Yeah, you, the one with your toddler who's wearing a long-sleeved shirt and a diaper on the play gym. I didn't know why you would dress your daughter in such a peculiar way. Not until my Cutie came to me, her bum soaking wet and upset, because she found the same puddle of sprinkler water on the end of that little yellow slide that your daughter must have found before. Tell me, do you know how your daughter got wet? Did you not investigate and see the puddle on the slide? Why did you not care to swish the water off the slide so no one else would get wet, and so your daughter could slide down it again? Why did you not care to tell me about it as you saw my daughter approach the top of the slide (yes, my husband said you were watching). If you didn't want to clean it off yourself, why did you not call the Parks and Rec Department to come and put up their caution tape and flourescent cones while they clean it up? In case you care, Lady, it didn't ruin our day. The sun was shining and it was warm, and Cutie's pants dried after a while. We got some toilet paper out of the park bathroom and cleaned up the puddle so the slide could be used until the sprinklers spray it again tomorrow morning.
However, Lady, this rant isn't just for you, it's for all the rest of society who encounter or make a mess and don't report it, and/or don't clean it up, leaving it for an innocent child to find. It's for the parent who doesn't go to the principal to discuss the awful teacher her child has this year, thus allowing thirty more kids to experience the teacher's patheticness next year. It's to the person who knows of an abuse that has happened, but hasn't reported it or pressed charges, leaving the offender free to abuse others.
I feel like I'm the only one cleaning up messes around here, and I'm sick of it! (Sound familiar to anyone?) But I will continue to do it to protect the children.
Is anyone with me?
5 comments:
Good vent! Take a deep breath.....release.....feel better? You're right about cleaning up all the messes!
I have to agree with you. I see so many people throwing trash out of car windows think that it will be picked up by a sweeper truck or something, but most of the time it ends up in my yard for me to clean up. My husband is a custodian at a college and he is always complaining about how the college kids are more filthy then our own young children. But yes I also agree that we must protect the children and hopeful teach those we can to clean up after themselves.
Ooooh. That is rude. I can't believe she was watching her prepare to go down the slide. That's so strange.
And speaking of reporting people, I"m still waiting to here back from that office manager...
Get ready for 80's Sunday, That's My Fun Day (see my site) and if you'd like to add it to your sidebar that would be great (it would increase your competition!)
love this cuz it's so true, what is with some people???
It irks me that so many people shirk their responsiblity to society. We are all in this together.
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