On the Vicks First Defence advert, where the mother shows up her kid by throwing a tantrum, she doesn't pay for or even pick up the articles thrown on the floor by her brat, also on the BT Broadband advert, when the bratty daughter spills all of her toys on the floor with a snotty look, the girlfriend of the bloke who was Nick on My Family just smiles. The trouble is, nobody nowadays seems to think they're responsible for damage or expense caused by their children (and their dogs as well). Am I alone in thinking that parents should pay for or clear up after their offspring or is this an unfashionable point of view nowadays.
2006-11-08 03:46:47 · 13 answers · asked by Uncle Sid 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I work in a shop and parents should keep their children on a leash or out of the store if they will not control them. I am sick of hearing "don't do that or the lady will smack you", meaning me. Smack your own damn kids, don't make me out to be the monster here. And yes, if my kids needed a slap when they were in a shop when they were little, they got one. If I can do it, so can they.
People have NO idea how to behave when they are shopping, they open boxes (usually tearing it) then buy the box behind because the one they opened is damaged, they pick stuff up then put it back in the wrong place ( so the next customer demands that £10 item for the £3 label on the shelf where they found it), and they treat the staff appallingly.
Parents and inconsiderate shoppers should pay for all breakages and damages, you are absolutely right. Also, bring back national service, but forget the army, 2 months in a shop on shop salary every couple of years would be enough to show people what it is really like for those of us who do this work rather than be on unemployment. The salary is rubbish, the hours are antisocial (who wants to work weekends?) and we don't deserve the abuse we take.
2006-11-08 04:59:42 · answer #1 · answered by Lynn S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its an advert.... 30 seconds long if that... they can't fit in reality.
I don't know many people who don't take full responsibility if they're kids break something or do damage. But I have seen a few that just walk away....and its aggrevating. And why specify mothers in your question? Fathers are much less likely to pick up after their kids... at home or in public.
My kids have never had a tantrum in public, but I've paid for broken jars of food they've pulled off shelves just out of curiosity, picked up entire merchandise displays they've knocked over cause they weren't watching where they were going... and paid to replace broken windows cause baseballs just didn't go where they were aimed,... its part of being a parent.
2006-11-08 04:01:00 · answer #2 · answered by just_me3575 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do agree, but I've yet to come across a parent who wouldn't love to do what the woman in the first defence advert does and throw a tantrum in a shop when their kids do!!
Ha haxx
2006-11-08 03:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by Janice E 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You are NOT alone But I fear that it is fast becoming an unfashionable point of view............and if so, I will be proud to be old fashioned.....
I am certainly willing to pay for any damage that my 7 year old daughter may cause. but I insist that she clears up after herself as best as she can ( then I do the rest)
2006-11-08 07:54:21 · answer #4 · answered by sloppy chops 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't give a fig about "fashionable" parenting. A parent is responsible for teaching their children some accountability! I see this lax parenting everywhere. It is very disheartening. Sometimes I want to throttle the parent and bratty kid.
2006-11-08 03:53:11 · answer #5 · answered by sexmagnet 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I agree advertisers are out of touch with reality. I have 3 children and would never let them behave the way children do in commercials. And why do they think children need a cellphone??? What business meetings are they missing??
2006-11-08 03:52:57 · answer #6 · answered by mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with you... if a person isn't prepared to be responsible for their child they shouldn't have one. all too often the attitude today seems to be that you can have a child but it is society's responsibility not yours. and since the parent doesn't care about the impact on society of their little brat... the brat grows up thinking it doesn't need to care about society.... hence so many young hooligans terrorising schools and streets.
2006-11-08 04:03:42 · answer #7 · answered by sofiarose 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
too right ive noticed these things too and think that they all need a good beating with a stick that has a nail sticking out of it.lol
joking aside, i work in the retail industry and the way some people let their kids us shops as playgrounds is unreal.
2006-11-08 03:51:15 · answer #8 · answered by aberdeen302004 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
maybe your taking the whole advert thing a bit to seriously! i think that vicks advert is quality!
2006-11-08 04:01:19 · answer #9 · answered by Keira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I work in retail and food. People act like their children are other's resposibilities in public. although in some ways, manners are outdated. That's pathetic.
2006-11-08 03:54:08 · answer #10 · answered by sadi592004 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