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Originally posted by str8outavannuys
When I turned around and kindly asked the mom to do her best to please have her child stop kicking my companion's chair, she tried to give me the death stare, and said "He's TWO." I replied with "then you should have no problem controlling him." The rest of the flight, whenever the kid would bang around, mom would loudly say "Don't do that honey, the princess in front of you doesn't like that."
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I was on a flight once with similar rude parents. The solution is to begin talking to your companion using lots and lots of curse words for their kid to pick up. You may get no immediate response, but you'll have the pleasure of knowing their little darling will be cursing in front of Grammy very soon - who will then blame the parents.
And regarding the clipping of nails - every boss I have ever had has found it not inappropriate to clip their nails (yes, even occasionally toenails) in front of me (Gag!). I finally told one that the practice was gross and to please stop - this worked, but I was canned* not long after.
-TL
*Whether I was actually canned or not is still up for debate. If you tell someone what they can do with the job, knowing it will get you fired, it that really being fired or is it an ugly resignation?
