet as a lamb on the trolley until this bastard started screaming in her face. I get this is AH, and some of the replies gave me a smile, but you cant honestly condone this guys behavior.


  • #14
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Tzardine wrote: »
    You went to the trouble of quoting my post but did you actually read it.

    It was little Mary. A kid probably still in pull ups. Quiet as a lamb on the trolley until this bastard started screaming in her face. I get this is AH, and some of the replies gave me a smile, but you cant honestly condone this guys behavior.

    Hell no


  • #15
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,316 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Festy wrote: »
    At least he's not letting them run wild
    The moment they're off the trolley, I dare say they will be! :P


  • #16
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    I find tying one trolley upside down onto another trolley creates a safe environment in which to place the kids when I am out doing the shopping.


  • #17
    Ace2007
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,956 ✭✭✭✭Ace2007


    Tzardine wrote: »
    You went to the trouble of quoting my post but did you actually read it.

    It was little Mary. A kid probably still in pull ups. Quiet as a lamb on the trolley until this bastard started screaming in her face. I get this is AH, and some of the replies gave me a smile, but you cant honestly condone this guys behavior.

    like others have said you don't know what problems this guy has, but yet you seem to think it's ok to label him as a scumbag.


  • #18
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    For all we know he could have caught his misses riding his best mate in the boozer last night. Moved back to mothers and took the kids.

    I've lost the head with my nephews and my own son at times. Stop being so judgemental. People and kids have bad days. People get aggravated. It's life, move the fock on and stop being so nosey.

    If it warrants you to come moan on the Internet, why didn't it warrant you to go over to the man and say you think he's doing it wrong?


  • #19
    Tzardine
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,885 ✭✭✭Tzardine


    Ace2007 wrote: »
    like others have said you don't know what problems this guy has, but yet you seem to think it's ok to label him as a scumbag.

    I dont care what problems the guy has, who has ridden his wife, how much money pressure he is under, or any other crap people seems to think is ok. There is no justification for abusing and scaring the **** out a 4 year old girl like he did.

    Edit* - Just to be clear. We are not talking about him letting a little roar at the kid to get off the trolley. I am talking about him getting about 2 inches from her face and screaming at her as loud as he could.

    Anybody that does that is a scumbag. Simple.


  • #20
    December2012
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,695 ✭✭✭December2012


    That's why you could have stepped in.


  • #21
    BillyMitchel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,324 ✭✭✭BillyMitchel


    Tzardine wrote: »
    I dont care what problems the guy has, who has ridden his wife, how much money pressure he is under, or any other crap people seems to think is ok. There is no justification for abusing and scaring the **** out a 4 year old girl like he did.

    Anybody that does that is a scumbag. Simple.

    Well did you go over and say it to him?


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  • #22
    whirlpool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,574 ✭✭✭whirlpool


    Tzardine wrote: »
    I dont care what problems the guy has, who has ridden his wife, how much money pressure he is under, or any other crap people seems to think is ok. There is no justification for abusing and scaring the **** out a 4 year old girl like he did.

    Anybody that does that is a scumbag. Simple.


    He may be a scumbag, or he may have a malfunctioning brain, or he may have been under an enormous amount of stress and snapped just that once.

    Just like yourself, nobody likes the thoughts of that child coming to any harm. Nobody is disagreeing with that.

    The point is, you have like 2% of the facts, and in that kind of situation you're not going to get the responses you're looking for in AH. Either report it to social services or accept it and move on. Because realistically, what else are you going to do?


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