Well It was probably one of the worst cases of abuse that I had seen and I had no idea what to do.
I was in an airport waiting for my plane to arrive. I don't remember where I was going but most likely to see my mother. A mother and child (I think he was 5 years old) were sitting near by me. The mother was reading and the child was playing quietly on the floor in front of her with his toys. Apparently he discovered something about his toys he wanted to show her and quietly and politely asked her to look. She apparently was very involved in what she was reading and told him to stop. He really wanted her to see what he made but she refused to take two seconds to at least look at his invention. He continued to ask nicely for her to see what he did and she told him to stop bugging her while she's reading. He persisted while still remaining very calm and quiet. Poor kid was so proud of what he had done and she didn't even want to look. She told him to shut up and stop bugging her. He started to whine a little out of disappointment at her ignoring him. She finally had it and put her paper aside, stood up picked him up, shook him fairly hard, and literally tossed him into the seat next to her and sternly told him to shut up and leave her alone. He just sat there stunned and cried after a minute.
I could not believe my eyes! What a cunt rag! Poor kid just wanted to show her what he did. All she had to do was look and tell him how good he was. That would have taken her only a couple of seconds to do. So much for good behavior! I feel guilty now because I could have said something to the authorities, but I felt it wasn't my business and she didn't actually hurt him. She was violent and inappropriate, but she didn't hurt him. She hurt his feelings and self-esteem I'm sure...which will have consequences later on in his life, but at that moment, there wouldn't be anything authorities could have done.
What sort of public inappropriate behavior has any of you come across?
I was in an airport waiting for my plane to arrive. I don't remember where I was going but most likely to see my mother. A mother and child (I think he was 5 years old) were sitting near by me. The mother was reading and the child was playing quietly on the floor in front of her with his toys. Apparently he discovered something about his toys he wanted to show her and quietly and politely asked her to look. She apparently was very involved in what she was reading and told him to stop. He really wanted her to see what he made but she refused to take two seconds to at least look at his invention. He continued to ask nicely for her to see what he did and she told him to stop bugging her while she's reading. He persisted while still remaining very calm and quiet. Poor kid was so proud of what he had done and she didn't even want to look. She told him to shut up and stop bugging her. He started to whine a little out of disappointment at her ignoring him. She finally had it and put her paper aside, stood up picked him up, shook him fairly hard, and literally tossed him into the seat next to her and sternly told him to shut up and leave her alone. He just sat there stunned and cried after a minute.
I could not believe my eyes! What a cunt rag! Poor kid just wanted to show her what he did. All she had to do was look and tell him how good he was. That would have taken her only a couple of seconds to do. So much for good behavior! I feel guilty now because I could have said something to the authorities, but I felt it wasn't my business and she didn't actually hurt him. She was violent and inappropriate, but she didn't hurt him. She hurt his feelings and self-esteem I'm sure...which will have consequences later on in his life, but at that moment, there wouldn't be anything authorities could have done.
What sort of public inappropriate behavior has any of you come across?