out of control kids

cwsoxfan

cwsoxfan

Cathlete
Janice posted this about her sister's children not long ago. This thread is venting about about out of control kids, but strangers. My dh and I took the kids to see Madagascar yesterday, and there wasn't one obnoxious kid, but two from two different families! The one in front of us was belching for most of the show. The one behind us was being loud, fidgety (sp?), and using his extra large popcorn container as a drum (I can't believe they finished that huge popcorn!)! Geez! I'm not a confrontational type of person, but I was seriously biting my tongue!! My dh and I kept looking at each other. My two year old sat better than those two boys. They had to be 5 and 7, approx. Shame on them! The parents did nothing!!!

Needless to say, I wish I could tell you how the movie was. My kids were cracking up and oblivious to what was driving me crazy!

Just venting!

Dallas
 
Something similiar happened when I was at the movies watching Star Wars. Only there weren't any parents. My DD was sitting next to the two young boys who were making making noises and tapping loudly. I waited for them to stop at some point. They didn't and I told DD to tell them to be quiet. She did. Later they went at it again. I then told them to be quiet. Didn't hear a peep out of them the rest of the time. They seemed like good kids, but they were young enough that parents should have been with them.

Charlotte~~
 
Dallas - If I had been their parents, I would have immediately removed them from the show. When I took my daughter to Finding Nemo (she was 3 at the time), about halfway through the movie she started getting very fidgetty. Then she started saying a little too loudly that she wanted to go home. We left. Sure, it was a waste of money for us, but that's not everyone else's problem.

Then later that year we attempted Elf. Same thing happened, but this time I was with my sister and her sons, so dd and I just hung out in the lobby for a while. Then we went back in and I stood holding her by the door.

If she had wanted to see either of those movies at the time, but was misbehaving, I still would have removed her until she could promise to behave. She'd get one more chance and that would be it. And I'd take her kicking and screaming out of the theater to the applause of parents everywhere.

Don't really worry about missing Madagascar, though. We saw it yesterday and I was pretty disappointed. My daughter liked it, so that's all that's important. But I didn't think it was very good.

She wants me to take her to see "Shark Boy and Lava Girl" now. Aye-aye-aye! I REALLY don't want to see that one. But I will because I love her.
 
I had the same thing happen when we took our kids to go and see Star Wars. there was this kid who was asking, no, yelling questions over the audio for the first five minutes and his dad was just sitting there munching on popcorn ignoring him. I was p!ss*d (movies are expensive and we hardly go as a family!!!) and so were most of the people in the theater. I, having no problem with confrontation, went over to his dad and asked him to have his son be quiet because it is bothering the people around him (how could he not feel their glares???) and I am on the other end of the theater and even I could hear him. Not one peep the rest of the movie.

I think that sometimes people don't realize how loud their kids are because they are with them all the time and probably have learned to tune them out. Either that, or some parents just don't care what their kids do. Doesn't really matter, we need to be respecful to those around us, kids and adults alike. Hey!!! Next time you go to the theater, take me! I have no problem being a you-know-what (it is even kinda fun sometimes)! I will be the general, and you will buy me popcorn!:p

Missy
 
Charlotte ~ if the parents hadn't been there I definitely would have said something, but I was kind of waiting for them to stop munching on popcorn, as Missy put it and do something. Hey Missy, that's a deal I'll buy the popcorn! :) You can confront the parents!

Donna ~ I too, have missed many shows when my 1st son was younger. He didn't sit as well as his younger brother. We would walk around the lobby, play video games, etc. while my dh and dd finished the show. I know that I'm lucky with my little guy now. He loves the show and has seen every kid movie out since he was about 15 months. He's such a good little boy!

When I wasn't being annoyed and was able to enjoy the movie, it really didn't seem that good. However, your right the kids really enjoyed it. I was really laughing at them laughing! They want to see that Shark Boy one too. Oh, the things we have to endure! I remember seeing Thomas the train when that came out 2-3 years ago, that was just horrible! I was hoping for my son to get a little unruly so we could get out of there! No luck on that one!

So, Missy what are we going to see? Charlotte and Donna you can come too!:)
 
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