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blunderpuff · 2 years

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almost kicked a small child in the head today bc he was running around during story time while i was acting out this page:

lucky for that kid i’m SHORT but otoh if i *HAD* given him a traumatic brain/face injury, MAYBE THEM LITTLE KIDS WOULD STOP FUCKING RUNNING DURING STORY TIMES!! maybe their parents would, idk, NOT LET THEIR LITTLE KIDS BE SO FUCKING DISRUPTIVE ALL THE TIME

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#yes i hate story times #our story times are aimed at the preschool set... and the only kids who are coming are the Under Threes #they're not old enough to understand hardly any of the concepts (letters/numbers/colors/sequences and patterns/etc)#they don't have the attention span to sit through even one mf picture book #they mostly don't even have the coordination to do fucking Head Shoulders Knees and Toes #WHAT ARE THEY GETTING OUT OF THIS???????? nothing!!!!! they're dragged there by their moms and the squirm and run and whine and cry #the ENTIRE time and the moms are chatting with each other and letting the kids do whatever #and it's SO FRUSTRATING for US bc we're having to shout over fussing infants and chatty toddlers bc the parents are sooooo self-involved #so the employees are frustrated bc we're doing our regular Dog and Pony Show to a loud and disruptive crowd #and the toddlers are frustrated bc they literally do not have the attention span for this. they aren't there in their development yet #and the moms have started to get Big Mad bc we're limiting how many ppl can be in story time (20 ppl)#so the moms who come too late to get their admission tickets are pissed off that they came all the way to the library for nothing #and other moms are just blasting right past the 'STOP! STORY TIME IS FULL!' sign that we post #and it makes the room even more crowded and loud and awful #one of the behaviors that really cheeses my crackers the most is when they kids are having a picnic buffet during story time #like... they're just standing there. eating their snacks. and staring at us while we do stupid dances and read silly stories and sing songs.#it feels like they're just staring at us like we're a tv show. they could have stayed home for that.#and when the weather is treacherous and moms still show up for story time.... it blows my mind #they really risked life and limb (literally-- we're talking blizzards and ice storms and heavy snow accumulation) so they could play on #their phone for 25 minutes while their toddlers ran around a room and collided with other toddlers while i sang Hot Potato in the background #the wiggles ftw #long tags #whining

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