but it looks like somebody else beat me to it.

you're still pretty new. Every last bit of that has started a flamewar at some time or another here on DU. If only the woman had been breastfeeding while talking about eating cornflake battered fried chicken at an Olive Garden-that would have been the ultimate.

two copycat threads will exist by this time tomorrow. Running away now.

Sometimes threads die late at night. If it makes it to morning it has a better chance of growing.

Unfortunately, this incident really did happen.

forgot about that.

Sorry-our Walmart doesn't allow pit bulls. (I wish this was a joke-there was actually a sign on the door once.)

Baby was held by mom.

What started that flamewar?

I don't reccall, sorry. But it was one of those Very Important Things involving judging, how you were raised, how others should be, etc etc etc.

I admit...I'm one of the people that thinks the damn kiddie-leashes need to be outlawed, but that thread became insane too fast for me. Right up there with moon bombing.

when I was a toddler. Seems I had a penchant for jumping out of the stroller and landing on my head or running into traffic. Of course, that was in the 40's, long before the modern safety equiment available to today's parents. I can remember wearing the harness, and didn't really mind it, as it afforded me more freedom than being led around by the hand.

I understand their use conditionally; I just see way too many parents that use them as a means to facilitate their own negligent parenting. More than I see use them appropriately. The example I usually use to demonstrate this is the absentee mother when I was working at Starbucks who was drinking her latte and gabbing on her phone while her son was winding his way around the table and his neck throttling himself. When I tried to point this out to her, she waved me off...then got pissed when I cut the tether around her blue-faced munchkin. "Now how am I supposed to enjoy my latte? You owe me a new child harness!"

I accused her of having her having her priorities wrong and point blank told her I'd let them fire me before I bought her a new leash.

More than outlawing them, I'd like to see the implementation of substantial penalties for their misuse. I'm an extremist though, I confronted a woman and called CPS on her for slapping her 5ish daughter in the face in a supermarket. She called me bad names when the police arrived and I told them not only would I testify, I hoped they took her kids away.

I reported my nextdoor neighbor for child abuse. Police and Child Protective Services both respondes.Believe me, it certainly made things rough, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

I have had to chase my kids though, and they like to wander off.... yet I still never got one of those things. I just try to keep an eagle eye on them. I have noticed what you have said with them. I believe they do have your place, but as with many things they turn into a crutch.

They appalled me until I got a skittery toddler and had to transfer airports while flying to a family death. He could skitter, I could not lose him in the crowd. Of course said leash was about 2 feet long. And a harness. And well supervised.

"But sir, this is a trained guard dog who only attacks crying infants on command."

Imagine all the replies!

Maybe the woman had a pitbull dog tied up outside to a park bench while it was having puppies?

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Is even better than kicking puppies...


Seriously, nothing I see at walmart surprises me anymore.

I only use Grey Poupon if I am slow cooking them. If it is a summer bbq I prefer bubbas sweet dipping sauce. Lol

A person "nods" their head in agreement, and "shakes" it to disagree.

(This statement void in Albania, Macedonia and Bulgaria, but since they were at Wal-Mart...)

yes INDEED

have a problem with that, too.

Shaking one's head in agreement, I mean.

No. One nods in agreement.

OK so even worse, for me, is the disconnect I feel when I see someone say something like, "But I love him/her soooo much", while shaking their head in what I perceive to be the negative.

If I had the sound off at that moment, I would naturally assume that the person had just said, "I don't really like bananas", or something.

I'm such a pain in the ass. Verbal and non-verbal have to match, for me...

when I write a post like this. I risk lectures from people about "English is a living language and you have to stop imposing your narrow views on it".

Constant misuse of the language is one of the major problems plaguing humanity and is an impediment to solving problems. Orwell put his finger on the issue with Newspeak (which is now identified as "doublespeak", a term Orwell never used in 1984), a problem we see and hear 24x7 in the media.

The problem is not unique to the Right, but I get a lot of grief from people when I point out that "politically correct speech" is doublespeak for doublespeak.

