I'm sorry, Ma'am, but this isn't Kinder Care

[February]

Okay, time for a story! Aren't you excited? LOL

I got to thinking about this the other day.

When I worked in the Stores (we're talking 1989 now) we had a huge problem with people just wanting to drop their kids off in front of our video screen and then shop in the rest of the mall and come back to get them later.

We had some customers who habitually used our store as daycare and management told all the greeters that if they came into the store with their children to be sure that they left with them!

When I was working the Plush Mountain zone (at the back near the screen) it was the worst, they'd cry, they'd be hungry, they'd ask to use the potty. . .and their mothers would be across the concourse in Victoria's Secret picking out wardrobe to go home and make them some siblings in :eek:

Once or twice we had to send a manager over to the other stores to get these moms.

Can you imagine. . .just leaving your kid or children as the case may be there were usually three or four. . .and just going off leaving them with strangers????

They'd take the plush from the displays and chew them and slobber on them too- let me tell you that it's a sinking feeling to be rearranging plush mountain at the end of the night and then pull out a mickey with. . um. . .nose stuff on it.

Anyone else ever have a kid left in their Disney Store or in the parks I'm sure it must happen a lot!

Enquiring minds want to know.

Bru

p.s. My husband did retail in his teens and once had a mother drop kids off at the Service Merchandise where he worked and left them. . .kid plays on treadmill, kid gets hurt, ambulance is called, kid is asked where mother is, and he replies "She went to work."

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[vixen101485]

I had a friend that worked the Disney store in our local mall in the 90's and they said they had the same problem with the kid drop off bit. They actually would call mall security if the parent or guardian wasnt in the store.
After a few months of parents getting some flack from authorities it wasnt a problem anymore.

[DisneyMom]

I'm sorry, but it would be in my evil mind to call security, have them hold the kids for a while in a separate area, then feign dumbness when the caregiver returned for the kid(s). "Why, Timmy and Tammy were here, but that man said he was their Daddy, so he left with them. Is there a problem?"
Now, that is just my evil mind, I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING. However, how many tragedies do we hear about with a kid left unattended by their parents in a shopping mall?:mad:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

I would think with all the info about predators, a parent would have a HUA if he/she left them alone!!! it takes a few seconds to "grab" a kid!

I like the idea of letting security take care of it!! thats what they are for!!

Doesn't this happen at WDW and DLR also?

[Cheshire Figment]

At the water parks we have a position called "I-Greeter" which is a lifeguard (usually on light duty) but breaks are provided by front gate people. They are at a fixed, well marked location. (At TL it is next to Singapore Sal's, the big store. I'm not sure where at BB.) There is a sand area for kids to play as well as a table with chairs and an umbrella. Most important are the Nextel and the log book.

If a child is found they are brought to the I-Greeter and information entered in the log. An announcement is made over the Nextel which goes to all lifeguards and managers describing the child and anything known.

Likewise anyone who loses a child is directed to the I-Greeter. Information is entered in the log and we radio out a description of the child that is being looked there.

One day this past August I was breaking about four in the afternoon and we had 31 entries in the log so far that day.

I did have one woman come to report two children missing, her daughter and a friend of the daughter. When I asked the age, the woman said 17!!! I politely asked the woman what the daughter (and friend) would say and/or do if reported as lost children. The woman decided that she would probably find them, especially since she had the car keys.

But seriously, if we have a kid there for over two hours we will turn the kid over to Security, and they may turn the kid over to the Sheriff's Office, figuring if a kid is misplaced for more than two hours and the parents don't notice and start asking about them the parents may have a problem.

[ktulu]

When I was working the Plush Mountain zone (at the back near the screen) it was the worst, they'd cry, they'd be hungry, they'd ask to use the potty. . .and their mothers would be across the concourse in Victoria's Secret picking out wardrobe to go home and make them some siblings in :eek:


Great googly moogly! Are you talking about the local mall here? VS is right across from the Disney Store. Once my mother-in-law's husband "accidently" went into there when we told him we would be in the Disney Store. I guess VC is his idea of Disneyland or something...

[vixen101485]

Good lord, now that you mention that bit about Vicky's Secret being near your Disney Store, it got me thinking.....the one mall here has their DS directly above a VS. LOL TOO funny. I swear they do that on purpose to give the dad's something to do while the kids and mom shop.

Forgot to add....when I say directly above I mean easily accesible by escalator or elevator right next to each store.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

.....the one mall here has their DS directly above a VS. LOL TOO funny. I swear they do that on purpose to give the dad's something to do while the kids and mom shop.

Hmm...my DH won't set foot in a VS! He's too embarrassed. Guys?

[February]

Hmm...my DH won't set foot in a VS! He's too embarrassed. Guys?

Mine turns beet red just walking past it and looking the other way the whole time.

Yup, our mall, which had three levels and was just ridiculously complicated, had to put the VS directly across, on the same floor, from the DS. . .

[Randy B]

I worked in a movie theatre in the laye 70s. Any time we had a G or PG film we would get a large number of parents dropping off their little darlings at opening time (noonish) and come back to pick them up at 6 pm or so. I remember one day I had several 4-6 year olds running foot races in the upstairs lobby (outside the closed balcony). When I asked why they aren't watching the movie they told me they saw it 3 times yesterday and were boored. Unfortunately any time the ticket price is less than daycare/sitter there will be those who choose with their pocket and not their brains.

On the other hand I remember going shopping with my parents and hated shopping. All that walking around and examining every detail of hundreds of identical (to me) things just drove me wild. (I STILL hate to shop and tend to get in and out of a store in the shortest time possible.) So to keep me quiet my folks would let me go over to the TV displays and watch whatever was being shown on all the TVs. But I was also taught to be VERY polite to the workers, an was always kept informed which department my parents were in. They also checked up on me frequently. So I guess the practice isn't exactly new, just the way that the "TV department" is now in a totally different store instead of at the other end of a huge room.

