Unruly kids in wine shops!

[The Pastor]

Just do what my mum did.

Duct tape their arms to their bodys, They can still walk but if you have them on a lead they cant run very far.

[Jorja]

I would have thought that due to it being a shop selling alcohol you would be within your rights to refuse entry to children. Well you could always threaten the parents with it if you are worried about the kids damaging bottles.

[portokiwi]

take out the bottles that the kids play with and put them on the table with the guys stuff. If he asks why tell him your kid damaged the goods... IE: lable that it must be seen that he is buying it.

[ynot slow]

We used to have a sign which was written..."We have taught our furniture not to jump on your child,please don't let your child jump on our furniture"

[Blackbird]

Parental responsibility..... don't get me started

I froth at the mouth every time someone on the TV news lands the poor bloody schools with yet another responsibility such as teaching social skills, providing breakfast, dah di dah... (oh yes, and last night the police inspector suggesting that teachers can use reasonable force to restrain aggressive kids - what a fuss THAT caused!)

Wonder if a National government will do as promised and sort out some of the bleeding heart liberals in power and put responsibility back where it belongs. doubt it somehow, although it would certainly get my vote

[Swoop]

Hmmmmmm - something along the lines of "Are you gonna throttle him or shall I do it for you.....?" ya reckon?

Perhaps "Parents are not allowed to hit their children, but pissed off onlookers are not bound by this" or something like that...

[sunhuntin]

I sometimes found kids doing similar behaviour in my workplace. I used to say, "stop that, it is very annoying" in a loud firm voice.

Each time the child stopped and looked up in amazement. Mom would put down the magazine she had been reading and come and attend to her child. Sometimes she would give me a dirty look, but at least I could now hear the people I was speaking to on the phone, and other people in the area could relax a bit.

Might be worth a try next time...

i used to do the same when i was at bp. often tell kids off if they tried to get out of the car when theyd been told not to. bloody annoying being used as a free babysitter though.

id put a sign up somewhere reading 'your children break/damage it, you bought it'

[Jorja]

in a shop with 5 kids the other night ages 5-12. Never ending battle trying to get them to leave stuff alone. I made it clear that if THEY don't have enough money to buy something then they are not allowed to pick it up.

Needless to say I ended up making them sit outside a couple of shops before they got the message.

[Little Miss Trouble]

Don't see many of these around anymore, too un-PC perhaps?

[Skyryder]

Don't see many of these around anymore, too un-PC perhaps?

I used them on my two girls when they were toddlers. It was on one of the day trips when the ferries ran from Lytelton to Wellington. There was no way they were going to get lost. Was the last of the day trip in the school holidays.

Should be used more often.

Skyryder

[slowpoke]

Better still, give the lil' bugger a bag full of glucose lollies and double espresso and escort them to the car

[awayatc]

when my children went through their "lively" stage I would tell em before
going into places like the wharehouse...:"DONT CALL ME DAD...."

[slofox]

I would have thought that due to it being a shop selling alcohol you would be within your rights to refuse entry to children. Well you could always threaten the parents with it if you are worried about the kids damaging bottles.

Nah - we are a "supervised area" which means kids can come in with parent or guardian......I usually don't mind kids, being an ex-teacher - in fact I keep a smiley stamp for them....needless to say the kid in question didn't get a smiley stamp.....although I did consider a head stamp........

Overall it is pretty rare to have the sort of problem I had with this kid. In the end he did no damage but it burnt me that the parent was so ineffectual. When I was teaching I used to tell the kids they could "look with their eyes, not with their fingers".....this parent didn't even do that........

[Taz]

Don't see many of these around anymore, too un-PC perhaps?

Had to use those when my twins were young. Before they knew better they'd both run off in different directions and you'd have to choose which one you loved the most that day and go after him. Leads were a god send and only childless people had a problem with them. The boys hated them but learnt to walk beside us and not run off within a month. "behave or i'll get ya leash!!"

Andy.

[Monie]

Why not say something to the parent?

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Sometimes get a mouthful back... but usually not.

i agree say a word to the parent , if my kids did that ... well they would;nt...