Ok - I just need to vent because I'm angry.
This morning I was at a playgroup with my 2 kids. There's a small table at one side of the room, with some puzzles on it, and three chairs around it. My oldest had been using the table as a stable for a toy horse, and had put the horse on one of the chairs and fastened the reins around the back of the chair.
A mom came up and started moving the chairs so she could sit at the table. My kids chair was a bit to the side, so it was a little in the way, but the mom could have easily used the other side of the table. Instead, she picked up the horse, took the reins off the chair, handed it to my kid, who was kneeling next to the chair, obviously playing with the horse and chair, then she moved the chair to the table and called her daughter over to come do a puzzle! If she thought my kid was in the way, or shouldn't be playing with chairs, all she had to do was say "Mind if I take this chair to do some puzzles, Hun? There are more chairs for you to play with over there," or something. But she didn't say a word.
A couple of minutes later, when my daughter had stopped crying and had decided to do a puzzle, too, the stupid woman had the nerve to say "You need to be polite" to her, when she reached to get a puzzle (that no-one else was using!)
When I was about to leave, I went to tell my older kid to leave, but my toddler saw the puzzles and decided she wanted to do some. I told her it was time to leave, and picked her up. She started saying "no, no, no", and wriggling to try to get loose. The other mom looked at her, then turned away and said "Wow!" It's not like it was a major tantrum or anything. Of course, I'm sure <I>her </I>kid would never do anything like that!
What at b**ch! I'm so pissed off at her, and at myself for not saying anything. I'm not good with confrontations, and at first I was just too surprised that she would actually be so rude, that I didn't say anthing.
If you're still with me, thanks for listening to me rant!
This morning I was at a playgroup with my 2 kids. There's a small table at one side of the room, with some puzzles on it, and three chairs around it. My oldest had been using the table as a stable for a toy horse, and had put the horse on one of the chairs and fastened the reins around the back of the chair.
A mom came up and started moving the chairs so she could sit at the table. My kids chair was a bit to the side, so it was a little in the way, but the mom could have easily used the other side of the table. Instead, she picked up the horse, took the reins off the chair, handed it to my kid, who was kneeling next to the chair, obviously playing with the horse and chair, then she moved the chair to the table and called her daughter over to come do a puzzle! If she thought my kid was in the way, or shouldn't be playing with chairs, all she had to do was say "Mind if I take this chair to do some puzzles, Hun? There are more chairs for you to play with over there," or something. But she didn't say a word.
A couple of minutes later, when my daughter had stopped crying and had decided to do a puzzle, too, the stupid woman had the nerve to say "You need to be polite" to her, when she reached to get a puzzle (that no-one else was using!)
When I was about to leave, I went to tell my older kid to leave, but my toddler saw the puzzles and decided she wanted to do some. I told her it was time to leave, and picked her up. She started saying "no, no, no", and wriggling to try to get loose. The other mom looked at her, then turned away and said "Wow!" It's not like it was a major tantrum or anything. Of course, I'm sure <I>her </I>kid would never do anything like that!
What at b**ch! I'm so pissed off at her, and at myself for not saying anything. I'm not good with confrontations, and at first I was just too surprised that she would actually be so rude, that I didn't say anthing.
If you're still with me, thanks for listening to me rant!