Randy

[vixen101485]

Mine turns beet red just walking past it and looking the other way the whole time.

Yup, our mall, which had three levels and was just ridiculously complicated, had to put the VS directly across, on the same floor, from the DS. . .

LOL...you must have worked in the Galleria in Houston. LOL

[February]

LOL...you must have worked in the Galleria in Houston. LOL

No, I swear I've never been to Texas LOL

[mechurchlady]

One night at Rosewood a couple and their friends went into the bar and left a half dozen kids from about 5 to 12 set at the booths at the back of the resturant. They even left beer bottles on the table. The poor tykes had to entertain themselves while mom and dad were boozing in the bar.

The manager and waitress kept following them to the bathroom because the kids were going into the bar. Yep the manager and the joint could be in big trouble for booze at a table full of kids and kids in the bar.

Parents care when their kid is dead but not when they can leave them some place safe like a Dsiney store. "I would have gotten a towel with fake blood and say excuse me but there is an injured kid at the store. I remember you leaving a kid in the store and thought it might be yours. Nope he cannot talk right now so we do not know whose it is". I am so mean, bad churchy.

[Randy B]

Parents care when their kid is dead but not when they can leave them some place safe like a Dsiney store. "I would have gotten a towel with fake blood and say excuse me but there is an injured kid at the store. I remember you leaving a kid in the store and thought it might be yours. Nope he cannot talk right now so we do not know whose it is". I am so mean, bad churchy.

Or how about a sign. "Anyone under 21 left unattended for more than 5 min will be towed". (Begins humming an OLD song called "the Lincoln Park Pirates".) When "parent" (definately term used loosely) shows up, point to sign, and say "I'm not real sure who they called for the tow". :eek: "Gee I hope they didn't call the regular guy. He was a bit weird for my comfort."

Randy

[lady ulrike]

Hmm...my DH won't set foot in a VS! He's too embarrassed. Guys?

My husband won't either. Or Federick's of Hollywood. So, I just tease him. Everytime we go by one, I either ask if he wants to go in or I'll say that I really need to get something there. If I really do need to go in (and I shop there rarely, I can't afford to shop there for day-to-day underwear, only special occasion stuff) he wants to wait outside. Come to think of it, I don't know if I've ever actually gotten him to go in, or if I just went back later to get what I wanted. I think I'd have an easier time to get him to go on Small World and I've only accomplished that twice since we started dating about 5 1/2 years ago. Once because I told him Stitch was in there (which he was it wasn't a trick) that same ploy didn't work later, though.

[ktulu]

I'll go into VS, I'll also go down Aisle 8A at the Mega Lo Mart (used to be Aisle 13).

[Princess Susi]

In our Mall here in Westminster, a northwest suburb of Denver, the VS store is quite close to the Disney store as well. Raffle will NOT go near it. He is embarassed to look at the sign. He won't even watch commercials on TV that have half nekked women advertising bras or swim suits. Yep, he is shy.......:o:

Leaving kids in a store? If that had ever happened when I worked in a mall, I would have called security within minutes. Retail clerks have enough to do without being babysitters and I do NOT want to be responsible for what could happen to a child left in a store.

There is a whole thread going on on one of the Board X's about snot covered plushies at stores. It is pretty funny actually. Just remember to check EVERY item you pick up in a store. They are talking about how some parentrs let a child pick up a toy or something in a store to keep them amused while shopping and that then find all sorts of slobber and snot on the items. I always pick my item from the back, but that does not seem to be the answer anymore. If they are straightening out a display, they will pull all the items off and rearrange, so your back of the display item might actually have been in the front at one time!:eek: AND may have had some kid using it as a sucky toy!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
I don't need no more germies, I have enough of my own!!!!!!
Susi

[Syndrome]

These idiot parents need to acquaint themselves with the story of Adam Walsh, John Walsh's son who was kidnapped and decapitated...I believe they only ever found his head. How did he disappear? Mom was shopping in Sears and used the toy department as her personal daycare while she flitted off to the other departments. Enter murderous pervet and the poor kid is gone, murdered, and God knows what else inbetween. Then the parents had the nads to sue Sears, although I believe it was thrown out of court. Oh well, at least John Walsh was able to eventually turn it into something productive.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

These idiot parents need to acquaint themselves with the story of Adam Walsh, John Walsh's son who was kidnapped and decapitated...I believe they only ever found his head. How did he disappear? Mom was shopping in Sears and used the toy department as her personal daycare while she flitted off to the other departments. Enter murderous pervet and the poor kid is gone, murdered, and God knows what else inbetween. Then the parents had the nads to sue Sears, although I believe it was thrown out of court. Oh well, at least John Walsh was able to eventually turn it into something productive.

The down side is you could print those stories every day in every newspaper, and have it on T.V. every day, and SOME parents would still have the "it can't happen to me" attitude.

[February]

There is a whole thread going on on one of the Board X's about snot covered plushies at stores. It is pretty funny actually. Just remember to check EVERY item you pick up in a store.

It is a sinking feeling to stick your hand into Plush Mountain to straighten it up at the end of the night and feel something slimy and soggy.

After the first time it happened, I never reached a whole hand in there again. Fingertips only *shudder*

[February]

I'll go into VS, I'll also go down Aisle 8A at the Mega Lo Mart (used to be Aisle 13).

Good for you! Mine is a hero when it comes to any shopping that needs to be done- I think the thing is that when it comes to lingerie stores that he feels like other women are staring at him like 'what are you doing in here, pervert' LOL.

Believe me, after dealing with my medical problems and taking care of me all these years, a trip up aisle 8A (or 13 as it were) is a cake walk.

