With the seat belt sign on for basically the entire flight with hardly any off time, I started wondering what the bassinet deal actually was. I basically ended up having the baby on my lap the entire flight.
I was perplexed as my question was harmless, and my tone not bad. The woman turned around and got back with her supervisor who threatened me with bad accusation of child endangerment. I knew I had to take the baby in and out during starting and landing and in real danger situation, but had never heard such a thing… So, I asked why. The flight attendent told me I would not be able to leave the child in the bassinet when the seat belt signs were on.
I requested this little bassinet thingy on the wall for the baby to sleep in. I had an experience during a flight to Europe. I dare say eventhe late Don Knotts would agree with that. The antics of one Barney Fife may make for great comedy on “The Andy Griffeth show,” but in real life it’s not welcome or appreciated at all. Police, security guards etc often complain about “lack of respect.” Well, Barney Fife–do nonsense like that, and of course that’s going to be the outcome. Advice is fine, people like John Rosemond sharing their principles is fine, after all people seek his advice out, same with other parenting figures–but busy-bodies trying to MAKE people do as they say or lecturing when it wasn’t asked for is another thing altogether.
STANDING ON SHOULDERS HOW TO
In case you can’t tell, I have very large contempt for anyone thinking they have the right to tell another how to parent their children. I make my kids walk, and the youngest one is 1½ years old, but that’s my preference–and heck, even I might do the “carry on shoulders,” at least in short stretches anyway, in such a situation.Īs for his incident? What the solider in me thinks I would do (although I’m not sure I actually would), is “I’m not putting him down and I dare ANY of you 30 to do a damn thing about it!” Either that, or I would’ve put him down and said “go fight real crime, you bunch of worthless lowlifes.” Last I heard he was working as a security guard, of course. He wound up on our little six-man force, but after several incidents it got obvious that what he liked best about the job was that it offered opportunities to put teenage girls in handcuffs for very trivial reasons if any reason at all. He came home from the Army six months after he enlisted, with no explanation I ever heard give, and tried to get on with both the Highway Patrol and the nearest big-city department – both of whom declined to hire him. This also happens with small-town police departments – there was a guy in my home town who had always dreamed of wearing a uniform and being in charge. And it’s not unheard of for a wannabe cop who couldn’t pass the screening (especially the psych eval) to wind up as security guards. Oh, so they have out-of-control security guards in Oz, too, huh? I’ve got several friends in law enforcement and they will all tell you that jobs involving a gun, a badge, and authority does attract a fair number of wingnuts. The father should make a formal complaint to the Fair’s organizer. I hope that these turds…I mean guards are reprimanded. There’s a right way and wrong way to do everything. It’s all about assessing the situation and how it affects the establishment and other patrons. Apologize for the miscommunication with the patron and let it go. Except we (the more experienced guys), would set our own guys straight. I’ve seen that kind of thing many times, even with my own crew. This female guard had her own views of parenting (the helicoptering type) and decided to have the holier than thou attitude, using her authority to back her up. What were they going to do? Tackle me? Grab my child from my hands? LOL! They’d all have a serious law suit, and criminal charges slapped on them that would make them puke. If I were the dad, I would have stood my ground. Not to mention swarming a father holding a child on his shoulder IS endangering a child. NOT lecture him about child endangerment. IF there was a rule that wasn’t allowed because it blocks the view of others, they should have mentioned THAT to him. If there was no rule or law against a father carrying his child on his shoulders, that swarming was completely unnecessary. Then I grew up, and learned from the older more experienced guys. Not to mention get into fights and pickup girls. Completely green, with no experience, with the power to decide who stays and who goes. The only time I was ever like that was when I first started when I was 23.
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