Overheard in the bathroom of Everycity Children's Theater, and two unrelated items
Kid: Teacher? Did you have to go potty, too?
Teacher (who is about 16): Um, no. That's somebody else.
Kid: Is it a stranger? I don't like strangers, 'cause they're so scary.
Teacher: (pause) You don't have to be nervous. I think it's just someone who works here.
Scary Stranger: (who just caught on that this barely-attended-to conversation is about me) (amused silence.)
(Pause.)
Teacher: [Kid's name], are you almost done?
Kid: Um, there's something I have to tell you.
Teacher (sensing what is coming): Y-y-yeeesss?
Kid: My mom always... helps me. When I'm done going. She doesn't like it when I do it myself 'cause I'm not good at it yet.
Teacher (panicking a little): Can you please try? I need you to try. It isn't hard.
(Long Pause.)
Kid: I need your help.
Seriously, parents. If your kid cannot use the bathroom alone, he/she should not be attending day camp, regardless of your desire to have him/her out of the house. It's not the intern's job to wipe your kid's behind! Ah, summer. There's a reason I've always worked in an office, far away from the kids.
In other news, this from the Daily Mail article, "English Mascot Chosen... to Lead Out Germany!": "Mr Harris, a rag-and-bone man, stressed it was still a "brilliant" prize for the boy." A what now?! Seriously? Okay, I looked it up in Wikipedia, and apparently in the UK, the phrase is still used as a term for a junk seller. But is it really official enough to be used in a newspaper? It sounds just awful. Makes me think of some grizzled Tom-o'-Bedlam type drooling on a street corner.
And finally, item three: the coolest thing I've ever seen.
Teacher (who is about 16): Um, no. That's somebody else.
Kid: Is it a stranger? I don't like strangers, 'cause they're so scary.
Teacher: (pause) You don't have to be nervous. I think it's just someone who works here.
Scary Stranger: (who just caught on that this barely-attended-to conversation is about me) (amused silence.)
(Pause.)
Teacher: [Kid's name], are you almost done?
Kid: Um, there's something I have to tell you.
Teacher (sensing what is coming): Y-y-yeeesss?
Kid: My mom always... helps me. When I'm done going. She doesn't like it when I do it myself 'cause I'm not good at it yet.
Teacher (panicking a little): Can you please try? I need you to try. It isn't hard.
(Long Pause.)
Kid: I need your help.
Seriously, parents. If your kid cannot use the bathroom alone, he/she should not be attending day camp, regardless of your desire to have him/her out of the house. It's not the intern's job to wipe your kid's behind! Ah, summer. There's a reason I've always worked in an office, far away from the kids.
In other news, this from the Daily Mail article, "English Mascot Chosen... to Lead Out Germany!": "Mr Harris, a rag-and-bone man, stressed it was still a "brilliant" prize for the boy." A what now?! Seriously? Okay, I looked it up in Wikipedia, and apparently in the UK, the phrase is still used as a term for a junk seller. But is it really official enough to be used in a newspaper? It sounds just awful. Makes me think of some grizzled Tom-o'-Bedlam type drooling on a street corner.
And finally, item three: the coolest thing I've ever seen.
posted by AmberO at Sleeping is for Sissies at 11:53 AM
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I know some parents are anal (pun intended) about their kids bums but please. They do wash up nicely at the end of the day.
Hey! You didn't mention anything about the devil or Anti-Christ in this post! I feel cheated!
This time of year the Everycity Children's Theater bathroom becomes a mine field. You'll be minding your own business when all of a sudden there is an explosion of sound. Doors slamming, kids screaming...very unsetttling. I cry a little bit.
But your story reminds me that kids say the darndest things..har har
Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!!! Are you sure this wasn't really a conversation you had with Zach? It SOOOO could have been!
We'll just say it's a good thing that kid's got a late birthday and extra time before Kinder.
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