Heres to the real men! Real men will buy feminine hygiene products without batting an eye, and if they're really smart they throw in a bottle of Advil, a bag of chips and a bag of hershey's kisses. Forget Valentines day- that is the way to really win a woman's heart in her hour of need LOL

[crystal_crtr]

I'm sorry, but it would be in my evil mind to call security, have them hold the kids for a while in a separate area, then feign dumbness when the caregiver returned for the kid(s). "Why, Timmy and Tammy were here, but that man said he was their Daddy, so he left with them. Is there a problem?"
Now, that is just my evil mind, I WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING. However, how many tragedies do we hear about with a kid left unattended by their parents in a shopping mall?:mad:

That reminds me of little Adam Walsh. I can not understand why any mother or father would just leave their kid anywhere. I saw a story where a mother left her one year old in her car while she went to work. She said she had forgotten he was in there. How do you forget your child is in the car. Her defense was he was in a rear facing car seat, she couldn't see him and she was on the cell phone and forgot to drop him off at daycare. :eek: How do you forget your child?

[mechurchlady]

It is a sinking feeling to stick your hand into Plush Mountain to straighten it up at the end of the night and feel something slimy and soggy.

After the first time it happened, I never reached a whole hand in there again. Fingertips only *shudder*
better use welding gloves over a pair ov rubber gloves and lots of lysol, lol.

[lady ulrike]

I'll go into VS, I'll also go down Aisle 8A at the Mega Lo Mart (used to be Aisle 13).

Wait a minute, there really is a Mega Lo Mart or are you just using it as a general term. I thought it was something made up for King of the Hill.




There is a whole thread going on on one of the Board X's about snot covered plushies at stores. It is pretty funny actually. Just remember to check EVERY item you pick up in a store. They are talking about how some parentrs let a child pick up a toy or something in a store to keep them amused while shopping and that then find all sorts of slobber and snot on the items. I always pick my item from the back, but that does not seem to be the answer anymore. If they are straightening out a display, they will pull all the items off and rearrange, so your back of the display item might actually have been in the front at one time!:eek: AND may have had some kid using it as a sucky toy!!!!!:eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:
I don't need no more germies, I have enough of my own!!!!!!
Susi

I hate this. I have bought a couple of things because I wasn't watching my daughter closely enough and she got it into her mouth (she's at that age, everything goes in her mouth) I bought the things cause I thought it would just be gross for someone else to touch it after. And in these cases it was just baby slobber and probably fairly germ free since she wasn't sick at the time. Thankfully at least one of the items was one where I was trying to decide being two things. I'm busy looking at one, I go to look at the other one and she's got it in her mouth so I basically said, ok guess we're getting that one.

[ktulu]

I'll go into VS, I'll also go down Aisle 8A at the Mega Lo Mart (used to be Aisle 13).

Wait a minute, there really is a Mega Lo Mart or are you just using it as a general term. I thought it was something made up for King of the Hill.

Oh the fun I could have with this, but it's just made up for King of the Hill :)

or is it...

[felinefan]

When I worked at Knott's (you guys have to be getting sick of that intro by now....):), we had parents trying to use the Lost Child Center to drop their kids off while they went on the rides their kids couldn't join them on. I remember there was this one girl, she wouldn't tell the attendant who she was or where her parents were--must've been 10-12 years old, if I remember right--and was acting weird. Jump up on the ledge, look out the window, be really jumpy, jump down off the ledge (when the building was an actual rail depot, this was the ticket office part), and finally when a family walked by, she just ran out and joined them. Bizarre, to say the least. Oh, well, she was with her family anyway.

There would be a few kids who'd cry, but most settled down and played video games, colored, etc..

[DisneyMom]

When I worked at Knott's (you guys have to be getting sick of that intro by now....):), we had parents trying to use the Lost Child Center to drop their kids off while they went on the rides their kids couldn't join them on. I remember there was this one girl, she wouldn't tell the attendant who she was or where her parents were--must've been 10-12 years old, if I remember right--and was acting weird. Jump up on the ledge, look out the window, be really jumpy, jump down off the ledge (when the building was an actual rail depot, this was the ticket office part), and finally when a family walked by, she just ran out and joined them. Bizarre, to say the least. Oh, well, she was with her family anyway.

There would be a few kids who'd cry, but most settled down and played video games, colored, etc..

Sounds like maybe the girl might have had a disability.:(

[Princess Susi]

Good for you! Mine is a hero when it comes to any shopping that needs to be done- I think the thing is that when it comes to lingerie stores that he feels like other women are staring at him like 'what are you doing in here, pervert' LOL.

Believe me, after dealing with my medical problems and taking care of me all these years, a trip up aisle 8A (or 13 as it were) is a cake walk.

Heres to the real men! Real men will buy feminine hygiene products without batting an eye, and if they're really smart they throw in a bottle of Advil, a bag of chips and a bag of hershey's kisses. Forget Valentines day- that is the way to really win a woman's heart in her hour of need LOL

Raffle will go to the store for me for my *femi hygiene products* He is a true Prince. he gets a little red in the face when the female sales clerk asks him what he needs when he is on that aisle. He will just mumble, "My wife needs em, for you know, those woman things!" LOL! he is so funny. The lady is an older woman probably in her late 60's and he knows her, but he still turns beet red.:o: **chuckle**
HRH Princess Susi :queen:

[BRWombat]

Raffle will go to the store for me for my *femi hygiene products* He is a true Prince. he gets a little red in the face when the female sales clerk asks him what he needs when he is on that aisle. He will just mumble, "My wife needs em, for you know, those woman things!" LOL! he is so funny. The lady is an older woman probably in her late 60's and he knows her, but he still turns beet red.:o: **chuckle**
HRH Princess Susi :queen:Heh. I'll do the shopping, too, if necessary -- but if there is someone else hovering around that aisle, I'll move on and shop for other things first. I'll get the stuff, but I'd rather not have to talk about it. :o:

[ktulu]

Heh. I'll do the shopping, too, if necessary -- but if there is someone else hovering around that aisle, I'll move on and shop for other things first. I'll get the stuff, but I'd rather not have to talk about it. :o:

Not me. I'll even ask for advice from women on the aisle :D:

Usually though I have detailed description on what to buy.

