bad kids and behavior

[amalan11]

I saw an article about  a lady who has lodged a complaint about "Rude staff" at a Woolies store . Her pregnant sister and she were shopping with sisters two young kids when a woolies staffer approached them and asked them to control the kids ,said she always managed to control her 5  ect.

What got me was the lady complaining said;

 "the kids were just running around the  isles,yelling a bit, getting items off the shelf and tossing them in the trolly or on the floor ,you know as kids do....my sister and I were just  trying to do our weeks shop we were trying to stop them but my sister is pregnant and I was there to help her so  it was hard.there was no need for a woolworths staff to be so rude it ruined  our trip "

Woolworths have offered their sincere apologies and will speak to the staff involved   😠

Im dubious as to who owes who an apology, I feel for the staff member ...they sound like little horrors by the aunts own description 

[mloreason]

I reckon a lot of the customers would have felt like applauding the staff member.

[bushies.girl]

Have to love today's "modern" parenting   ......... NOT

[amalan11]

I would expect to be told to leave if I had kids tossing things on the floor  ,her attitude seems incredible.  And for woolies to apologize seems to be really bad even if the staff member was a bit too personal  or something it would be good for woolies to point out the kids behavior was not acceptable.

 If some  customer fell due to the kids bad behavior I bet head office  would be quick to ask why staff did not step in to stop it.

sign of the times I guess...

[*tippy*toes*]

I am so sick to death of this modern behaviour and attitude of "my kids can do no wrong". Or, you have to let them do it because they are expressing themselves and if you stop them doing it, it will upset their precious self esteem. The so called "experts" go on with how discipline is bad, saying no is bad, parents have to be their best friend and not their parents, otherwise they'll end up with all sorts of mental health issues.

Funny how Gen X and before seemed to turn out OK for the most part, knew right from wrong, were told no and it meant no, were disciplined appropriately, had to work for anything they wanted, if something broke it wasn't replaced, kids were taught manners and they weren't wanting to kill or harm themselves because someone looked at them. Yes, some did have mental health issues, but majority didn't.

Gen Y and beyond, never told no, or if they were, it was followed by a yes when they chucked a tanty. They are given everything they want and more, with parents using the excuse of "I want them to have everything I didn't have". Discipline is non existent because it upsets their precious self esteem and when they are playing up, it's excused as them expressing themselves. If they break something, like their $1,200 iphone, it's replaced. Very few kids/teens DON'T have some sort of mental health issue. Very few AREN'T on some sort of medication.

So, discipline = well behaved, well manners kids and adults vs no discipline = out of control brats with mental health issues. Remind me again why modern parenting is encouraged?

Flog the little shets.

[lyndal1838]

It seems to me that if it is not acceptable for Woolworths staff to try and control customer's children then the customer should be asked to leave and take their unruly offspring with them.

Better to lose one or 2 families as customers than risk every other customer in the store leaving in disgust

[imastawka]

Pesky little feral kids!  Screaming cos they want this, or want that.

Throwing tanties, just cos they want, want, want.

I used to scream at the mothers     'Make it stop or take it home,

                                                                                 I have a right to shop in peace'

Another reason I now shop on-line.  

[the4masters2013]

A similar story when I was grocery shopping in the local family operated shop. Mother was quite uninterested that her 2 little darlings who were running up and down the aisles and screaming and trying to destroy the shop. It wasn't a good look (or sound! ) at 8am.

The owner asked the mother to control her children - which she didn't - she was way, way too busy reading the packaging labels on everything.

Eventually, the owner asked her to leave her shopping behind and take the children home. She was only allowed to come back if the kids were not with her.

Needless to say, word got round and  business improved.

[bushies.girl]

I am all for teaching kids right from wrong BUT if another customer screamed at me or referred to any of my children as an "IT", all hell would break loose, how rude. All children can have a bad day and if the parent was "trying" to do the right thing and her control her child/children, no one has the right to speak to them like that at all. 

[bright.ton42]

The age of self entitlement.   Starting as kids.  No wonder they grow into obnoxious adults. they might get what they want want want as kids with stupid parents but it won't wash in adulthood.