Reply #44: I seriously can't make out what your saying.

[Gedankenaustausch]

"if this is how you judge... that is attack?" "why does it put a smile a child is spanked." I don't know what these mean... I'll guess that the second question your asking why it puts a smile on my face? if that's the question, you should read the beginning when I said that I wasn't being serious. I really can't tell what the first thing says, sorry. The parent made it seem that the child was misbehaving "She told Ballard she would handle her own business and son." I took that as in I will do my own disciplining, so yeah from that it would REASONABLY follow that the child did something to warrant discipline. So yeah, I think that's reasonable thinking on my part. And to answer the last part, yes I have seen it many times... my favorite was this time a kid ripped open a bag of pasta and started waving the bag around and pasta was going everywhere, the parent tried her best to be stern with the child explaining that it was bad while he was laughing saying things back to her challenging her authority etc., then the lady was trying to pick the pasta up, as the son outright refused, while the child grabbed another bag off the shelf and did the same thing all while laughing at her. He was maybe 10 or so. My favorite kid story doesn't really involve misbehavior but it's really funny. A girl, probably 4 or so, points to a black woman and says, "Look mommy! A black person!" The comment wasn't as funny as the look of horror on the mother's face. hahaha, sometimes I miss retail. And I'm so glad that you have worked in a place where the kids are so well behaved!