People who think that they're better, just cuz they have kids

[KnitShoni]

They say in the posts some of the culprits had the uniform but didn't wear it for no reason. If somebody absolutly has no way of coming up with the money to get the uniform and has absoultly no way of getting one of the other parents to sell them an old one then it is understandable but that still doesn't mean they should wear something that is hot pink as opposed to a simple black. I'm also going to hazard a guess that most parents who can't afford a swim suit are able to buy many things that they want but don't need and could easily hold off on this spending for a little while and get the suit.

They don't know for a fact there WAS no reason. And, chances are, if they couldn't afford the team suit, they probably might not have been able to afford a basic black one, either. Also, to me, and I suspect a lot of other people, hand-me-down swimwear is about as disgusting as hand-me-down underwear.

[Greenday]

Also, to me, and I suspect a lot of other people, hand-me-down swimwear is about as disgusting as hand-me-down underwear.

I don't see a difference between the two, that's for sure.

[Mishi]

I hate 'entitled' parents. There was group of them at my daughters' swimming class, but they disappeared as soon as the weather turned cool (it's an enclosed heated pool, so just laziness). Bitching about schools and kindys, trying to one up each other and attempting to make everyone else feel bad.

For both of my daughters I used a babycarrier-harness thingy as they hated the pram. By the time they were too heavy for that I just used a trolley, then transferred to walking, holding hands. We have a beast of a pram sitting in the front hall, covered in dust and destined for the tip as it was destroyed by the load of books from Bookfest.
I will admit to using the pram as a battering ram once or twice, the few times that I used it, but only against groups of emos that were coming the opposite way, saw me first and were smirking at me. *Shrugs* They had much more manouverability than I did, I was hemmed in by elderly folk, people with small children and others with trolleys. I also used to keep my elbows out and a scowl on my face while I had a munchkin in the harness as I constantly had people either running into me OR trying to touch my daughter's head while she was napping on my boobs.
I tend to get my kids babysat when I'm shopping though, other people shouldn't have to deal with my kids if they decide to throw a tantrum.

[Red Panda]

They don't know for a fact there WAS no reason. And, chances are, if they couldn't afford the team suit, they probably might not have been able to afford a basic black one, either. Also, to me, and I suspect a lot of other people, hand-me-down swimwear is about as disgusting as hand-me-down underwear.

Despite the fact that some people refused to dress properly, I still don't see how those parents are an example of people who think they are better because they have kids because this is a situation where adults without kids are involved. Thats just a group of people who think everybody should wear the uniform.

[Lace Neil Singer]

It's an example cuz of the frankly rude way that they were discussing it in the Facebook post that was featured. One of the mothers' kids had heatstroke and his mother was too concerned about the group photo being ruined by a kid in a pink swimsuit to worry about her child. That is why it is.

Also, as has been pointed out, some people can't afford to buy team swimsuits. That doesn't mean that their child should be excluded from the team. After all, if the snotty mother feels so strongly about it, she can always put her hand in her own pocket.

[Red Panda]

But there is no evidence they feel they are better people because they have kids. In fact it argues against it because if they felt having kids gave you certain rights other people don't deserve they wouldn't be focusing on other parents.

[KnitShoni]

But there is no evidence they feel they are better people because they have kids. In fact it argues against it because if they felt having kids gave you certain rights other people don't deserve they wouldn't be focusing on other parents.

This is true. However, there tends to be a very large overlap between people who feel the need to talk down to and about people who don't have children, and people who feel the need to talk badly about parents who do or don't do, for whatever reason, everything the way they do.

[Lace Neil Singer]

This is true. However, there tends to be a very large overlap between people who feel the need to talk down to and about people who don't have children, and people who feel the need to talk badly about parents who do or don't do, for whatever reason, everything the way they do.

Exactly that.

Now, can we please keep the thread on topic instead of going off on a tangent nitpicking about irrelevancies? Please?

Another example of entitled parents; this time at work, so I couldn't say what I wanted to say. -.- This woman came in with a small boy to pay for her petrol. While she was doing this, her brat was grabbing at stuff off the shelves. In the end, she turned to go while her son was clutching a pack of cupcakes. I said, "Excuse me, but you need to pay for those."

Her response? "Can't you just let him have those? After all, Orange Bag has plenty of money."

My jaw just dropped at the sight of so much entitlement in one person. I replied, "I'm sorry, but we can't. If he takes those out the store, it's stealing." She scowled at me and took the cupcakes out of her child's grasping hands and put them back; he immediately started to screech like a banshee. She then turned and snapped at me, "Now look at what you've done."

What I've done? Again with the Hope she never comes back; but that would be too much to ask, I think.

[KnitShoni]

Ok, see, that pisses me off to no end. When did crap like that become ok? When did it become ok to not teach children to keep their hands off shit that doesn't belong to them?

People have asked me why I stopped teaching. Entitled parents.

[anakhouri]

I think that woman's mindset was less "I am better because I have a kid." than "I am lazy to parent my kid."

[KnitShoni]

I think that woman's mindset was less "I am better because I have a kid." than "I am lazy to parent my kid."

I kinda think it was partly that and partly "my child is the most wonderful thing ever and if you don't bow down to his wishes you don't deserve to breathe."

[protege]

My jaw just dropped at the sight of so much entitlement in one person. I replied, "I'm sorry, but we can't. If he takes those out the store, it's stealing." She scowled at me and took the cupcakes out of her child's grasping hands and put them back; he immediately started to screech like a banshee. She then turned and snapped at me, "Now look at what you've done."

What I've done? Again with the Hope she never comes back; but that would be too much to ask, I think.

I wonder if that woman is married to one of my idiot neighbors. This guy, was taking a walk with his kid. For whatever reason, the kid decided to take a shortcut through my yard. My yard...that was still recovering from being re-seeded, and having some trees removed. Of course, I told the kid to get lost. I wasn't about to open myself up to a possible lawsuit if that twit fell into a hole or tripped on a branch. No sooner does he leave...when his father comes over, and started going on about how I "had no right to talk to his son that way." Uh, I don't have the right? You're on *my* property asshole. Your rights ended at the curb. Don't like it? Get the fuck out. If you refuse, I call the cops and have them bust you for trespassing.

[blas87]

I don't know if it's always that they think they are better, versus that they think their kids are too precious and special to do any wrong, and how dare you tell them NOT to let their baby chew on unpurchased merchandise or let Little Johnny climb the paper towel displays.