It almost came to blows today

I see this all the time.  My CATS are better behaved than most kids, for Pete's sake!  Gypsy is as smart as my kids and they are BOTH in AP classes! As for manners, Gypsy's are better than 99% of the kids I see and I see A LOT since I work at our library.

As for being her offended, she needs to get over it! Surely she has better things to do (like disciplining her kids) than badger you about the implied insults.

I gently point out that my doberman is sitting politely in my vehicle, while her monsters are throwing & busting cans of cheap dog food all over the parking lot. I then can't resist pointing out that my dog must be smarter than her kids, because he knows exactly what cans are & that they usually involve food, therefore he would never in a million years, waste them like that.

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[sm=clapping%20hands%20smiley.gif]  I LOVE IT!!!! I don't even understand people...they take offense to the strangest things...absolutely ridiculous!  I am so pleased with your responces Amanda...good for you![]

Sorry I had to laugh a little.  There are times when the dogs get treated better than my kids.  The kids complain about it, and I remind them that the dogs listen, and follow directions better than they do.

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Sorry I had to laugh a little.  There are times when the dogs get treated better than my kids.  The kids complain about it, and I remind them that the dogs listen, and follow directions better than they do.

The mark of a great mother is to know her own children and to retain a sense of humor. []  Attagirl.

Sorry you had to go through that. And I understand the out of control kids, I see them daily in the office, some parents just do not have a clue of what they are doing to their kids. Heck my cats have better recall then most kids.
 
I had to go and pick up Kord yesterday from the vets, there was a 5 yr old boy just having a blast playing in some water, jumping , splashing the whole 9 yards, his mother kept telling him to watch out for other people, which he did. She explained that she picked her battles! He liked to get messy and if it did no hard to others at that time then oh well. She was also very proud  of him, a woman walked her dog near him while playing and he stopped at once, asked if he could pet the dog, the answer was no (older dog) he said OK and waited for her to move before resuming his splashing.
 
Sorry you had to go through that.
 
Dawn

The reason she GOT mad was because when she saw your bumper sticker after her kids had already embarassed her (even tho she said nothing, she was frustrated by their behavior but today people think they HAVE to 'ignore' bad behavior rather than make any attempt to 'correct' it or people will think they are being mean -- so they simply 'ignore' rather than be tempted to lose their temper in public).
 
So she sees your bumper sticker, knows the TRUTH of it in her heart but hates having her face shoved in it so she lashes out at you with all the pent up anger she contains really directed at her own stupid children (note word "stupid"??)  then boy oh boy you had to go ahead and REMIND her of how politely (as Bevo had been IN the store walking calmly next to you) Bevo was sitting and what putz's her kids were being.
 
So she worked herself up to a real 'froth' -- this, folks, is a pretty classic case of 'projection' except that in this case the one she projected her anger ON was almost humorous in its complete inappropriateness-- and you did incredibly well.  In addition -- not only was it the kids who were being idiots in the parking lot, but here's this woman (who has thus far tried to present this "I never get angry at MY kids" politically-correct 'front') completely losing it over a bumper sticker about a dog in front of a pet store?
 
She, however, goes home completely frustrated, probably hates her life and her kids (cos trust me -- she wasn't quiet to them when she got in the car but her discipline of them is so completely ineffective that's WHY everyone is so frustrated and acting out).
 
If you think for one moment about how sad, frustrated, angry, and completely dysfunctional that family must be ...  wouldn't you hate to go home to that every night?  ugh

but here's this woman (who has thus far tried to present this "I never get angry at MY kids" politically-correct 'front') completely losing it over a bumper sticker about a dog in front of a pet store?

She, however, goes home completely frustrated, probably hates her life and her kids (cos trust me -- she wasn't quiet to them when she got in the car but her discipline of them is so completely ineffective that's WHY everyone is so frustrated and acting out).

 
"Whack!" That's the sound of you hitting the nail on the head. She definitely is projecting. I don't see how her kids could be honor roll students if they behave that way. In my experience, honor students were usually soft-spoken book-reading types.
 
And I think the response to this woman having a fit over the bumper sticker was appropos and logical and quite fitting.

Wow, that woman sounds like a miserable nutbag. I think their whole family needs some major counseling... And you minding your own business when she decided to unleash her rage on you Bevolavegas. [&o] You handled the situation very well. Maybe the lady will go home and re-examine her life. [8|]

re-examine her life?  No -- she screamed at the kids all the way home while they ignored her playing video games or throwing the rest of the cans out the window at passersby.  Since she had no dog food by the time she GOT home she stopped at the grocery store (or Wal-mart for a bag of Ole Roy?).
 
People tend not to 'examine' their lives until something majorly traumatic happens (like one of those kids gets bitten in the face for throwing something at the neighbor's rottweiler or they get expelled from school for 'violence') -- unless she gets fired because she's 'had one little drink' at lunch or whatever she does to 'cope' with her life. 
 
Most of the world 'needs' major counselling but they're all too busy living in their mess to seek it until forced to.  They just vent and cope and vent and cope. 

Wow, that lady had some ovaries didn't she LOL!  It's just a bumper sticker!

And hey, MY dogs are at least better behaved than my kids LOL

Good for you!!  
 
I had an experience just before Christmas where a bunch of kids were playing tag in the grocery store.  Nice.  But my dogs aren't allowed into any store but Petsmart/SuperPet/Insert-Pet-Store-Name-Here. 
 
If my dogs behaved the way some people's children do we'd never be able to go anywhere in public...

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re-examine her life?  No -- she screamed at the kids all the way home while they ignored her playing video games or throwing the rest of the cans out the window at passersby.  Since she had no dog food by the time she GOT home she stopped at the grocery store (or Wal-mart for a bag of Ole Roy?).

I had to LOL at the first part! It's so awful that it's almost funny. [&:] The lady and her kids really are the perfect candidates for Nanny 911!

Wow, that lady had some ovaries didn't she LOL! It's just a bumper sticker!

I love that, never heard that one before!

I love that bumper sticker.  Before I had kids I despised those stupid, meaningless brags and  I like them even less now that I do have kids.  Gives me a big "ick" feeling. 

You did good. That lady is simply off her rocker or too stressed to be thinking straight and you were just in the way for an inevitable vent.

[sm=biggrin.gif]  Loved your response to the woman with out of control kids! lol  My family question DH and I all the time about why we haven't had kids yet (we plan to, some day lol) then when the youngins start acting up, they tell me "just keep the dogs & you won't have to put up with this".  I think it's funny... and I think it's all in how their raised too.  Good job tho... and GOOD BOY BEVO! - you showed 'em! []