Overheard
The place: JFK airport, just outside the jetway
The players: Mom and 3 (or so) year old daughter, who have just exited the airplane after our 5+ hour flight from San Francisco
The scene: Daughter lying on the floor, prone, kicking and wailing. Mother standing over her, exasperated.
The dialogue:
Daughter: (unintelligible)
Mother: “Get up! This is not a good place for a tantrum!”
I throw the mom a sympathetic glance as we walk by — I feel her pain, I do — but later Tony and I discover that the same tantrum check list has run through our heads: “Is this a public place? Is this inconvenient? Is this embarrassing? This is a great place for a tantrum!”
oh I hear ya, I hear ya.