Environmental Waste

She didn't get rid of the video box yet, we don't even know where it came from because we don't use photobucket, so if anyone knows how to delete the darn thing please tell me as it is taking my daughter too long.

I feel a rant coming on, not about the daughter, she really is wonderful, but about negligent and irresponsible parents in bookstores. I know it isn't just bookstores but they offer the freshest stories. There has been an eight year old molested in the store, in the children's department. Predators know where to find them. This lovely young lady had only been left alone for about 10 minutes, and mom was just over looking at the sports books...it only takes a minute. Now we don't really publicize this event, we want people to feel safe, but I also want people to watch their kids. Remember this is a public place and anyone is welcome until they give us a reason to throw them out but that could be too late for your child. So if you wouldn't leave your kid alone at the Ohare Airport then don't leave them alone at the bookstore.

On any given weekend we have to dispose of hundreds of dollars of damaged merchandise, items that were mishandled, chewed on, colored in, opened, and used by children with and without parental supervision. All you green minded folks this is just unnecessary environmental waste, and directly increases consumer costs. I remember the days when children were expected to keep their hands in their pockets while shopping and merchandise that was broken was immediately purchased by the offending child's parent. I don't really expect children to keep their hands in their pockets but I do expect them to respect other people's property, and until a purchase transpires, that stuff in the store belongs to someone else. They need to be taught to touch and handle merchandise carefully, to return it to its proper place after looking it over, is that too much to ask?

I know it is, because the biggest offenders aren't really the children it's the adults.