I've decided to start this blog to comment on things that I'd like to complain about. I know that this is probably not a new or novel idea, but ask any of my friends or coworkers (that have good hearing) and they'll tell you that I love to complain.
For my first post I've decided that I'd like to complain about poor parenting in retail settings; specifically losing tracking of your child/parent and then screaming to find him/her. Truth-be-told this goes both ways. I can remember many times when I've been in Target and I've seen parents run down end caps yelling the name of their little boy or girl. I also vividly remember children - who for some reason remain stationary - standing and screaming at the top of their lungs "MOM" or "DAD".
I am not sure when this became acceptable, but the only time I want to hear anything that loud, is when the PA speaker comes on and tells me about the blue-light special. But wait, there's hope. I think this problem has an easy fix. How about spending time with your child when you're in the store together? I realizing that little boys/girls might not love finding the best deal on toilet paper or dog food, but putting in some planning might expedite the deal finding process. What's that? They still want to run crazily down the toy aisle? How about being a parent and setting limits? Use the toy aisle as an incentive for good behavior in the store instead of relief from bad behavior. It's not the responsibility of store employees or other shoppers to correct the crummy behavior of your child.
