Yes, lady with the fancy stroller in a certain popular coffee shop I really was reading the paper with my husband, enjoying a baby-free morning for once, almost like a date.
You came up to our table while we were holding sections we were reading, your arms stretched out ready to grab and said “Are you reading the paper?”… no dumb-ass, I’m just holding it to fan myself… Next time be more polite, don’t interrupt and say thank you when you are given something (my husband was the kind one sharing, not me this time). I always share the paper… with kind, polite individuals… not rude, entitled people.
Oh, and next time be more careful, your kid was almost out the door and into traffic, thank goodness your coffee drinking companion was paying attention. Next time buy your own darn paper, and let me have 5 minutes to read my own. —Mommy trying to have a coffee break
This article appears in May 27 – Jun 2, 2010.
if it was the horrid, you ain’t missing a damn thing.
Roll it into a cone, stuff it down the front of her Bi-way stirrup pants , pour what’s left of your latte into it, tell her”Yeah, I’m done” and move to survivalist compound in Idaho.
Sorry, I’ve just worked retail for 11 hrs, I’m on my third MGD and maybe that last part isn’t quite the proper solution.
Fuck I hate people.
Ohh, but don’t forget how hard it is to be a mom, and how under-appreciated those poor mothers are, and how women can use being a mom as an excuse for just about anything.
You sound like a real ciserable munt