I have blood tests quite often so find regularly myself in my surgery waiting room, the room of gloom with cheerful posters all around saying what to do if you are dying (but not one says, forget it go and get p,issed ). I digress. The waiting room has a corner with a kids playhouse and a pile of kiddie books. As often as not there will be some mum, usually kneeling on the floor, with kid on knee reading a story to the little brat/bratess.

But mum doesn't do this quietly even though brat's ear is inches away from mum's mouth she does it in a loud voice, enough for everyone in the room to hear. You must know the scenario and for some stupid reason it really gets on my ****. Mum is not actually keeping the kid amused but rather telling the world how fabulous she is as a mum. These mums are usually either ugly and skinny like they live on leaves to help the planet or ugly and fat because they eat all the kids' cakes as well as their own food. They only wear jeans.

Anyone recognise this and does it annoy you?

dl

 

I think you need some help!

 

I can remember my wife being in the maternity ward surrounded by four other mothers – all about 15 and clueless about what they were doing.


One girl kept complaining to the nurse:

Chav – “my babies overheated and is sweating too much”

Nurse – “no – she needs her nappy changing – I keep telling you to do this regularly. I’ll do it for you, but this is the last time.

Chav - “tutt”



In the day room – chav wheels her new sprog in and uses the phone. Asks us first if we smoke, to which we say no – she then gets on the phone:

Chav “Hi, It’s Sharon. I’ve had the baby you know. Are you coming to see it.........
Can you bring some ****......... Why not!” Hangs up

Chav “Hi, It’s Sharon. I’ve had the baby, are you coming to see it........ Why not”
Hangs up

Chav “Hi, It’s Sharon.........Sharon..............Andrea’s mate........... I’ve had the baby,
are you coming to see it.......can you bring some ****...........are you coming in
now.............oh it doesn’t matter then!!!” Hangs up.

 

Mr lock I think you need a chill pill ffs

 

I'd rather the mum try to read the kid a story then let it run around the waiting room.

 

She'll probably stop shouting if you stop looking at her !

 

Woman and children should be seen and not heard, specifically in public.

 

Grumpy old bunch of gits

 

I detest over-loud, smug, 'example setting' parents.

 

Reading a kid story in public.

F**k me - it's a hanging offence!

 

I read my two a story whilst we were waiting for lunch at the pub a few weeks ago. I guess a trip to the stocks is in order.

 

It's generally a middle-class thing I find. The kids are a 'project' for the Parents, and everything is done to reflect well on the Parents...even though the Parents tell themselves it's all about the kids.

 

This, clearly the kid should be allowed to run about screaming.

FYI sometimes, in a place which is new or could be distracting, speakign a bit louder is needed to keep their attention otherwise some random noise makes the nipper want to go off and investigate.

5t.

 

Reminds me of that Jack Dee skit:-

- "Our child's reading Harry Potter."

- "Really? Our's smears **** over the fridge door."

Classic.

 

Sounds like some sort of leash is required

 

Yes parent reading stories to their children annoy me immensely Just be thankful you do not have junkies stripping down to their underpants and threatening to stab you .

 

I can't see a problem with the OP at all.

When reading aloud or trying to teach your child you need to speak loudly and clearly even more so when in strange (kiddie excitable) places!

If one of my kid is I'll we do a lot more distraction, trying to take their minds of any illness.

Do you really think it was for your benefit?


I'm always explaining stuff to my two and can be quite loud about it! even moving people out of the way so I can show/explain things we are looking at better.

I don't give a flying fig what others think and very much doubt the woman in question did either!

although!!!!

Earth mothers really do p*ss me off! with their papooses and organic ways of life!

I only use washable nappies because starting up my washer every ten mins is far kinder to the enviroment!

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I guess that is why he's at the doctors!

 

 

I know exactly what you mean.

There is a mum at my sons swimming class who comes in with a massive boring looking book and proceeds to read it in a loud over the top voice to her other child while waiting for the lessons to finish! The lessons are for 45mins and it annoys the hell out of me.

It screams look at me, i'm a good middle class mum!

Give the some E numbers from the vending machine and play on your phone like the rest of us

 

The last time I was in a doctors waiting room there was a kid sat behind me with her mother. The kid repeated incessantly "are we next, are we next?". It went on for over an hour. I would have been a lot happier listening to the mother read a boring story.

 

The solution ..

 

I was in a pub on Saturday about to watch the rugby, when I spotted a baby on the bar with it's hands on the taps of the beer!! The parents were on bar stools trying to entertain it.

You can imagine the life this child will have.

 

Least it wasn't outside getting sunburnt whilst said pondlife parents sat and got pissed on Strongbow.

 

I know what you mean, I go the other way when people get like that, sister in law gets a bit proud mummy sometimes and to be fair her eldest is very bright, trouble is none of the other kids at school want anything to do with her by the sound of it, she does know when she is doing it and actually mentions it which is quite refreshing.

I do think kids can be "over-parented", they need a bit of space like anyone else, some advice but the chance to make their own mistakes, direction on their school work but its their work, not yours.

 

The sound of other people's yapping always sounds 10 times worse when you've got not choice but to sit there and listen to it, and for that exact reason I never go anywhere where I know I'll have to wait for any length of time without either an MP3 player or my trusty Sony micro-sized multi-band radio.

 

Interesting. I see the more sophisticated SN members know exactly what I mean. I think others go around with their eyes blinkered or, more worryingly, have wives who behave exactly as I describe.

As it happened when I mentioned this to my old mate Lyn, the nurse at the surgery who collects my blood, she knew precisely what I meant "Ah, the Earth Mothers" which I thought was rather a good description

d

 

It's not rocket science that children are humans, tiny people for those of you non parent people.

Just like us they need to eat, drink and sleep. Occasionally they like to talk to other humans, or the big people. They usually prefere to converse primarily with their parents for a few years, rather than strangers. Especially those scary ones who stare at tgem in supermarkets and the GP waiting room.

Some parents would probably shove a fruit shoot in their hand and haul them in the direction of the toy/book area and ignore them for 20 minutes. This mum reads a 3 month old copy of OK! while the child annoys people and makes a mess.

Another mum chooses to sit and read to her child and talk to him/her rather than the child run around the waiting room and make a noise/mess.

When did it become abnormal for parents to want to care for their children?

I read to my children pretty much everywhere we go, not because I am trying to turn them into child genius', but simply because it's nice, they like it and it stops them misbehaving.

 

Ugly people? Yes, very much so