Last week, my son and I decided to eat lunch at McDonald since hubby was still asleep and wouldn't wake up till 4pm because he works night shift. Anyway, as usual I got Jake a happy meal (chicken nuggets, apple dipper, and chocolate milk), and mine was small fries and a dollar menu cheeseburger. Before he plays at the playplace, I always make sure that he eats first and then, play. Later, I asked Jacob to stop playing for a minute and watch his food so I can get a refill for my drink. For the meantime, there was a Hispanic family with 5 kids ( two boys and 3 girls) together with their parents and grandfather. They were sitting at the table next to us and I noticed that none of the kids got happy meals with Lego car in it, instead they were eating cheeseburger, fries and drinks. They could have bought happy meal at least for the boys. So, I went and got a refill for my drink, when I get back, I have found one of their boys eating Jake's food and his toy car was missing! I called Jake and asked whether he gave his foods and toy to the boy, but he replied and said, no! The boy was still eating the foods while their parents were putting away their mess from eating; I asked the grandfather whether his grandson has the toy also since the other boy was still eating Jake's food on our table. They didn't say anything but tried to find the toy; the father even asked the other boy if he has the toy and the boy took the boy out of his pocket, and gave it to his father, then the father handed it back to me without saying anything and left. I didn't really care about the toy and foods, it just bothered me that they didn't even uttered a single word like "sorry." When I mentioned it with my hubby, he just said that, that is what they normally do in Mexico (especially those who live in a remote area, which I doubt is true) when somebody left food unattended, they just eat it. I just replied saying that "they should not let their kids do that". I was just disappointed when none of the adults say nothing not even a word. Now, I feel like I could have done better than that as a Christian. I feel guilty! How about you? What would you feel and how would you react if you were on my shoes?
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haguy ka wa bay manners ana nila....may gani kay calm ra kaayo ka Cezz. kung ako to nah! ako silang i-remind sa word nga sorry or ako jud ingnon na go back to your country..hahaha
ReplyDeleteas usual same as you mare! Grabe ha ganoon pla sa kanila! Buti natanong mopa kung ako siguro sasabihin ko na bakit hindi nalang sila humingi sakin? mashoshock talaga ako kung nandoon ako :c
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ReplyDeleteOhhh, that is really weird...never encountered that yet....i would feel the same way Ces, i won't know what to react really. Probably, the same thing as what you did. But, that is really weird that they are not embarrassed when their child went to the other table and eat what's in there. Knowing that you came back, they should say something... Well, maybe its a case to case basis. I will give it the benefit of a doubt.
ReplyDeleteYou did a good job with your reaction. There is no need to say more, they dont care less anyway...seems like. And maybe, they can't communicate in English...that is why they just dont say anything.
I thinnk I would do the same thing like you did ces,a feel the same way. Sus, ka mga walay modo oi atleast they should say something.Ka walay mga manners intawn. Ingon ana jd siguro na sila ces, ky one time before mi nag move dri, nanuroy mi 3 sa ritas palit ug gelatti, then naa mama ug anak nga hespanic. naluoy ko sa bata ky ang mama nitapad sa amo gilingkuran nga bench nya cge padungog dungog sa amoa nga wala sila kwarta.Iya anak kakan onon daw ug ice cream, wait siya mahurot ang linya ky mangayo siya ug sampling. kami sd nga nag kaon, naikog intawn, so amo gitagaan ug cookie ni jake nga naa sa iya red car. sus wala mn sd thank you heheeheh. Kaingon ko, nga sus nganu mn intawn iapil apil ang anak sa ilang drama sa life.
ReplyDeleteaw how sad, basi wla to toys ang bata sa ilaha..
ReplyDeletei guess it's a natural reaction for us to be shocked to anything different from our own cultural ways.
ReplyDeleteof course if i were in your shoes, i'll be surprised that someone is eating my kid's food at the same time pitying that other kid doing the eating. i will definitely be bewildered that he is with his parents and they're not doing anything about it. head shaking as to how they raise their kids but open minded enought to think that..."it's their culture!".
But i dont think it's culture to blame when you let your kid take other people's things...it's manners!
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Did the father speak good English ate Ces? Maybe the reason why they didn't apologize was, they're embarrassed to talk to you or too shy to say Sorry for the behavior of their kid. People of different races tend to act differently. Regarding the stealing of the toy, he was tempted to do it. The eating of food, maybe he was still hungry. If you offer to get him Happy Meal, the parents might get insulted. You can't really know what is best. If it's my husband that had that experience, he would have given the toy back to the kid, since our kids can get more next time, then would tell our kids that to steal is bad. If it's one of our kids that stole, he would get a butt whacking when we get home, hehehe..
ReplyDeleteIba nga talaga ang culture dyan noh?Dito naman,sobrang mabait ang mga tao dito--di ko lang alam sa iba.I would feel the same if I were in your shoes,Ate Ces.Kung hinde nila sinasadya ang ginawa nila ( baka akala nila na tapos na kayong kumain and you don't need the toy)a single apology or a gesture that they're sorry (kung di sila marunong ng salita nyo)man lang sana eh ginawa nila...
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