Sit down shut up or i will kill you.

Dear America,

Why won't you just shut the hell up!

Love ALways,

Brian

It seems to me that the times are changing. I have noticed recently that people just seem to be getting ruder. Now I know what you are going to say, I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaay to young to know what I am talking about. Making a judgement like this means that a person would have been around for a long time, but I am a mere babe, but a wise one at that :) Seriously, I remember when I was growing up if I was in a restaurant and I so much as made my chair squeek, my father would say something like "I will give you something to cry about, or so help me God if you don't stop I will jerk a knot in you so fast..." something to that effect. My father was from the school of Cosby, you know... I brought you into this world and I can take you out of it....

Now a days you can't jerk a knot in a kid. God can't help you and you cannot take them out of the world (that is usually called Murder). I am not saying that I believe that you should not lay a hand on your kids, I believe that you should just do it when it needs to be done. My father only spanked me once in my life, and let me tell you that was all it took. After his hand hit my buttocks, all it took was a look from him, or a motion and I would do what he wanted me to do. I guess what I am saying is that children these days need a good spanking.

My family was out to dinner a few weeks ago and we were actually having a good time. Conversation was flowing, and this does not happen a lot. When we go to dinner, it is hard to talk. My father and grandmother are from the old school, they like McCain, and I like Oboma ( I think my aunt does to,but I am not sure) anyway, we had the flow man. It was like water, free and quick. This all lasted until our food was brought out, and it was at this time, that a new family was seated next to us. About five min into this, the kid started to scream. He didn't want his toy, he didn't want to watch a dvd, and he did not want a snack from his nifty bag. He wanted to get out of his chair and run around. Well his mother look at her family and said " Just ignore him, he will stop and he is not hurting anyone."

This may be true in your home. Let me tell you that I have used this approach before. When my godson has thrown a fit over something that he wants and he can't have it, I let him just scream it out. He's not hurting anyone and he will stop. I can tell when I need to step in, so it's all good. The only difference is that there is not a Restaurant in the living room, so it is no big deal. But when you are in a restaurant, you have to think of the people around you, and I just do not want to eat and listen to a 3 year old scream. Not my idea of fun. Maybe if he had a pause button or maybe a mute button then I would be all down with that. Maybe Samantha was right, we need sections of restaurant were we can send families with kids. Like a giant in door playground, with those plastic balls and a bar for the parents. Kids can play with the balls and parents can play with their bottles.

But it's not just kids and parents, it's teenagers! Last night my best friend and I went to see a movie. Now if you know me, you know how I am in a movie. I will joke and kid when the previews are on, but once the movie comes on I don't say much. There is something about being in a movie that is magical. I get to leave this world and view the world of someone else. I don't have to worry about how I am going to go back to school or how I am going to pay for it, I can watch as others struggle and I think to myself..self you don't have it all that bad. You aren't being haunted by a demon, so ti really can't be all that bad can it. So you can see that I just really get into it. So we are sitting in the movie theater watching a movie about a girl who is being haunted and how she is dealing with it (SOOOOO GOOD by the way) First I was disturbed by the fact that a couple brought their two year old into this movie, but there was a group of girls sitting in the back giggling and laughing in the back row. People would talk and laugh and giggle during this movie, and that is just rude. If you want to laugh and giggle go to a funny movie, or tell a joke, but don't go to a movie that is said to be the scariest movie ever released. This is not a laughfest.

I just wanted to get up and throw my shoe at them. (Let me tell you it would not be the first time that I did something like that). Luckely i had my bestie with me, so she could handle it like the delicate flower that she is. She kind of told the girls to shut the FFFFFFFF up. SERIOUSLY! :)

So what I am trying to say is that when you are out in public, try to remember that you are not the only one there. You are not in your house, and you are not in your private area. This is a place that many people go and therefore you have to follow the rules that apply. You have to take one for the team. You have to follow the greater good and do what needs to be done for everyone. That means sit down shut up and if your kid is crying, maybe you should give them something to cry about!