The best part of traveling is people-watching. A young family was sitting a sat or two behind me. The mother had to take the little girl to the bathroom and interrogated the little boy vigorously as to whether he had to go. Emphatically, he did not. Mom annoyed him by asking again. He stalwartly denied a need to go, despite her insistent interrogation. Giving up, she took the little girl. Not long after they were reseated and buckled in, imminent landed was announced. He’d missed his chance. Immediately, he set up a howl. “Mom, get me out of here. I gotta go! I gotta Go! The pee is coming down!”
“What! You said you didn’t have to go!”
Next I watched a young mother bouncing her wailing newborn. Clearly, she was exhausted. A young man walked up and she handed off baby, bottle, and pacifier. He skillfully bounced and fed the baby with pacifier in his mouth. What a man!
Another couple was corralling two little guys. The older knocked the smaller off a climbing toy. Dad exploded. “That’s it!” and stormed off. Mom simultaneously calmed the little one and put the other in time out. He howled.
“You hush and think about what you did. I don’t like the way you treated your brother.” He snuffled a while before quieting. Before too long, he was playing with his brother. Eventually, Dad was back.
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I never realized how much I enjoyed people watching, or at least how much I did it unconsciously until recently. Sometimes my wife and I create stories for them. It makes waiting for whatever we’re doing go quicker!
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It is so entertaining!
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People watching either gives me nightmares or makes me pray harder.
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Not a bad idea.
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Lord help me! If I even see kids in a restaurant, I ask to be placed far away from them. Having worked at the health department, I dealt with and was subjected to many a “spoilt and undisciplined” child and will have none of it! LOL If a child is in pain, that’s another story.
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we never took our kids out much. Usually stores were as bold as we got. It was an easy choice. We were poor as church mice. The kids did much better at home.
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When my girls were small, my ex was very well to do and we’d go to fancy restaurants. If my daughter, then 4 wanted lobster, she got lobster, but the other one was a holy terror but cute as a button and it bothered me to have her crawling over the seats and peering at others. My husband, arrogant sob that he was, thought it was tolerable. He may have felt that being able to afford it gave him the right. He did not come from a wealthy family. I was more aware of others. He did finally agree that we would wait until she was older and more obedient to take her out. I have never had much patience for unruly children. Yet, if a child has a disability and the parents are trying to have a night out, I’m fine. Go figure.
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It’s just easier for everyone to keep unruly children at home.
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I think so. I had a friend whose children were so wild and totally out of control when they were small, but she patiently coached them gently and once they reached a certain age, like 6-7 they were amazingly well behaved and continued that way into adulthood. I think out of all of them, the little bright red head girl had a few wild moments in her teens, but they were brief.
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My girl was really wild.
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I love people watching too, It is a fascinating past time 🙂
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I watch shamelessly. An amazing sport. I could visualize the scenes 🙂
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The airport should charge for the entertainment.
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Since my kids are more or less grown up I am so relaxed when any baby cries or kids behave like devils. I simply turn the page of my book, take a deep sigh of relief and read on!
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I do, too. When I hear a baby cry on a plane, I think “poor little guy, an, God help his parents.”
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Hahaha…. my thoughts… lol!
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People watching is fascinating 🙂 Have you ever taken note of footwear ? I do ! It’s just as interesting, lol …
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My mother and I sat outside a shoe store once tallying people in sensible:extreme footwear. It was 212:18. We were surprised.
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Really?!! I would have expected it to be the opposite.
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I was surprised, too.
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My wife loves to people watch and had gotten me into it too. It is amazing what you see when you sit quiet and simply take in what is around you.
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I love it.
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Do you every feel like a Peeping Tom? I do. 😀
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I have no shame.
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Ha ha ha. At least your honest.I like that. 😀
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If I think it, it flies out. Sometimes I wonder where stuff comes from
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