it's time for another open letter
Apr. 24th, 2009 11:31 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
seldneiDear Target Checkout Lady,
Those toys and DVDs you kept trying to hand to my child becuase he was fussy? THEY'RE BIRTHDAY PRESENTS AND I WAS TRYING TO HIDE THEM! Relatively successfully, I might add, until you got involved.
Also, that sad little angel you wanted to cheer up? The reason he was so cranky and fussy? HE WAS ON TIME OUT FOR RIPPING UP MERCHANDISE! Merchandise I, then, ended up buying because of my stupid moral upbringing.
(Seriously, I don't need a WordWorld DVD. The kid doesn't even like WordWorld. Had he ripped up the useless cardboard cover of, say, a Handy Manny or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD, then while I'd be upset and he'd still be in trouble, I would not also be cursing the gods. Like I am now. At least it was cheap, and not some crazy platinum reissue of the Godfather movies.)
So, yeah, next time you want to shoot me a dirty look for telling you not to hand something to my child, please, consider the happy surprises you might be spoiling. And the next time you see some total brat of a kid in your store, dismantling the display or freezing your computer because his mother lets him push all the buttons on the credit card scanner, remember the nasty look you shot the mother who was keeping you from contributing to her son's possible future delinquency.
Sincerely,
Harried, Cranky, StotanMom.
Those toys and DVDs you kept trying to hand to my child becuase he was fussy? THEY'RE BIRTHDAY PRESENTS AND I WAS TRYING TO HIDE THEM! Relatively successfully, I might add, until you got involved.
Also, that sad little angel you wanted to cheer up? The reason he was so cranky and fussy? HE WAS ON TIME OUT FOR RIPPING UP MERCHANDISE! Merchandise I, then, ended up buying because of my stupid moral upbringing.
(Seriously, I don't need a WordWorld DVD. The kid doesn't even like WordWorld. Had he ripped up the useless cardboard cover of, say, a Handy Manny or Mickey Mouse Clubhouse DVD, then while I'd be upset and he'd still be in trouble, I would not also be cursing the gods. Like I am now. At least it was cheap, and not some crazy platinum reissue of the Godfather movies.)
So, yeah, next time you want to shoot me a dirty look for telling you not to hand something to my child, please, consider the happy surprises you might be spoiling. And the next time you see some total brat of a kid in your store, dismantling the display or freezing your computer because his mother lets him push all the buttons on the credit card scanner, remember the nasty look you shot the mother who was keeping you from contributing to her son's possible future delinquency.
Sincerely,
Harried, Cranky, StotanMom.
