Comments on: Attention WalMart Shoppers: Please Do Not Slap Another Shopper’s Unruly Child for Crying… That is All

By: teebo

teebo — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:48:20 +0000

Wow, lots of comments and for some odd reason political views which really have nothing to do with the issue.

For myself, I cannont stand it when children cry, scream and otherwise terrorize other customers at any store, but I don’t hit anyone. I usually give the kid a stare that scares them enough to shut up. Sometimes, I tell the kid (one who is old enough to understand) “Your mother told you to stop …whatever”. That usually stops them. But when a kid is just screaming for no real apperant reason, I boldy tell the parent (because it is not just the mothers, sometimes it’s the father with the child) “This is not your living room at your home, this is a public store and we do not want to hear your child screaming, so pleas pay attention to your child and make them behave!”

I get such a diverse response from the parent, but I mostly get lots of thanks from other customers who wish they had the nerve to say something to the parent or the child.

By: Alfred666

Alfred666 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 13:58:13 +0000

#62 – Enema of the State.

By: Alfred1

Alfred1 — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 02:12:54 +0000

Let’s all pay close attention to learn who among us is missing…not posting during the time “Cranky” is detained.

By: Special Ed

Special Ed — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:58:03 +0000

Meh, I’m 55 and I ride the bicycles around the store, I leave them in different locations.

I was in Wal-Mart with a neighbors dog that I was watching. The little white fuzzy dog was in the shopping cart and one of the Whale-Mart critters approached my and told me dogs weren’t allowed in the store. I replied that this was a seeing eye dog, dead serious. She/he/it replied, “oh, ok” and just walked off. Still makes me LMAO when I think about it.

By: Gamer Phfreak

Gamer Phfreak — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:29:12 +0000

# 56 Pffft LMAO.

By: John E. Quantum

John E. Quantum — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:00:51 +0000

Sadly, there are some people that should never have children. And when they do, they take them to WalMart. May God have mercy on your soul if you happen to cross paths-

http://tinyurl.com/lhonpd

By: MSPUptown

MSPUptown — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:51:41 +0000

I agree with the person that said the mother should have been slapped. I don’t know how many times that I’ve seen a baby crying in Walmart and the mother doesn’t even hear it. I guess if you’re around a baby all the time that is crying and you do nothing about it, you get used to the noise. You can’t blame the kid, but you can blame the mother. It’s easier for her to just ignore the child than to actually see what the matter may be. That is a BAD mother that needs someone to slap her for the child’s sake.

By: Mr Diesel

Mr Diesel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:40:27 +0000

Holy cow! Something else I agree with bobbo about. Watch a kid hurt himself playing sometime and you will notice that they look around to see if they are supposed to cry or not. They usually start crying if you look at them after the incident just so they can get the attention.

As for the little phreak saying he would use a knife against someone for touching their child and ending them. All I can say is your bravado with a knife won’t do much good in a gun fight. I’ve been threatened by guns, knives and fists and been shot at. I can tell you that you won’t get close enough to use it with one to the pelvic region and two to the head.

By: bobbo, the devout evangelical anti-theist

bobbo, the devout evangelical anti-theist — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:50:00 +0000

#53–Mick==similarly==when a kiddie trips and falls and looks up to see what he should do about it, laugh or cry, I ask him “Look–did you leave a hole in the floor?” The kid with tears forming in his eyes, looks around and says no. Usually enough for him to forget what happened.

Yes==parents have so much control over how kids orient themselves to the world. As such===when seeing a kiddie screaming and all upset in a store, the person to be slapped is the parent.

By: bobbo, the devout evangelical anti-theist

bobbo, the devout evangelical anti-theist — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:45:29 +0000

#51–Dallas==I read far enough to find out that Christ-0-crat was what Dr Benjamin Rush called himself==meaning he wasn’t of a political party but rather a follower of god. Good to know actually==assuming its true as just about everything else he wrote is just bunk.

I wonder if we contesting parties can be happy we live in a country where we are BOTH allowed the freedom to hold the beliefs we do, or sadly if too many of us are unreasonably dissatisfied because we can’t force the others to conform?

By: Mick Hamblen

Mick Hamblen — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:21:51 +0000

Here is a little experiment that I’ve tried and it works..

Look in the childs eyes and ask “So WHAT are YOU crying about?” Shuts then up like a charm!

By: m.c. in l.v.

m.c. in l.v. — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:10:40 +0000

Was is any of these people?

http://peopleofwalmart.com/

By: Dallas

Dallas — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:44:32 +0000

#45 Sorry, I just don’t have the patience to read the keyboard diarrhea posted in #41 an #45.

Question. What the heck is a Conservative Christ-ocrat? It seems what remains of the Conservative party is splintering into all sorts of weird mutations.

I’m not sure what the Center for Disease Control is going to do about this.

By: Benjamin

Benjamin — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:40:47 +0000

I am not defending this guy. Parents need to control their children. I am not referring to the two year old, but might I mention the parents that let their children ride bicycles around the store.

In my opinion bicycles should be locked up like they lock up the ammo at Walmart.

By: Hitos

Hitos — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:29:31 +0000

“Dead kids don’t cry”, eh?

#44

Those are very bad Bible readers then. “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you”, isn’t it?