This || Close To Jail
So Nellbot hadda' get her hair done today at the mall. While I was waiting I went off and got a tasty pretzel with nacho cheese, looked at movies, cool t-shirts, and some posters at various stores. I knew it was getting to be about the time that she'd be done so I headed back over to the get your hair done place and sat on the bench in the hallway.
Enter The Family. A family of four came in through one of the entrances from outside and started milling about the hairdo place. There was a boy of about 10 and another around 12-13. The 13 year old started wandering off toward's Macy's and the dad asked him where he was going. "Macy's," was the kid's reply. "Why?" asked the dad. I didn't catch the kid's response but whatever it was, the dad didn't like it because as the mom came out of the hairdo place he said, "If he talks back to me again I'm gonna' bust him in the fucking mouth."
Now, for those of you who don't know, I spent four solid years working with kids from the ages of 6 - 18. I did so because I believe passionately that, cliche though it may sound, they're our future. I feel our future generations need our attention now more than ever and that we need not focus solely on our own kids' well-being.
So naturally I bristled a little when I heard the guy say this. It wouldn't have been so bad if the guy had been letting of some steam out of ear shot of the kids. But the younger one was standing right next to the dad. There's no fucking reason for your kids to hear such things. As the older kid sauntered back the dad said, "You're just a fucking kid. Your opinion doesn't carry a damn bit of weight."
Then they were leaving. It took everything I had in me to not get up and beat the guy senseless. The last thing those kids need is to hear their dad tear into them about how they don't matter. I've been sitting here for a couple of minutes trying to find a way to express how enraged I was to see this asshole take something as incredible as his kids for granted and I just can't do it. I wanted to show him how it feels to not matter. All I wanted was to break him down and make him feel as worthless and helpless as his kids no doubt feel.
Anyway, I don't think I would have just given him a sound thump on the head or two: No doubt somebody would have ended up pulling me off of him. Since I have plans to raise our own children some time in the no-so-distant future, I felt that doing 3-5 for assault and battery seemed like a pretty bad idea.
Enter The Family. A family of four came in through one of the entrances from outside and started milling about the hairdo place. There was a boy of about 10 and another around 12-13. The 13 year old started wandering off toward's Macy's and the dad asked him where he was going. "Macy's," was the kid's reply. "Why?" asked the dad. I didn't catch the kid's response but whatever it was, the dad didn't like it because as the mom came out of the hairdo place he said, "If he talks back to me again I'm gonna' bust him in the fucking mouth."
Now, for those of you who don't know, I spent four solid years working with kids from the ages of 6 - 18. I did so because I believe passionately that, cliche though it may sound, they're our future. I feel our future generations need our attention now more than ever and that we need not focus solely on our own kids' well-being.
So naturally I bristled a little when I heard the guy say this. It wouldn't have been so bad if the guy had been letting of some steam out of ear shot of the kids. But the younger one was standing right next to the dad. There's no fucking reason for your kids to hear such things. As the older kid sauntered back the dad said, "You're just a fucking kid. Your opinion doesn't carry a damn bit of weight."
Then they were leaving. It took everything I had in me to not get up and beat the guy senseless. The last thing those kids need is to hear their dad tear into them about how they don't matter. I've been sitting here for a couple of minutes trying to find a way to express how enraged I was to see this asshole take something as incredible as his kids for granted and I just can't do it. I wanted to show him how it feels to not matter. All I wanted was to break him down and make him feel as worthless and helpless as his kids no doubt feel.
Anyway, I don't think I would have just given him a sound thump on the head or two: No doubt somebody would have ended up pulling me off of him. Since I have plans to raise our own children some time in the no-so-distant future, I felt that doing 3-5 for assault and battery seemed like a pretty bad idea.
posted by Ueberyak at 9:27 PM
4 Comments:
I agree that it would have been an inopportune time to whack on the guy.
For one thing I am looking forward to the kids you mention having in the not too distant future.
And for another, it's doubtful you would find prison a comfortable existence.
Although, according to Johnny Cash, if you commit murder in Nevada, you get sent to prison in Folsom, not all that far from here. I'd get to see you more. Still, the fact that you would likely be trailing feces from your asshole being increased in size a fair amount (you know how affectionate those imprisoned Mexicans are...) might be off-putting.
I'm just saying...
man, i regularly encounter parents that deserve a good thumping. makes breeding control a little more attractive
and between this and little league, we are beginning to agree a little bit more than previously advertised
The thing is, I'm mainly a pacifist. I'd much rather see people use their brains than their fists or guns. But Intellectual Josh. Emotional Josh typically takes a more direct, Pavlovian approach.
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