Jean B. wrote:

> I was in the parking lot, waiting for my daughter, when an SUV pulled up
> beside me and stopped in the middle of the one-lane route past the
> door. She just sat there for several minutes while the traffic piled up
> behind her. Eventually the man behind her honked. She was just
> livid--at first screaming and gesturing from her car, and then getting
> out of the car to scream more obscenities and threaten some more. And
> her excuse: "I have children in the car!" I was thinking of the
> wonderful example she set for those children....


So much for parents setting a good example. One day a year or two ago I
was walking along through a local mall. A woman came barrelling out of a
store right in front of me without even looking. A second later, her kid
literally jumped out on an angle to catch up, almost hitting me. I
said "Excuse me " in a loud voice. The woman turned to her brat and said
"Someone is in a grumpy mood". Like it is okay to almost bowl over
adults in a public place and they dare not say anything.