Speaking of embarrassing things to buy, one night when I was the overnight checker at the grocery store I worked at, I had a customer come up and put down a 12 pack of beer, pack of cigarettes and a box of condoms. There was no talking until I was done ringing him up, I sent him on his way with an enthusiastic "Have a GREAT night!"

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Not me. I'll even ask for advice from women on the aisle :D:

Usually though I have detailed description on what to buy.

Speaking of embarrassing things to buy, one night when I was the overnight checker at the grocery store I worked at, I had a customer come up and put down a 12 pack of beer, pack of cigarettes and a box of condoms. There was no talking until I was done ringing him up, I sent him on his way with an enthusiastic "Have a GREAT night!"

before, after or during??

(hehehehe)

[TalkingHands]

Hmm...my DH won't set foot in a VS! He's too embarrassed. Guys?

Same here. No way my husband would walk into Victoria's Secret. Actually in our family the girls drop me at the Disney Store and they go to VS to shop. :D: But at least my girls are adults now and not children in age.

[dancinghomer]

Speaking of embarrassing things to buy, one night when I was the overnight checker at the grocery store I worked at, I had a customer come up and put down a 12 pack of beer, pack of cigarettes and a box of condoms. There was no talking until I was done ringing him up, I sent him on his way with an enthusiastic "Have a GREAT night!"

Oh the memories of being a cashier in a 24/7 grocery store. Scary things is, most of the sales I remember that involved condoms were at like 3 in the afternoon.

I remember one couple, the lady wouldn't look ahead, she had her head down the whole time. But the guy had the biggest grin on his face. I remember turning around after that sale and the person on the register behind me was just keeling over from laughing so hard after they left.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

Same here. No way my husband would walk into Victoria's Secret. Actually in our family the girls drop me at the Disney Store and they go to VS to shop. :D: But at least my girls are adults now and not children in age.

Funny how things change! Mom going to Disney and the kids going to VS! That's a switch!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Funny how things change! Mom going to Disney and the kids going to VS! That's a switch!

sort of a "Circle of Life" thing?

Or just different priorties at different times?

[February]

OMG, I was a cashier at a 24/7 grocery store that was kind of like a super wally mart. I used to say you should never be able to buy small pets, motor oil, and hamburger in the same store :eek: I worked nights there as a single mom, lasting almost a year there so I could keep my child out of daycare.

They always put me on the express lane when they could (though i was a ping pong ball and often worked 3 areas in one night- lotto/cigarettes, (the guys called me the Lotto Goddess rofl) cust. service (or cussed service might be more appropriate) or they put me on the lanes at express to get the lines down.

Every weekend, my line was FULL of guys buying condoms because I was quick, discreet, and never looked them in the face. Or maybe I was one of the few cashiers under the age of 50 and they didnt' want someone who reminded them of mom ringing them up LOL.

Thing that always killed me was they never just bought the condoms. It was condoms and gum, condoms and a candy bar, or occasionally condoms and some things that made me shudder.

I never saw any women buy them, ever. Just guys. Nervous, embarrassed young guys.

Had a guy try to return a half empty box of them once at the cussed desk.

He said they didn't work! :eek:

When it comes to buying the fem-hi stuff, I'll tell you. It's no secret why they keep changing the packaging every other month. It's a conspiracy. They want you to buy the wrong one so you have to spend twice as much to get the thing you thought you were getting to begin with.

I did a blog entry a couple years back on exactly this topic. If any of the ladies want to read it, PM me I'm happy to send it along LOL.

Bottom line: if you go to the store and see a bag in that aisle ripped open, it's because in a fit of hormone fueled desperation, some poor woman had had enough of guessing and needed to know if the bag had maxi superwing overnights in it or heavy channeled superthins and was through screwing around.

[hobie16]

Have any of you ladies ever put on a Maxi-Pad wrong side up?

[DisneyMom]

Have any of you ladies ever put on a Maxi-Pad wrong side up?


Ummmmm, not intentionally!:eek:
My little neices did stick some to the bottoms of their feet to "ice skate" on the kitchen floor!:p:

[mechurchlady]

Have any of you ladies ever put on a Maxi-Pad wrong side up?

nope never have, some things like then items and spark plugs have to be installed properly.

[Main Streeter]

My little neices did stick some to the bottoms of their feet to "ice skate" on the kitchen floor!:p:
What a great way to mop! :cool: Dogs just tracked in from our drizzle. Gotta try this out.;)

[Randy B]

What a great way to mop! :cool: Dogs just tracked in from our drizzle. Gotta try this out.;)

To break up the big, muddy stuff first, strap on a pair of large scrub brushes for the first circuit. Then use the pads to get the remaining liquid portions.
:D:

Randy

[Main Streeter]

To break up the big, muddy stuff first, strap on a pair of large scrub brushes for the first circuit.
:D:

Randy
No big muddy stuff here. Yard is too lush & concrete is kept clean. Now abt strap on large scrub brushes, Randy......you have no idea how uncoordinated I can be. LOL, HA HA, ROFL. Gonna skip your idea as you'd not be around to pick me up,;) & dogs would just lay on me - or lick & walk over me. :D: :D: Thanks though.

