Comments on: Long day http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/ this is a wolf angel & it eats the people it's supposed to help. A wolf angel is not a good angel to have looking out for you. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 05:50:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Rana http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-219 Rana Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-219 Man, wimpy parents on long flights - ugh. Crying babies I can stand; they are too little to know better, and food/sleep/diaper usually takes care of them. And I have great sympathy for the clueful parents responsible for a colicky, unhappy baby who will not be comforted. Ill-behaved older children I blame on the parents, to the degree that they fail to bring toys, prepare the child for a long flight, act to prevent or constrain or punish anti-social behavior, etc. (Not to mention the failure to be instilling politeness and social manners long before the child is on the flight in the first place.) I understand that there are days when there's little you can do to get a cranky child to be quiet and behave, but the "kissy kissy" approach you describe is useless. Man, wimpy parents on long flights - ugh.

Crying babies I can stand; they are too little to know better, and food/sleep/diaper usually takes care of them. And I have great sympathy for the clueful parents responsible for a colicky, unhappy baby who will not be comforted.

Ill-behaved older children I blame on the parents, to the degree that they fail to bring toys, prepare the child for a long flight, act to prevent or constrain or punish anti-social behavior, etc. (Not to mention the failure to be instilling politeness and social manners long before the child is on the flight in the first place.)

I understand that there are days when there’s little you can do to get a cranky child to be quiet and behave, but the “kissy kissy” approach you describe is useless.

]]> By: Cougar Allen http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-220 Cougar Allen Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-220 Some German: Carry a coffee cup and say "Prosit!" to everyone you meet and drink your coffee. They will love you. If someone sneezes, say "Gesundheit!" If someone talks too much, say "Shutenzi up!" In a restaurant, say "Oh, just gimme some of that snitzel stuff." I have lots more.... -Cougar :{) Some German:

Carry a coffee cup and say “Prosit!” to everyone you meet and drink your coffee. They will love you.

If someone sneezes, say “Gesundheit!”

If someone talks too much, say “Shutenzi up!”

In a restaurant, say “Oh, just gimme some of that snitzel stuff.”

I have lots more….

-Cougar :{)

]]> By: David Salmanson http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-221 David Salmanson Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-221 I have yet to be on an airplane with a diaper changing station in the bathroom. Sorry about doing it at the seat, but it is safer and faster. I have yet to be on an airplane with a diaper changing station in the bathroom. Sorry about doing it at the seat, but it is safer and faster.

]]> By: wolfangel http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-222 wolfangel Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://wolfangel.calltherain.net/archives/2004/04/21/long-day/#comment-222 Fair enough about the changing babies. I will forgive it, but only if the parents take their squalling infants into the bathrooms (when it's safe to do so -- and I know a number of people who do this), and then, later, they are adequately prepared for their children. (Snacks, drinks, gum for takeoff and landing, toys, and effort towards keeping children quiet and not kicking. Being unsuccessful happens, but ignoring it is just wrong.) Fair enough about the changing babies. I will forgive it, but only if the parents take their squalling infants into the bathrooms (when it’s safe to do so — and I know a number of people who do this), and then, later, they are adequately prepared for their children. (Snacks, drinks, gum for takeoff and landing, toys, and effort towards keeping children quiet and not kicking. Being unsuccessful happens, but ignoring it is just wrong.)

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