other people's kids misbehaving in public is so damned frustrating. maybe it's more frustrating because i teach and deal with kids all day?
i was at Michael's yesterday (funny you mentioned that, D) and two twelvish girls were testing the spray paints by spraying the edges of the shelves. the entire aisle was stinky and they were causing damage to the store! two other customers walked past and shot them dirty looks. i can't settle for that. i turned on my Ms. D voice immediately.
"exCUSE me, ladies, i'm fairly certain that what you are doing isn't allowed..." (puzzled/embarrassed looks)
"i suggest you stop what you are doing and find something to clean that mess up with before you leave this store..." (embarrassed/guilty looks)
"and i think you should think things through more thoroughly before intentionally vandalizing property."
they stopped and wiped some of it off. then they probably keyed some cars and smoked up in the parking lot. but those shelves are safe!
