One of the most difficult situations for any person to deal with is a baby crying, shrieking, screaming, hitting, thrashing, kicking and stomping, all because life didn't go the way he wanted.Sure, that situation is, at best, annoying when it happens. But it is understandable that a baby would throw a temper tantrum when he doesn't get what he wants because, well, he's a baby after all.
But what about when that baby is 65 years old?
What follows is a true story.
Last Saturday my wife and I were at a local Wendy's restaurant, waiting for our just-ordered meals. I got the baconator. Mmmm... bacony...Anyway, a "gentleman" (who most certainly was not gentle) standing at the other cash register, well... below is a dialog reconstructed with the help of eyewitnesses (my wife and I):
cash register lady: I'm sorry, sir, but we're all out of potatoes. (he'd ordered a salad and a baked potato)
65 year-old baby: What?!?!?! This is the second Wendy's restaurant I've been to this evening, because the other one was out of potatoes, too! What kind of idiots run this place!!!
cash register lady: I'm sorry, sir. We won't have more potatoes until tomorrow. Would you like to order something else?
65 year-old baby: NO!
The man then stomped, literally, away from the cash register toward the doors to leave the building. He soon returned, still stomping.
65 year-old baby: Give me back my money! Rowr!
cash register lady: Of course, sir. I was already getting it from the cash register when you left. (she really was)
65 year-old baby: Give it to me now!!! Rowr! Rowr! (at this point, a burst of flame shot from his mouth, and foam was drooling down his face)cash register lady: Here's your money, sir.
65 year-old baby: Something incomprehensible as he left again. I think his voice was partially blocked by all the foam.
I always enjoy dinner with a show. Don't you?
For ideas on how to deal with a child throwing a temper tantrum, check out Tantrums! Screams! And Crying! Oh My! at familes.com. For help dealing with a "grown up" crybaby, try a boot to the head, anime style.
