Comments on: I never meant my actions to have consequences

By: tanita

tanita — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 16:41:01 +0000

In reply to Anita. Love that Southernism - if you can bless them, you can also say they're a festering cyst on the gonads of the universe. Well done, that. ☺

By: xw

xw — Sun, 02 Jun 2013 23:14:59 +0000

I really dislike this trend of using social media as a bullying and shaming tool.

By: Anita

Anita — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:05:19 +0000

That Spa owner is an… well, bless her heart…

By: SMcC

SMcC — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 17:42:46 +0000

Have you ever heard the phrase “invincible ignorance”? I think what we have here is “invincible shamelessness”.

Ughh. I just knew there was a reason I never, ever, enter hair salons.

By: sumac

sumac — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 15:19:30 +0000

I’m guessing that the mother was just trying to shut the salon owner up, shame her into quitting the rant. But some people are REALLY HARD TO SHAME.

By: tanita

tanita — Fri, 31 May 2013 22:11:01 +0000

Aaaaaaaaaaargh.
On so many levels.
This was just stumbling from one disaster to another: #1: I don’t think ANY 2 1/2 year old would be down with the buzz. As once a teacher at a school for bright and differently abled children, I had the opportunity to see how some children deal with unexpected noises. Not well. I have a feeling that the mother knew the weeping could have been worse. There could have been hysterical shrieking. And flailing. And a full-on meltdown. #2, I dislike is that the mother was ashamed about her child. “I’m so sorry, he’s autistic” is something she’s going to have to get over. He’s going to be autistic all of her life. She cannot be sorry every day. She can be strong, and affection and corrective as necessary. But it’s a waste of energy to be sorry for what we cannot control. She has to put on her steel-plated beeyatch boots and say, “You need to calm down. We can talk about another option, but you need to stop shouting in my child’s face.”

Man, that just — wow. I could beat that shop owner. Just as well I don’t have kids; nobody wants me to go all Mama Bear on their backsides. This whole things peeves me – stupid apology notwithstanding.