[Randy B]

No big muddy stuff here. Yard is too lush & concrete is kept clean. Now abt strap on large scrub brushes, Randy......you have no idea how uncoordinated I can be. LOL, HA HA, ROFL. Gonna skip your idea as you'd not be around to pick me up,;) & dogs would just lay on me - or lick & walk over me. :D: :D:

Well I DID resist the first suggestion that came to mind. This last week I was watching an episode of Red Green (if you don't know, don't ask) and he used two floor buffers strapped to his feet as an easy way to clean the floor. Unfortunately the two buffers tended to take off in opposite directions. :eek:

Randy

[Main Streeter]

Well I DID resist the first suggestion that came to mind.
RandyRandy, never resist a "first." ;) The floor buffers would be hysterical! :D: I'd try those & not even blame my pain on you. :D: :)

[Randy B]

Randy, never resist a "first." ;) The floor buffers would be hysterical! :D: I'd try those & not even blame my pain on you. :D: :)

Well, this IS the same guy who used a flintlock musket to make some incredible casts when fishing. ;):eek::D:

Randy

[Cranbiz]

Well I DID resist the first suggestion that came to mind. This last week I was watching an episode of Red Green (if you don't know, don't ask) and he used two floor buffers strapped to his feet as an easy way to clean the floor. Unfortunately the two buffers tended to take off in opposite directions. :eek:

Randy

I love Red Green. Unfortunately, the PBS stations down here don't air the show as often as WGBH did in Boston.

Remember, Keep your stick on the ice.

[hobie16]

What a great way to mop! :cool: Dogs just tracked in from our drizzle. Gotta try this out.;)
I was sitting at the computer yesterday and looked over to see our miniature schnauzer carrying in a complete plant with the root ball still attached. She had a very proud look on her face. Turned out it was a very rare heliconia my wife had planted a few days ago. :eek: Good thing she wasn't home. I got it replanted so we'll see what happens.

[DisneyMom]

I was sitting at the computer yesterday and looked over to see our miniature schnauzer carrying in a complete plant with the root ball still attached. She had a very proud look on her face. Turned out it was a very rare heliconia my wife had planted a few days ago. :eek: Good thing she wasn't home. I got it replanted so we'll see what happens.

Some things should be secret between a man and a wife! :p:

[February]

What a great way to mop! :cool: Dogs just tracked in from our drizzle. Gotta try this out.;)

You know, one has to wonder if this wasn't how the swiffer was invented. . .SNL did a skit about "Swiffer jammies" to put your kids in and scoot em across to do the floor!

[hobie16]

Some things should be secret between a man and a wife! :p:
She loves Scooter but she spends a lot of time in the yard trying to get stuff to grow. We might have had the first schnauzer launched into low orbit.

[DisneyMom]

She loves Scooter but she spends a lot of time in the yard trying to get stuff to grow. We might have had the first schnauzer launched into low orbit.

Awww, Scooter sounds cute, if destructive! Isn't there a way to keep him away from some of the plants (like giant fake centipedes?)

[hobie16]

Awww, Scooter sounds cute, if destructive! Isn't there a way to keep him away from some of the plants (like giant fake centipedes?)
She's not really that destructive. She discovered chunks of palm trees and small coconuts are good to chew on. Apparently the heliconia fit the bill. I added some wire mesh to protect them until the root system takes hold.

I don't think a centipede would scare her off unless she got bit by one. The Terminex guys put down powder every three months so we don't see them very often.

[DisneyMom]

She's not really that destructive. She discovered chunks of palm trees and small coconuts are good to chew on. Apparently the heliconia fit the bill. I added some wire mesh to protect them until the root system takes hold.

I don't think a centipede would scare her off unless she got bit by one. The Terminex guys put down powder every three months so we don't see them very often.

Oh, Scooter is a Girl!
Wire mesh sounds like a good idea.
I used to live on some acreage in the hills here in Cali. We found a large gopher snake. Funniest thing ever- seeing the snake strike at my Rottweiler, rottweiler jumps straight up in the air about three feet!:eek:
Oh and the time our mama cat tore out after the Rottweiler when dog barked at our baby Pygmy goats! the only other time I saw that dog SCARED!:p:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

To break up the big, muddy stuff first, strap on a pair of large scrub brushes for the first circuit. Then use the pads to get the remaining liquid portions.
:D:

Randy

Wasn't the brush bit done in a Mickey cartoon?

[hobie16]

We found a large gopher snake. Funniest thing ever- seeing the snake strike at my Rottweiler, rottweiler jumps straight up in the air about three feet!
Gopher snakes will emulate rattlesnake behavior including beating their tales in leaves to scare off aggressors.

[EeyoresButterfly]

This is sort of along the lines of the OP: something else that parents will do is abandon their kids in a line or on a ride. This is especially problematic at Dumbo or the Teacups. Sometimes we'll have kids six years old or younger trying to ride by themselves. Totally not allowed! The parents yell at us because we won't let their kids on the ride without somebody older to watch them. I realize they're worried about getting motion sick, but what happens when your child loses their hat on a spinning ride or panics when Dumbo goes up in the air? There's a reason we required children have someone with them when they ride. The absolute worst is when the parents just leave the kids in the line. Then we have to treat it as a lost child situation and track down the parents. Not fun.

[turkeyham]

When I was in high school and had a job after school on the weekends. Me and my friends would go to Disneyland when we had no homework. We did see allot of parents buy their kids tickets to get in and leave them to play at the park. Now these days, I still see this. These parents need to keep an eye on their kids. If you need a baby sitter, get one, don't drop the kids off at the parks. It is just not safe.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

When I was in high school and had a job after school on the weekends. Me and my friends would go to Disneyland when we had no homework. We did see allot of parents buy their kids tickets to get in and leave them to play at the park. Now these days, I still see this. These parents need to keep an eye on their kids. If you need a baby sitter, get one, don't drop the kids off at the parks. It is just not safe.

I am sure there are a number of parents that do just that! and go do their own thing, lunch, shopping and so on.

I just hope they don't pull a "Joe Dirt" on them!!!

[Princess Susi]

Thing that always killed me was they never just bought the condoms. It was condoms and gum, condoms and a candy bar, or occasionally condoms and some things that made me shudder.

I never saw any women buy them, ever. Just guys. Nervous, embarrassed young guys.

Had a guy try to return a half empty box of them once at the cussed desk.

