A woman in a
supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved grandson. He
has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets, ice cream, sugared cereal, popsicles, and all sorts
of things.
The
grandfather is saying in a controlled voice: "Easy, William, we won't be
long".
Another outburst and she
hears the grandfather calmly say, "It's okay William. Just a couple more
minutes and we'll be out of here. Hang in there”.
At the
checkout the little horror is throwing items out of the cart. The grandfather picks them up and patiently lays them on the checkout counter.
Grandfather
says again in a controlled voice, "William, relax buddy, don't get upset.
We'll be home in five minutes, stay cool William."
Very
impressed, the woman goes outside to where the grandfather is loading his
groceries and the boy into the
car.
She
says, "It's none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don't
know how you did it. That whole time you kept your composure, and no matter how
loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying that things would be
okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandfather."
"Thanks,"
says the grandfather, "but I am William, this little brat’s name is
Timmy".
I've talked to myself in the grocery store too! Especially when shopping for my 95 year old Fil! He had to tell you on the list the size of the cans and color of the box! God forbid they change their marketing colors! I am 66 and he acts like I can't find my way around!
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ReplyDeleteThat's a good one! I bet he got his hinie tore up when he got home.
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