I handed my cell phone to my son’s friend so he could call home. He handed it back to me and asked someone else to use their phone. I asked what the matter was and he replied, “I’m not used to such a basic model.†Like it makes a difference? (I am a basic model and I still work.)
Call to mom completed, he then called a friend. I listened (as I usually do – read my story) to him be instructed to call back on the friend’s cell phone. Apparently, this child was too lazy to walk over to the the land line phone as he was in the middle of a video game.
There seemed to be no comprehension that had just delivered – and received – what I call a “snub.†Hello! Anybody home?
“If it keeps up, man will atrophy all his limbs but the push-button finger.” ~ Frank Lloyd Wright
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7 responses so far ↓
1 maternalmirth // May 21, 2007 at 9:34 pm
Oh … how can I relate??? The fact that my NINE-Y-O son’s best friend has a “sidekick” and he calls me to see what weekend activities we have planned before heading over the THREE WHOLE BLOCKS to our house … lovely. Makes you wanna wring his neck and grab his sidekick, huh?
2 Mary // May 22, 2007 at 1:58 am
Ha! Aren’t you lucky! It really sounds kind of cute that he calls you to check and not your son. (Many are called, few are chosen?) Wow – three whole blocks. Almost enough to work up a sweat.
3 Beth_C // Jun 10, 2008 at 2:35 pm
“I’m not used to such a basic model.â€
This kid sounds like an a$$! But maybe it’s just me. My kids are 5 and 4 so I haven’t gotten into the thrills of parenting teens yet. I can hardly wait…
4 Beth_C // Jun 10, 2008 at 2:46 pm
My comment sounded a little harsh after posting it and rereading it. I’m sure he’s a nice kid…hope I didn’t offend you…that was not my intention!
5 Madmad // Jun 11, 2008 at 10:11 pm
This is not exactly related, but I’m going to tell it anyway, because it’s been weighing on me. Last night? I CALLED my daughter’s cell phone – she was upstairs in her room – from my land line in the living room, all so I wouldn’t have to get up and/or do the whole Girl? What? Huh? Come here! What? thing.
Don’t hate me.
6 Barbara Ling, Virtual Coach // Jul 29, 2008 at 1:58 pm
You could have responded, I’m not used to so spoiled a kid.
Amazing how some of this generation is being raised…. Barbara
7 Dawn // Sep 18, 2008 at 4:16 pm
Alas, I have the same problems with other items. I was picking up the kids of a friend of mine. As they piled into the minivan the older declares in a very snooty voice”Oh, you don’t have a built-in DVD player, what are we going to watch?” I had to bite my lip from shouting “the world passing you by”, but then when he complained he didn’t have his own jack to plug in his Nintendo DS (he was 7 at the time), it took the patience of Job not to shake him. The piece de resistance was when they arrived at home, the little one stood at the van’s side, just staring at it. When I asked what was wrong, she said “I don’t know how to close the door, there’s no button”. Yes, my love, you have to use that crazy thing called an arm to shut the door. It’s a 1999 Mercury Villager, the only thing automatic is the windows. http://www.dawnpoo.blogspot.com
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