He said they didn't work! :eek:
Bottom line: if you go to the store and see a bag in that aisle ripped open, it's because in a fit of hormone fueled desperation, some poor woman had had enough of guessing and needed to know if the bag had maxi superwing overnights in it or heavy channeled superthins and was through screwing around.

EXACTLY! And what sorts of things would make you shudder.....

Have any of you ladies ever put on a Maxi-Pad wrong side up?
OH, HELL NO!

nope never have, some things like them items and spark plugs have to be installed properly.

LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!! :hysteria:

You know those pads can be used to save lives too. Let's say you just got shot in a drive by and your woman just happens to be carrying some. She can apply them to the wound to staunch the bleeding and off to the emergency room you go!!!!!! ;) They can be very handy in emergencies. I like the mop the floor with them idea. Just apply the sticky side to your feet and off you go with soap and water on them to clean up the kitty barf. LOL! I WILL have to try that, the next time Ralph goes to the store and buys more and the kitty barfs.....LOL!:p:
HRH Princess Susi :queen:

[felinefan]

I didn't write down the link, but I'm sure if you Google it, you can find it....The Museum of Menestration. Run by a guy. Go figure. The site lets you read old facts of life books from 'way back, and there's a whole thread on jokes. Lots of them are on the "put the pad on wrong" and about boys who buy tampons because it says on the box "you can ride a bike, go horseback riding, ski, swim...." etc..

I'm glad I'm past that stage.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

This thread is starting to sound like some of the more..adult topic... threads on board X.

[DisneyMom]

I didn't write down the link, but I'm sure if you Google it, you can find it....The Museum of Menestration. Run by a guy. Go figure. The site lets you read old facts of life books from 'way back, and there's a whole thread on jokes. Lots of them are on the "put the pad on wrong" and about boys who buy tampons because it says on the box "you can ride a bike, go horseback riding, ski, swim...." etc..

I'm glad I'm past that stage.

HeeHeee, I remember being about 10 years old and all the girls and boys in 5th grade were separated and we watched a film (By Disney of course!) explaining "becoming a woman". All of us girls were pretty horrified at the prospect after that.:eek:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

HeeHeee, I remember being about 10 years old and all the girls and boys in 5th grade were separated and we watched a film (By Disney of course!) explaining "becoming a woman". All of us girls were pretty horrified at the prospect after that.:eek:

DISNEY????? tel me they didn't use cartoons!

[DisneyMom]

DISNEY????? tel me they didn't use cartoons!


Yup, Cartoons/Animation! you didn't expect REAL footage, did you?:eek:


I imagine if they used the more popular cartoons now.....

Pocohantas misses out on the harvest one week a month because she has her PERIOD. That is, until she was donated the NEW Super-Duper Maxi Pad
by the kind people at Itsuxbeingawoman.....:p:

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Yup, Cartoons/Animation! you didn't expect REAL footage, did you?:eek:


I imagine if they used the more popular cartoons now.....

Pocohantas misses out on the harvest one week a month because she has her PERIOD. That is, until she was donated the NEW Super-Duper Maxi Pad
by the kind people at Itsuxbeingawoman.....:p:

Hmmm..Cue the Blues Brothers: "Somtimes its hard, to be a women"...

[DisneyMom]

Hmmm..Cue the Blues Brothers: "Somtimes its hard, to be a women"...


Yup! Must be why they abandon the kids at the Disney Store......:rolleyes::eek:;)

[Ms. Matterhorn]

LOL! DisneyMom got us back to the thread!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

LOL! DisneyMom got us back to the thread!

Not bad, it only took a "few" posts!!! YEAH!!!:flybongo:

[Randy B]

Not bad, it only took a "few" posts!!! YEAH!!!:flybongo:

Hey the way we wander, if you wait long enough discussions will eventually come back around to most any subject. ;):D:

Randy

[Princess Susi]

Oh by the way, The Disney Store is selling PINS again. Every Monday the new releases come out! Don't forget to buy your pins amongst the drooled on and snot covered plush!:twisted: teeheehee
susi

[Planner]

*twitch* PINS! They can not start selling them at the local Disney store I will go nuts...nnoooooo!

But hey I did clean up pretty well on ones for trade with this past weeks Pin sale whoohhoowwww

[Princess Susi]

They are not releasing too many per week, just a couple or three. I got BAMBI pins there!!!!!! I LOVE Bambi pins and there are so few. They are going to release a booster set of Bambi pins at DL this week. You can order through delivears. They will also be releasing a Little Mermaid booster set at DL as well. Check Dizpins or the Official Disney Pin Trading site to see the goodies that are coming up!!!!!! LOVE pins!:D:
susi*pin collector*slicker:p:

[Whazzup]

Oh by the way, The Disney Store is selling PINS again. Every Monday the new releases come out! Don't forget to buy your pins amongst the drooled on and snot covered plush!:twisted: teeheehee
susi

Oh no! Our "local" (45 miles away) Disney Store is closed for 3 months because they are remodeling the outlet mall where it's located and the store itself is being relocated within the mall. :(
I sure hope they post a notice when it's going to open again so I can be there to see all the new goodies they are going to stock. :)

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Guess thats good, but we only buy them on trips to "mark" the trip!! And since we buy the ones we want, we dont generally trade! (We DID trade away the "FREE" ones we were given on some trips!)

[mechurchlady]

I wanted the ones that had VMK codes as I collect those for playing. I do not have a dvd player hooked up so no need for the dvds or i could get me some more VMK lot. I am not sure what I have as I have my pins in 3 rooms probably and tossed a lot on the floor so I could get a shelving rack out.

:elephant1
No kids and and lots of coffee for me. :elephant1
:elephant1

[BRWombat]

Oh by the way, The Disney Store is selling PINS again. Every Monday the new releases come out! Don't forget to buy your pins amongst the drooled on and snot covered plush!:twisted: teeheehee
susiYep, my oldest and I were there on Saturday and saw that they had pins for sale -- about a dozen different ones, including a cool set of six(?) [I]Cars/I] pins.

