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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by JustJess
Wow. I'm so about to get modded... but what a bunch of selfish pricks you all are, with the "I shouldn't have to put up with someone else's kid" thing.
Okay... in a restaurant or movie (just last night I rolled my eyes at a fussy kid at a 10p movie), yeah, you can remove your kid, do whatever you have to do. It's usually less than $50 bucks, and usually there's some room to adjust.
But she was on a PLANE on her way to go somewhere... had paid at least a hundred bucks or so. If the plane is taxi-ing, he's only been on there a few minutes. What a judgment call that stewardess made... wow. 10 minutes and she's decided she knows best? What a cunt. I would have had to restrain myself from slapping her upside the head. I think certain situations need a little more understanding. A little more patience.
Do I want a screaming kid on my flight? Of course not. Neither does the parent, I'm sure. If they could get the kid to shut up, I'm sure they would. Are they an incompetent parent? Possibly, yeah. But the guy in seat 4C with too much cologne on who's making the whole plane smell is a jerk too. So is the idiot talking to someone sitting 5 seats away. Oh, and the 20-somethings in the back who keep going up the aisle and bumping into me. Let's not forget the cart pushers who try to take out anything that's not inside your seat by 5 inches.
People are assholes. Kids are just better at being one than adults. If it were a movie theater, kick 'em out. But a plane has cost too much and involved too much in terms of time, etc.
Just so you know... chances are, you whwo "don't want to have to put up with someone else's kid" and all that... someone doesn't want to have to put up with you, either.
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But you are willing to put up with it. I'm stating that I am willing to pay extra to NOT have to put up with it.
I have not stated that I wanted her to be removed. I don't know enough of the situation since it is highly subjective and again, most parents think their darlings are just that and cannot be little shits or that the shitty things that they are doing are cute and endearing. We also don't know if some passanger complained as well.
I don't like when my nephews who are 4 and 3 are acting up. I leave if my sister doesn't remove them from the area. The discomfort that a crying child brings to bear for me is unbearable for numerous reasons. I don't want to be subject to it and should not have to be if possible.
I'm willing to pay extra to go to a restaurant that says, "No Children" on the door and enforces it.
I'm willing to pay extra to be in an airplane that doesn't cater to those under 14.
I'm willing to pay extra for a movie ticket to not have a child crying in the middle of the movie.
To that end, I'd even be willing to join a club that has a set of rules that are enforced, that encompass poor behavior like the cologne, person sitting 10 yards away and being boistrous, and those other "asshole" behavoirs you listed.
Consider this place, TFP is a "club" we don't allow trollish behavoirs and we don't allow children. Yes. I'd pay extra to be in a place in the real world like this.
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