Would *anyone* else besides me have gotten their backsides tanned for "skating" through grocery stores, or restaurants, or *any* public place????? Has anyone else almost been run down, run into, watched these children run into waitstaff carrying huge platters who then subsequently dropped them?
Maybe it's just a freedom of expression for children these days, but I so would have had my backside tanned for even considering doing that.
At our local Safeway.. I see children in these skate shoes all the time. Sometimes, they're simply tilting their toes up and holding onto the cart while mom or dad pushes it... so they're not causing commotion, but the other day..I'm walking through the store (and this store is always packed and backed up) and an older woman, who I'm going to guess was in at least her 70's, bent over and using a cane, was carrying her groceries, and here comes these two 12/13 year old children right around a corner, almost blindsiding her. They almost knocked her over, never stopped, she dropped her groceries, (then they almost ran into me as well). They just kept *speeding* through the store chasing one another. She just sighed, and I helped her pick up her groceries.
One day at Red Lobster, we were having dinner. There were about five children, and I don't think they were related. I think they met at the Red Lobster, whilst skating around... that engaged in a game of chase or tag or something.... but they were running/skating about while their parents (presumably) had dinner. They were doing this the majority of the time we were there.. well, anyway, one of the crashed into a waiter who was carrying a huge platter to a table. He dropped the platter because he tripped. Fortunately he didn't hurt himself or the speeding child, or anyone else for that matter, but... gracious. I just couldnt' believe it. It's got to be unsafe for the children themselves, let alone anyone else they might be zipping around corners and run into. You'd think that this would be a safety issue no matter how you look at it.
Is this just a trend here?
Maybe it's just a freedom of expression for children these days, but I so would have had my backside tanned for even considering doing that.
At our local Safeway.. I see children in these skate shoes all the time. Sometimes, they're simply tilting their toes up and holding onto the cart while mom or dad pushes it... so they're not causing commotion, but the other day..I'm walking through the store (and this store is always packed and backed up) and an older woman, who I'm going to guess was in at least her 70's, bent over and using a cane, was carrying her groceries, and here comes these two 12/13 year old children right around a corner, almost blindsiding her. They almost knocked her over, never stopped, she dropped her groceries, (then they almost ran into me as well). They just kept *speeding* through the store chasing one another. She just sighed, and I helped her pick up her groceries.
One day at Red Lobster, we were having dinner. There were about five children, and I don't think they were related. I think they met at the Red Lobster, whilst skating around... that engaged in a game of chase or tag or something.... but they were running/skating about while their parents (presumably) had dinner. They were doing this the majority of the time we were there.. well, anyway, one of the crashed into a waiter who was carrying a huge platter to a table. He dropped the platter because he tripped. Fortunately he didn't hurt himself or the speeding child, or anyone else for that matter, but... gracious. I just couldnt' believe it. It's got to be unsafe for the children themselves, let alone anyone else they might be zipping around corners and run into. You'd think that this would be a safety issue no matter how you look at it.
Is this just a trend here?