[DisneyMom]

Yep, my oldest and I were there on Saturday and saw that they had pins for sale -- about a dozen different ones, including a cool set of six(?) [I]Cars/I] pins.

Hahaha, I just bought my second set of the Cars Pins, 1st set went to a co-worker with a promise that she'll get me a pin( a nice one) when she gets a chance. It is a really cute set so I'll hopefully find something nice to trade it for, but it was a good deal to get 5 pins for $10.87.:)

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Hmm, I'll havbe to go there and get the CARS ones for the grandkids. They watch the DVD (according to DIL) Over and over and over...

[Captain C]

HeeHeee, I remember being about 10 years old and all the girls and boys in 5th grade were separated and we watched a film (By Disney of course!) explaining "becoming a woman". All of us girls were pretty horrified at the prospect after that.:eek:
I kinda want to see this movie XD I wonder if Disney did one for boys as well

[JugglingFreak]

I kinda want to see this movie XD I wonder if Disney did one for boys as well

No, I think "The Story of Menstruation" was the only one of that type..

[hobie16]

HeeHeee, I remember being about 10 years old and all the girls and boys in 5th grade were separated and we watched a film (By Disney of course!) explaining "becoming a woman". All of us girls were pretty horrified at the prospect after that.:eek:
A woman I worked told me about "the movie." She said her and all her friends basic reaction was, "He puts what where?!?!" :twisted:

[DisneyMom]

A woman I worked told me about "the movie." She said her and all her friends basic reaction was, "He puts what where?!?!" :twisted:

I don't think THAT was a Disney Movie!!!!!!!!!:eek:
I think the one we saw just talked about how the body changes,ewwwww!:p:

[disneyaddict]

Well I DID resist the first suggestion that came to mind. This last week I was watching an episode of Red Green (if you don't know, don't ask) and he used two floor buffers strapped to his feet as an easy way to clean the floor. Unfortunately the two buffers tended to take off in opposite directions. :eek:

Randy

I love Red Green! That show rocks! Unfortunately, I don't get that channel...:(

What a great way to mop! :cool: Dogs just tracked in from our drizzle. Gotta try this out.;)

I've seen slippers that double as little "brooms". You just slide your feet around (the packaging says that you walk normally, but then you leave all the dirt behind) and it gets most of the dirt into a little pile. What's more fun than that, however, is to slide across carpeting, then touch someone. Those slippers build a surprising amount of charge. :twisted:

[hobie16]

I don't think THAT was a Disney Movie!!!!!!!!!:eek:
I think the one we saw just talked about how the body changes,ewwwww!:p:
Maybe it was Miramaz. :D:

[hobie16]

Those slippers build a surprising amount of charge. :twisted:
Go for the ear lobe. That way the shockee gets zapped and hears it too. :eek:

[Cranbiz]

We get Red Green here.....Yea. :)

Keep your stick on the ice.

[smart1hermione]

I don't think THAT was a Disney Movie!!!!!!!!!:eek:
I think the one we saw just talked about how the body changes,ewwwww!:p:
Walt Disney Presents: The Story of Menstruation [you have been warned]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kWR-rIKRe4

my personal favorite has to be about how you should still look pretty even when you're feeling like punching a stranger.

[GaTechGal]

Walt Disney Presents: The Story of Menstruation [you have been warned]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4kWR-rIKRe4

my personal favorite has to be about how you should still look pretty even when you're feeling like punching a stranger.

And don't forget to wear makeup to help keep up your morale. :rolleyes:

[BRWombat]

Well, I learned something.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

This thread is getting dangerously close to some of the wierd stuff on board X.

hehehehehe

[mechurchlady]

This thread is getting dangerously close to some of the wierd stuff on board X.

hehehehehe
Naw they are way tamer than us folks that post links to pictures of naked ladies and one sexy naked actor, sigh. I are much more wild and go where nobody but SGT members dare go like backstage.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Well, I learned something.

And that would be??

hehehehehe

RUM?

[SkipperGordon]

This thread is making me want to buy lingerie...and birth control...lots of birth control. To get back on topic, this story makes me want to distribute birth control.

My former Supervisor used to be the super over at KidZone over where they have Fievel's playground. They're pretty alert over there for parents leaving kids unattended but sometimes one slips through the cracks. On this particular day the playground was pretty much deserted except for this one kid and no parents in sight. He asked the attendant how long the kid had been there and it turned out he had been playing by himself for over an hour and a half. My supervisor notified security who took the kid to ops base where he was given juice and a coloring book until family services showed up to take him because at some point enough time had passed fo rhim to be classified as "abandoned." Then my supervisor waited with the attendant in the playground area until THREE HOURS LATER a man and his 13 year old son showed up and quickly became frantic when they couldn't find the young boy. My supervisor approached the man and informed him that his child had been turned over to Child services. It later came out that he had left the boy there because he and his other son wanted to ride The Hulk. The Hulk coaster is in an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT PARK! My supervisor explained child swap to the man and then told him that if he wanted his child back he would have to talk to OPD. The guys reaction was priceless, "But what am I supposed to tell my wife?!"

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

He could tell her she gets the house!!

hehehehehehe

[mechurchlady]

He could tell his wife not to answer the door as it will be child protective services. Really I cannot imagine leaving a kid under the age of 12 alone in the parks for over 4 hours. What happened to family outings and vacations. Maybe it is the Smith Family Vacation Except for Bubba.

I am glad you did not use the grenade launcher on him.;)

[February]

A two and four year old left alone in a room at Carribean Beach???

Geniuses, all.

Like I really believe these people left those kids to go 'swimming'. (http://www.wftv.com/news/20101777/detail.html)

[joanna71985]

A two and four year old left alone in a room at Carribean Beach???

Geniuses, all.

Like I really believe these people left those kids to go 'swimming'. (http://www.wftv.com/news/20101777/detail.html)

Yeah, that was really stupid. You NEVER leave 2 little kids alone for such a long period of time.