Carlin said it best:

It looks like they're signalling "no," but it's meant more as a laughing sort of "I can't believe it, but you're correct."

Granted, that's not as common, but it happens.

but then you have body language and facial cues to convey that you mean the opposite.

Weird animals, that's for sure.

What the hell is it? Are people now supposed to put duct tape over their children's mouths when shopping so that assholes are not offended by a baby crying? And then there are the road rage people we now have to avoid. The idiots that are now running our country. The ones that can't stand dogs that think nothing of killing a family pet. And of course the asses that think everyone should be armed and the way to settle every difference of opinion is by shooting the person that does not agree with you. What kind of world will our children and grandchildren have to try to survive in?

and a few of our students are self entitled little brats who've never had to hear the word "no".

Didn't sound bratty to me. Sounded sick.

I was referring to the college girl as a brat.

scenarios, not just babies crying. Half our country seems to have gone stark raving mad.

letting the kid make noise in a restaurant or something. And then they're crying on airplanes and shit. You gotta draw the line early...

Maybe they need to have childless sections at the local Walmart now, just like a few restaurants.

Just think, if they did that, WalMart would close within the week, and COSTCO would rule! Well, I can dream, can't I?

So that does me absolutely no good.

but they have great on line service. I ordered a tv that was on sale, had it delivered. Great set, great bargain, great service. I highly recommed shopping on line with them.

just for things like toilet paper and shampoo and that's only if I run out the supplies. Yesterday I went for allergy meds, because the line at Walgreen's was truly insane.

but I would have been joking.

Are you sure they were serious? I always make jokes like that with my friends. We are very sarcastic.

than if a man were to "joke" about hitting a woman.

I notified someone working the floor and pointed them out to the worker. She said they hear it all the time but that she would tell her manager and give them a description. She said they'd keep an eye out.

until the nasty creature stared at the baby and the woman in line and referred to her as a "f*cking b*tch" who can't keep her "damn kid shut up".

I really don't think she was joking.

when you add"f*cking b*tch" who can't keep her "...damn kid shut up", it puts a whole new light on it.

Most of the kids are great and I'd love to have them over for a big Sunday dinner. But you do get a few that are nasty, rude, obnoxious and completely self-centered. I'm pretty sure she was a student.

no doubt. One of these days, she'll say something like that to someone who's locked and loaded. Wouldn't want to be in her shoes when that happens.

People carry at Walmart all the time.

If they had just taken the kid to Walgreen's, there would have been unicorns and rainbows, and cotton candy for all to enjoy.

Wish I had been there...the idiot young people needed an earful. I'm at that stage of my life where I pretty much say what I want.

Here's Maxine, and since I just had cataract surgery, we could pass for twins.

because it actually took a minute for it to register. When it did register I mentioned it to someone working the floor and pointed them out. Her response? "We hear that crap all the time."

They can be renewed anywhere in the US, including in New York City.

When babies put a hands to their ear, it is because their ear hurts. Maybe the mom was getting some medicine for the baby.

Every time she had an earache she'd tug at her ear. And she had an earache right before she would cut teeth, every single time.

college student. (she was wearing a local uni shirt with her school on it. BTW-it was school of business.)

I wasn't the only one who heard it. The guy next to me (we were both looking at allergy meds) spun around and said "What did that b&tch say?"

When all you have is a Walmart in town you tend to meet the worst people in the area.

that baby, and all babies, have a right to voice their opinion. The fact that they cry to make that opinion known is irrelevant.

Hell, we have a Speaker of The House who cries on the floor of The House. We let that go on.

Look at the mess his crying has us in.

Smack "it".

Ugh.

It really surprised me and few things do.

I guess I should go back to the ASDA I was just shopping in (it's part of the WalMart family). Heard a few crying/screaming babies being pushed around in the trolley. They could use a good smacking, eh?

Maybe she was pissy that it was Friday night and no one would buy her beer.

