The dinosaurs weren’t the only thing people were staring at in the museum when we visited; my daughter’s meltdown was another eye-catching display. Photo: Emma Waverman
Another day, another viral Facebook post that’s infuriating parents around the word. But this time?and maybe I’m alone here"?I don’t see what the big fuss is about.
Kim Christofi, who owns a snack bar kiosk near the seaside in Felixstowe, England is getting her 15 seconds of Internet fame after her Facebook post criticizing the parents of a child who had a massive crying tantrum, went viral.
?Can we make ourselves perfectly clear to all parents who are too scared to discipline their children about tantrum screaming,” she wrote. “We will give you five lenient minutes to ask the child to stop screaming and then we will ask the child ourselves. If that means you too having a tantrum about our having to speak to your child and hurling threats about not returning?that?s really okay with us. We have a duty to the rest of our customers.? The firestorm her post ignited got so vicious that she had to take the post down and delete her restaurant?s Faecbook profile. According to the Daily Mail, many of the comments were from parents outraged that she had so little patience for a child.
?Why don?t you take a lenient five minutes to have a word with yourself for being hideously insensitive and condescending"? wrote Facebook user C Rachael Twoms.
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