"Goomba" > wrote in message
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> Omelet wrote:
>
>>> 30 years ago I took a lunch break and met a co-worker who wasn't
>>> scheduled to work that day. We had lunch. She brought her *darling*
>>> toddler (I use that term lightly) with her. He proceeded to dip his
>>> french fries in ketchup and throw them at me throughout the meal. And
>>> all she said to the boy was, "Quit!" and "Cut it out!"
>>>
>>> I had to go back to work with ketchup all over my blouse. What was I
>>> supposed to do, slap the shit out of him? I sure as hell wanted to. I
>>> wanted to slap the shit out of her, too! But you can't discipline other
>>> peoples children.
>>>
>>> Jill
>>
>> I'd have gotten up and left after the second one.
>>
>> Without a word...
>
> I would have just moved out of the line of fire.

I never would have accepted the invite to lunch with someone with a rugrat.