Sit down and shut up
We've all heard the story by now of a family that was asked by AirTran to remove themselves from the plane before take off because their 3 year old was throwing a tantrum. And we've heard how the parents were so offended that they will never fly AirTran again. Yippee! I'm going to fly AirTran every chance I get!
The mother said in a phone interview that they were not 'given an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything...' um, yeah and? According to an AirTran spokesperson, the little girl "...was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn't get in her seat" during boarding. The parents said they asked for 15 minutes to calm her down. Uh huh, so let me get this straight, just because you can't control your child, everyone else on the flight is to be delayed? Because let's face it, there is no way that 15 minutes would've been enough, so how long did these parents expect to delay the flight? I don't think so. Rules are rules, whether you're a 35 year old adult or a 3 year old brat. If an adult had acted this way, there would be no debate on whether or not this was right or wrong.
Why is it that parents seem to expect the world to put up with bratty behavoir and look the other way rather than expect better behavior from their kids?
The mother said in a phone interview that they were not 'given an opportunity to hold her, console her or anything...' um, yeah and? According to an AirTran spokesperson, the little girl "...was climbing under the seat and hitting the parents and wouldn't get in her seat" during boarding. The parents said they asked for 15 minutes to calm her down. Uh huh, so let me get this straight, just because you can't control your child, everyone else on the flight is to be delayed? Because let's face it, there is no way that 15 minutes would've been enough, so how long did these parents expect to delay the flight? I don't think so. Rules are rules, whether you're a 35 year old adult or a 3 year old brat. If an adult had acted this way, there would be no debate on whether or not this was right or wrong.
Why is it that parents seem to expect the world to put up with bratty behavoir and look the other way rather than expect better behavior from their kids?
posted by kcterrilynn at 10:04 AM
5 Comments:
I agree with you completely. Same thing as movies. And have you ever been in a car with someones kid who won't wear a seat belt?
And the parents who think everryone else thinks their little moron is the cutest thing. . .
I vote Yeay for AirTran too!
Oooo, I hadn't heard about that.
Hope I don't offend anyone, but sounds like some selfish liberal garbage...
That is shameful. Those parents should be ashamed of themselves.
I, too, will fly Air Tran every chance I get from now on.
Air Tran Rocks!!!
As a former passenger that flew ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE COUNTRY FROM CORNER TO CORNER on a flight with a SCREAMING CRYING kid this is sort of like revenge for what I had to put up with on that flight. It was the worst ever.
sometimes you gotta treat your kids the same way you treat your pets: dramamine.
thisis why i fly first clas.s no kids. i have flown southwest twice and the kids are horrible. i'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
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