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       #Post#: 29975--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: gramma dishes
       Date: April 26, 2019, 8:24 pm
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       --- Quote from: Kiwipinball link ---
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       > ... It would make more sense to say something like "Oh, Suzie
       would love to teach little June sometime" or whatever.  ...
       >
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       Even that doesn't make sense and isn't true and is therefore
       overstepping by several counties.
       #Post#: 29977--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Hanna
       Date: April 26, 2019, 8:33 pm
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       I would not assume the secretary actually said this without
       speaking to her. The child sounds ill-mannered and the mother
       entitled.
       #Post#: 29979--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Violet Bandit
       Date: April 26, 2019, 8:46 pm
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       --- Quote from: Kiwipinball link ---
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       > What really boggles my mind is volunteering an adult for a
       specific date like that without asking. It would make more sense
       to say something like "Oh, Suzie would love to teach little June
       sometime" or whatever. (It's still not okay to voluntell
       someone, but I can understand that more - it also wouldn't have
       built the kid's hopes up as much). But who the heck randomly
       picks a date for someone else and just assumes it will work?
       Crazy.
       >
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       Yes. Volunteering someone else without any basis for doing so is
       obnoxious but giving a time and place for it to happen is even
       more so. What on earth was that secretary thinking? Was she even
       thinking?
       #Post#: 29983--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Rain
       Date: April 26, 2019, 11:35 pm
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       OP, any follow up to this?
       Ie did friendly speak to secretary?
       #Post#: 29990--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Lula
       Date: April 27, 2019, 5:18 am
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       --- Quote from: Hanna link ---
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       > I would not assume the secretary actually said this without
       speaking to her. The child sounds ill-mannered and the mother
       entitled.
       >
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       Very, very good point.
       #Post#: 29991--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Rose Red
       Date: April 27, 2019, 7:05 am
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       --- Quote from: Lula link ---
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       > [quote author=Hanna link=topic=1104.msg29977#msg29977
       date=1556328799]
       > I would not assume the secretary actually said this without
       speaking to her. The child sounds ill-mannered and the mother
       entitled.
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       Very, very good point.
       [/quote]
       I agree the mother sounds entitled but I disagree about the
       child being ill-mannered. She was visibility upset as any child,
       even adults, would when something they believe will happen is
       not true. She didn't throw a fit or whine or demand (not that we
       heard). That was all mom.
       I'm really tired of children labeled as brats when they are only
       acting and feeling like human beings and not the perfect angels
       from some unrealistic movie. Who amongst us can claim they've
       never let their emotions get the best of them, even if it just
       comes out as a frown?
       #Post#: 29995--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Aleko
       Date: April 27, 2019, 8:41 am
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       Also, the child was feeling not only disappointment but the
       angry response of the mother. When your mother loses her rag
       with another adult over something concerning you, that is always
       stressful and upsetting.
       #Post#: 30004--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Hanna
       Date: April 27, 2019, 11:59 am
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       Maybe unfair to call the kid ill-mannered based on the limited
       information.  I said this not because of her disappointed
       reaction but because she "ran up" to the lady in the first
       place. The way I read that, it sounded obnoxious.
       I personally don't hear kids labeled as brats, ever.  I do often
       see the attitude online that no one should ever have an opinion
       or expectations about the behavior of any child. There's an
       attitude that kids should be treated like adults at all times
       and in all places. I believe adults should be treated with some
       politeness beyond how a child treats a peer.  I do this for
       people older than me, and I expect it of children. I still offer
       my seat to anyone that looks like they need it more than me,
       too.  It's an opinion and my own preference; I'm sure plenty of
       people see it an another way.
       Anyway, I don't think any actual children were harmed in the
       posting of my internet opinion.
       #Post#: 30006--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Rose Red
       Date: April 27, 2019, 12:26 pm
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       --- Quote from: Hanna link ---
       >
       > Maybe unfair to call the kid ill-mannered based on the limited
       information.  I said this not because of her disappointed
       reaction but because she "ran up" to the lady in the first
       place. The way I read that, it sounded obnoxious.
       >
       >
       --- End Quote ---
       A child who happily/excitedly runs up to the person she thought
       was going to do a huge and fun favor is ill-mannered? To me, it
       sounds perfectly normal. I'd do the same thing as an adult to
       express my happiness and thanks.
       #Post#: 30007--------------------------------------------------
       Re: Promises to kids made by a third party on behalf of an
       nonconsulted adult. 
   DIR By: Sycorax
       Date: April 27, 2019, 12:51 pm
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       Since everyone goes to the same church, I wouldn't put "child
       excitedly running up to someone" in the bratty category.
       There's at least a nominal relationship there.
       The secretary's the big problem here, she promised something
       that wasn't hers to promise, plus she didn't even bother to let
       the crafter know.
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