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Thursday, October 06, 2005

Crank

I'm aware that this makes me sound mean and anti-child, but for some reason it makes me really mad when people bring kids into places where I like to hang out. Perhaps its the way that they do it that irritates me.

There are two kids climbing around the coffeeshop that I'm hanging out in right now, and they're just making me nervous. What if that little boy trips over my power cord or runs into my table and spills my coffee on my notes? What if that baby starts crying? One night this summer two women were out with their crying babies while my Stitch n' Bitch group was meeting. The place where we meet is a bar/cafe, and while I understand that parents want to get out and enjoy themselves, should they really be doing it at the expense of everyone else in the place? I could hardly have a conversation with the person next to me because an infant was screaming at the next table over.

If I go to a place with a kids menu I shouldn't be surprised if there are kids running around, but when everyone in the place has either a beer or a laptop in their hands, why bring junior? Are babysitters that hard to find?

11:08 4 comments

Comments:

Steven here: = "What if that little boy trips over my power cord or runs into my table and spills my coffee on my notes?"

Law school (specifically torts) @ work...

Remember my paranoid statement..

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Anonymous : 8:16 PM

Steven here: = "What if that little boy trips over my power cord or runs into my table and spills my coffee on my notes?"

Law school (specifically torts) @ work...

Remember my paranoid statement..

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Anonymous : 8:17 PM

When the bars of Wrigley are open for brunch on Sundays, I never understand why parents bring their children--considering that there's cigarette smoke and germs in these establishments. When I fly, I feel like I'm always seated directly in front of, or next to, a parent who can't control her child. While I was flying from SF back to Chicago a few weeks ago, I even asked the mom next to me, who's child kept trying to place my iPod in her mouth, if the airlines passed out sedatives for children. Fortunately, the woman laughed.

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C is for Cleo : 4:42 AM

I'm totally with you on this one. The world is very bias twards those that litter it with more children.

But that's just my little opinion.

Hope all is well in Chig-town.

Lindsay's friend Deanna

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Deardeedle : 6:14 AM