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paddythegreek

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This post may upset a few people !!!!
Why do people bring their kids when buying something ?
My neighbour is a chef at a posh restaurant and had to work yesterday. He was selling a small generator. A guy was coming to look at it late morning and would I have it to show the guy.
No problem or so I thought. Guy arrives 11-15 with 2 kids in tow. One around 6, the other possibly 4. I let them in as we have to go through the house. By the time we get to the conservatory the 4 yr old is missing. I walk back inside and he's gone upstairs looking in the draws in the spare bedroom. When I get back downstairs with him his dad is unfazed and never said a word. We go out to the carport and dad sees my pinballs. "Do they work as I haven't played one of these since I was in my teens" At this point the aforementioned 4yr old is removing the coin door keys. I go in to get the keys off him, turn around and bump into dad who's followed me in. Can I play them? No because yr here to look at a generator.
In the meantime the 6 yr old is politely standing there with his hands in front of him. Next thing there is one almighty yell and the feral 4yr old has kicked a mouse trap which has gone off on his foot. His dad moves to comfort him then has a go at me. " what sort of ar*ehole leaves mousetraps set, when there's young children about" The sort that gets the odd mouse and don't have a unruly kids knocking about. So I told him, you have one angelic son and one feral. F U was his reply and stormed off. So just to upset him a bit more, I shouted "do you still want the generator" I got F O this time.
 
I think the clues here might be generator and kid casing the joint. Looks as though you might have unwittingly let a member of the local TGB club into your home, make sure you keep an eye out and things locked up :thumbs:
 
I think the clues here might be generator and kid casing the joint. Looks as though you might have unwittingly let a member of the local TGB club into your home, make sure you keep an eye out and things locked up :thumbs:

I was gonna say something similar, probably not but best keep an eye out.

Shocking behaviour form the kid and the dad, feel a bit sorry for the 'good' kid having a family like that.
 
To be honest the guy didn't look as if he had the intellect for anything dodgy.
Generators back with my neighbour.
We had to go through the house as I have a 3-1/2 ton van blockng the entrance and a 1\3rd of the carport. My wife summed it up with
"He looks the sort of guy who thinks bacteria is the rear entrance to a cafe"
 
There is a lot to agree with, the dad’s attitude to a feral child does indicate he is use to it, doesn’t care enough or happy to have a distraction.
The parent is the issue and both will have difficult future. One has gone subdued and the other doesn’t care.

You technically can’t legally leave them in the car, it would leave young kids at risk. I think it is far better that kids get real world experiences and not left in front of the telly or gaming machine. But that requires the parents to act like one.
 
was it a Facebook marketplace sale?? That place is Wild West for bizarre events when selling..
From what I can understand it was a friend of a friend of a friend etc. Wasn't advertised anywhere. He mentioned it in the restaurant kitchen to a colleague and it went on from there
 
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