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g1immer's Pet Peeves in No Particular Order
Number 1 - Setting Your Child Down Where You SHOULDN'T


Sorry, not sorry lady - you are today's featured topic. Well, I guess I should say you and your child. Today I'm starting off my series by saying I have a million and one pet peeves I'm just itching to complain about! I took the above picture yesterday while waiting for my donuts to be made at a place called Duck Donuts. I was really lucky because after I ordered my dozen cake donuts (no there were no crazy toppings - see my post on foods I hate at iHob), like four different customers arrived in line after me. There were only two ladies working behind the counter, so one at the cash register and one topping the bakery goods. Glad my timing was perfect!

My timing was also perfect to take a screenshot of this lady propping her toddler up on the counter where, as you can see if you look close enough, the employees set the donuts down for people to pick them up. Talk about YUCK. Sure, the donuts are boxed, but that is still the same counter where a baby's butt has been. You can also see in the photo that there is a perfectly well-constructed bench where the lady and her child could take a seat at. I'm not a fan of kids, so maybe a little bit of my bias is seeping through in this post, but I don't find it at all sanitary to place your child on the counter of a place where food is consumed and made.

This is not the first time I've seen this either. Sure, it isn't a super common occurance, but parents will put their kid anywhere as long as its "safe." I am not a parent and don't plan on being one soon, but I do know that I wouldn't set my kid down on a surface that is not intended for their, or my own, butt. I've seen parents plop down their youngsters on counters at Starbucks, game stores, Nordstrom's and other retail stores. To me, a retail store is just as bad as a place where food is served, but seriously, this lady deserved to have a picture of her taken for the world to see. Don't put your kid on a counter where people need to pick something up from. Find somewhere else to sit. Just don't do it.

Love,
glimmer
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