[hhsrat]

A two and four year old left alone in a room at Carribean Beach???

Geniuses, all.

Like I really believe these people left those kids to go 'swimming'. (http://www.wftv.com/news/20101777/detail.html)

Well, according to the article, the kids were left at "Caribbean Beach Club" ... I'm not exactly sure where that particular resort is.

[Stripes]

These morons are from Michigan. They were arrested in Orlando and MI CPS went down and took the kids.

The parents bonded out and are back in MI, but have to head back to Orlando in August.

You can watch the story on our local news station here (http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/20147904/index.html).

[February]

These morons are from Michigan. They were arrested in Orlando and MI CPS went down and took the kids.

The parents bonded out and are back in MI, but have to head back to Orlando in August.

You can watch the story on our local news station here (http://www.clickondetroit.com/video/20147904/index.html).


aw geez. way to put us on the map...and they were foster kids too!

gahhhhhhhh

[hhsrat]

aw geez. way to put us on the map...and they were foster kids too!


Sadly, Michael Moore already did that when he made "Roger and Me" ...

On the plus side, the Tigers are still in 1st place in the AL Central. :)

[I am Sam]

Never worked for the mouse, but once owned a paint your own pottery studio. We had a pizza shop next door and the only reason that parents were allowed to leave the kids alone with me was to go get their order. I gave them 5 minutes to get it since the owner would call me when my customers food was ready. I once had to call DCF on a family. Mom had a girlfriend on the phone and was slamming the kid's dad in front of him. I told her she either had to stop or Leave. She hung up the phone and the next time I checked on them he was by himself. And he was five! Plus he was painting with the only color in the whole shop that isn't safe to eat (and i had told mom that). Yep we had kids eat paint. I called social services and declared the child abandoned. We also had parents show up with the kid(s) to "paint" something for grandpa, grandma, dad. The child (usually between 2-5 years old) won't be allowed to touch the piece and mom didn't bring ANYTHING to keep the kid entertained. Like Grandma thinks little Tommy can write his name perfectly and stencil an elephant on that plate at 2! It often made me a lot of money for I had a policy, I break it I cry, you break it you buy. Once made $150 of one stupid parent.

[AlienMaster]

The Sun Valley Mall in Concord, CA has a Vics Secrets across from the Disney store, lol. Is it that way everywhere?

[mapo]

The Sun Valley Mall in Concord, CA has a Vics Secrets across from the Disney store, lol. Is it that way everywhere?

Probably.

It is not like Victoria's Secrets is such risque lingerie. Now, if it were say Fredrick's of Hollywood...that would be interesting.

mapo

[ktulu]

The Sun Valley Mall in Concord, CA has a Vics Secrets across from the Disney store, lol. Is it that way everywhere?

It was like that at Vista Ridge Mall in Lewisville, TX. Sadly, the Disney Store pulled out of that mall. I don't blame them, it seems to be going downhill a bit.

[Mayonnaise]

In Crossgates Mall, Albany NY, the Disney store is across the hall AND about 7 shops down from Frederick's.

8^)

[kcberlin]

In Crossgates Mall, Albany NY, the Disney store is across the hall AND about 7 shops down from Frederick's.

8^)

Should I be scared you know it that exactly? :eek:

[Mayonnaise]

I said "About."

And shouldn't I know where the shops are in my own Local Mall? How else am I gonna get around in there. It's 1,700,000 square feet with over 250 stores. A person could get lost in there if they don't know what stores to look for. (Looked it up in wikipedia!)

Personally I liked the Disney store better when it was in the other wing of the mall, it was painted dark inside and had a Sorcerers Apprentice sort of thing going on, with lights in the floors and had sectioned off themed "rooms" where movies related to the merch were played on screens and stuff... really mystical. You went in thru this narrow door on a corner and it was almost like you weren't in the mall anymore.

In it's new location the whole front wall is glass, the walls and floor are white, and you go in thru a huge red arch that looks like the Disney Chanel Logo. It's like the fricking H&M.

8^P

[kcberlin]

I said "About."

And shouldn't I know where the shops are in my own Local Mall? How else am I gonna get around in there. It's 1,700,000 square feet with over 250 stores. A person could get lost in there if they don't know what stores to look for. (Looked it up in wikipedia!)

Personally I liked the Disney store better when it was in the other wing of the mall, it was painted dark inside and had a Sorcerers Apprentice sort of thing going on, with lights in the floors and had sectioned off themed "rooms" where movies related to the merch were played on screens and stuff... really mystical. You went in thru this narrow door on a corner and it was almost like you weren't in the mall anymore.

In it's new location the whole front wall is glass, the walls and floor are white, and you go in thru a huge red arch that looks like the Disney Chanel Logo. It's like the fricking H&M.

8^P

Sorry Mayo, it was a joke. :p: With a mall that size, I'm amazed you know where anything is.

The only thing I know about the Disney Store in my mall is it's right next to the Great American Cookie Company. Talk about a nightmare when you're hungry.

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Should I be scared you know it that exactly? :eek:

where do you think most of the wardrobe comes from!:cool:

[Freak]

Westminster Mall has Victoria's Secret on the first floor. Disney Store on the second floor. Both are far from each other location wise.

Just putting it out there.

Oh and by the way, not great at going into Victoria's Secret or Fredrick's. Then she asks for my opinions on how she'd look in this and that...then my face gets all red.

my personal favorite has to be about how you should still look pretty even when you're feeling like punching a stranger.
I swear that sounds like something that "The Disney Look" covers when it comes to looks/friendliness LOL.

[hobie16]

Oh and by the way, not great at going into Victoria's Secret or Fredrick's. Then she asks for my opinions on how she'd look in this and that...then my face gets all red.
Tell her you're having trouble visualizing how it would look and ask her to try the piece on so you can give her an informed opinion. :twisted:
:flasher: