Tuesday, October 13, 2009

The 'Story'

Ok, here's what happened at the library...

I have selected a few books to read to Renee and at our last 3rd book, a father appeared with a young toddler girl and without a word, the little girl came to our table and grabbed 1 of the 2 last books we've left aside for reading. The father did not react and only took the girl over to the other side, behind us, with 'our' book...

Then, this little came back again and this time, Renee fussed abit 'cos she took the last of our books but this girl is sooooo young, I really don't know how to tell her not to. And guess what, when the father heard Renee's cries, he took the book back, placed it back on the table, though neither gently nor rough-ly for the matter but without a single word of apology! Geez, what is this father imparting to his daughter? That it's ok to snatch from others 'cos it's a public library? Very often, I've met parent(s) with younger children and they liked to think that older children should give way to their kids but hey, mine's not that much older ok. In the first place, there's no such thing as 'oh it's supposed to be this way' unless yours is the older one and u want to guide them on proper behaviour/social manners. It's sad to see how ugly people, though more educated now, has become... Haiz... I prayed hard that I or any of my family members, won't be pushed to behave like them in the future.

When we were done with our reading, I told Renee that we should put back the books we've taken but as I was packing up some of them, she stopped me and to my surprise, she said that she wanted to pass the books to the little girl! Oh, that's a nice gesture and of 'cos I didn't stop her but I didn't hear a word of thanks from the father nor him guiding his daughter to do so... he just told her to say goodbye to Renee...

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