Fairy
01-03-2009, 05:12 PM
... and why I feel justified in not letting DS play in McD's or Chuckie Cheese or other of those type playlands, which we call "Toy Museums" (yes, ala Laurie Berkner's song). Warning, this is yucky.
We're in McD's today, and we rarely actually go into McD's. We drive thru here and there, but going in is very rare. But we went ice skating today for the first time, and I had to, ahem, buy him off afterward (that's another story). So, he asks to go into the play area, and I said, as usual, no, I'm sorry, they're just too germy. He asked, well, why do the other kids get to go. I said, cuz their parents don't agree that it's too germy. I think it is too germy, and I don't want you to get sick. We sat at the opposite end by the bathrooms so it would be out of sight (ish), and he basically accepted it and was happy with his purple pony toy, and we had a great time eating our food and being goofy.
Then, a boy about age 8 or 10 comes running by with his father close behind, and they're on their way to the bathroom. We're right next to the bathroom. He's not the first one to go pee since we've sat down. He is, however, the only one to go barefoot. Which meant he walked all the way thru the entire restaurant, past two doors with muddy prints next to them, and into a BATHROOM with no shoes or even socks on ala Britney Spears. His father didn't say boo, just followed him in.
Before I had the wherewithall to be grossed out, he runs back out adjusting his pants, going directly back to the toy museum. It was 20 seconds at best in the bathroom, and I promise you, he did not wash his hands. And I know this cuz we could clearly hear the water go on and off in there, as, like I said, there were others to use the men's bathroom before he did, and the water was turned on every time. Except this time.
The father came out about a minute later. And I had a look of disgust on my face, whcih he missed completely. DS did not, tho, and asked, "what's wrong, Mommy?" I told him that boy just used the bathroom barefoot and did not wash his hands. And now he's going back to the toy museum! And this is why I don't want you to play in those. Because people let their kids play in there with barefeet and hands that are full of very yucky germs, which you could then touch and get sick. And he said, "Yuck! That's yucky, Mommy!"
And that kid is gonna grow up with those same habits he has now, and that's why Howie Mandel won't touch anyone. Can't say I truly blame him.
We're in McD's today, and we rarely actually go into McD's. We drive thru here and there, but going in is very rare. But we went ice skating today for the first time, and I had to, ahem, buy him off afterward (that's another story). So, he asks to go into the play area, and I said, as usual, no, I'm sorry, they're just too germy. He asked, well, why do the other kids get to go. I said, cuz their parents don't agree that it's too germy. I think it is too germy, and I don't want you to get sick. We sat at the opposite end by the bathrooms so it would be out of sight (ish), and he basically accepted it and was happy with his purple pony toy, and we had a great time eating our food and being goofy.
Then, a boy about age 8 or 10 comes running by with his father close behind, and they're on their way to the bathroom. We're right next to the bathroom. He's not the first one to go pee since we've sat down. He is, however, the only one to go barefoot. Which meant he walked all the way thru the entire restaurant, past two doors with muddy prints next to them, and into a BATHROOM with no shoes or even socks on ala Britney Spears. His father didn't say boo, just followed him in.
Before I had the wherewithall to be grossed out, he runs back out adjusting his pants, going directly back to the toy museum. It was 20 seconds at best in the bathroom, and I promise you, he did not wash his hands. And I know this cuz we could clearly hear the water go on and off in there, as, like I said, there were others to use the men's bathroom before he did, and the water was turned on every time. Except this time.
The father came out about a minute later. And I had a look of disgust on my face, whcih he missed completely. DS did not, tho, and asked, "what's wrong, Mommy?" I told him that boy just used the bathroom barefoot and did not wash his hands. And now he's going back to the toy museum! And this is why I don't want you to play in those. Because people let their kids play in there with barefeet and hands that are full of very yucky germs, which you could then touch and get sick. And he said, "Yuck! That's yucky, Mommy!"
And that kid is gonna grow up with those same habits he has now, and that's why Howie Mandel won't touch anyone. Can't say I truly blame him.