Sometimes it's hard to avoid. I stopped in a local mini mart out on the highway a couple of weeks ago for a soda, and this little teen gal in front of me was on her phone and used language that would have made my sailor dad cringe back in the day.
The sad part was not so much the language, I can deal with that. It was the fact that she was so completely absorbed in her phone call and oblivious to everything around her.She continued her rant on her phone at the register, plopped a few bucks on the counter, accepted her change as correct, gathered her purchase, turned around and ran smack into me, and left the store. She had no clue of her surroundings.
I told a fella the other day that his language in front of young children was atrocious. While I could handle it, the family unit with three under 6 years, should not have been subjected to it in a family restaurant. He changed his language and was a bit more subdued. He used his "inside" voice and nary a profane word was dropped. The father of the young children thanked me.
Second part: Why the heck didn't the father speak up on his children's behalf? Are people so afraid of offending someone that they will not speak up for themselves and their own?
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