Who knows?

Have the little sarcasm thingy abover her head?

at least I hope she was.

It's the kind of warped, black humor my sisters and I would engage in when we were young. We grew up slapped around to say the least, but we wouldn't really mean it if we said something like that.

And we would be totally deadpan and sound sincere if we said it, until we realized somebody or other thought we were serious. Then would clue them in that we were just kidding.

But she looked at the woman and baby and called her a "f*cking b*tch" and said something about her not shutting her "damn kid up".

I have a tendency to give people more credit than they deserve.

In that case I hope the evil young "woman" manages to never get pregnant.

"If a corporate douche-bag can harass workers at Walmart then I should be able to smack it."

"If a Tea Bagger can display their ignorance about politics while in line at Walmart then I should be able to smack it."

How about:

"If a sociopath can threaten little babbies at Walmart then I should be able to smack it."

Add your "If a _____ can ____ at Walmart then I should be able to smack it" below, and join the fun!

then I should be able to smack it. Unfortunately, had I been there, that's probably exactly what I would have said, too.

Do they still make those?

Baby in the pharmacy line, crying with a hand on its ear. Hmmmm... I'm not a big fan of babies, myself, especially the crying ones. But, at least I wouldn't consider smacking one, particularly one that appears to be suffering from an ear infection, and whose mom is waiting to get some medication for it. I'm all for parents taking their screaming kids out of the store, but sometimes exceptions need to be made. Sheesh.

Those things happen. No reason for anyone to threaten like that young woman did.

and live life only for themselves. My advice to them? "Don't have children, they'll just get in the way of YOU."

Maybe then they'll save any potential future offspring from their fucked up issues, and society in general from that legacy.

In my younger days society mostly turned a blind eye to wife beating, daughter molesting, child beating and bullies of all types.

We don't put up with those shenanigans anymore, nor discrimination - which gets called out more times than not. While the internet and cell phones do tend to put us all in our little cocoons it also spreads lots of sunshine on the things that could be done in secret.

There are always going to be thoughtless or narcissistic people but really I think overall as a society we are far more sensitive to mistreatment of the people in our community and around the world.

We do have very good & decent people everywhere.

On the flip side though evil really does walk the earth. It's terrifying how much bad just one person can do in todays world. They avoid exposure and take FULL advantage of the internet.

awhile back my partner and I were in a store... there was a young woman shopping and her young baby was just screaming... my maternal instincts went into hypermode and I approached her nicely and offered to hold her baby while she shopped... my partner looked at me like I was nuts and to this day still makes fun of me as a potential babynapper...

If you have two shopping carts of stuff and decide to begin to write your check when the last item is scanned......We should be able to smack you

If you get in the express line and have a fistful of coupons, half of which are dubious.....We should be able to smack you.

If you throw a hissy fit because the elderly lady in front of you is not moving her items into the cart and off the conveyor belt fast enough......We should be able to smack you

If you keep ten people waiting in line while you wait for your slow ass kid or significant other to fetch a last minute item.....We should be able to smack you

If you are complaining about the person in front of you using SNAP benefits without knowing a single fucking thing about their living situation.....We should be able to smack you

And if you are in line at a pharmacy counter behind a mother with a crying baby who has an obvious health issue and you don't offer a word of support or an offer of help or just shut the fuck up because, you know, sick kids scream.....We should be able to smack the wholly fuck out of you.

It saddens me to see how much people hearts have grown cold.

Was she serious? what an idiot!

And as for Ms. College Age, her comments are ugly and threatening. Ugly words can only come from an ugly soul.

Your normal I'm #1 attitude for college kids, I know at a college kid in the 80's I felt the same way.

Now at a parent of two crying kids bothers me about as much as a dog peeing on my tires. You learn to tolerate both as you mature and realize there's other people in this world.

Crying is one of those noises.

Suck it up, fuckers.

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demonstrated by pulling at his ear. I would have advised the haters of that.

Pretty simple.