Bad, Bad People

At Paragon today, we met a man in Metro... a father with a pram. A not-so-nice man who probably thought he's the only living soul with a child in a pram in this whole entire universe! He's so self absorbed that when he expected me to shift my seat to accommodate him... and his pram!

Let me explain where I was sitting... Sophie was trying on some shoes so we were at the shoe racks in Metro. I sat on the cushioned seats placed in front of these racks while waiting for her. Then came the MAN... with his pram... and he tried to push it through the narrow space between me (my cushioned seat) and the racks... He said "excuse me" so I shifted my legs to make space but he actually mean he wanted me to shift the seat away for him!!! He stood there waiting until I got up and moved 2 seats away for him . Then he happily moved along without even any acknowledgement!

Sometimes I wonder if I really look like a pushover or something. He expected the furniture to be shifted for him when he could have just pushed the pram around to reach his destination. Instead, the environment must change for him! I dun mind helping but he didn't even thank me! Tsk Tsk Tsk

The second bad person was a Caucasian woman in a shop. Alfee is a screamer and he tends to be very loud. He's a child and there's very little I can do to control that... not that I haven't tried. So, our little man was in the pram and we were walking outside a shop... Then he started playing with Sophie and let out a scream. Normally, I would be horrified by his loud shrill... but today, I was appalled by the woman's behaviour and her looks instead.

She basically cupped her ears and cheeks (big hands) and gave Alfee a traumatized glare. On normal days, I might apologize or empathize with her but she was downright rude! She looked so ugly and frightening that my kids stopped and looked at me. They were scared by her reaction. Papa was so mad, he asked her what her problem was! And I didn't even stop him.

What is wrong with these people? My kids were not in their best behaviour but all they did was they laughed and screamed a little too loudly. Was it necessary to be so harsh on them? Why couldn't these people be a bit more tolerant and less self centered?