a rant!!.. sent my teenage son who works for us to return some wire to an electric supply house we use. never had any problem before, but when this teenager walks in they pop off with "you know there is a restock fee". long story short the mistake was theirs, so no fee. i've taught my son there is a nice way to stand up for yourself, be firm, fair and polite even with adults. so he just tells the guy, "wow, i sure hope dad knows about this" while getting out his phone and dialing the number. two minutes later after speaking with an adult the guy backs off. this really isn't a big thing, but i've seen people treat teens like dirt in retail places resteraunts, theaters etc... maybe they think they have every reason to from past experience, but it really isn't right. my son and his girlfriend have more free money then i have to spend, and i believe they both are always polite and honest, if they were 5 years older they wouldn't have heard some of the rude things "adults" have to say to them. i took a group to dinner and to see coheed and cambria, and i must say it was GREAT!!!, anyway, i was in the restroom while they asked for dessert. while i was coming around the corner there is a guy telling them it's to late to get anything else go up the street or something. when he realised i was standing there behind him he kind of jumped and said he would see what he could do. this was at 8:30pm other people had come in behind us and i can honestly say nobody had run a waiter or waitress around. he came back in few minutes with a basket of sopopilas (sp?). i was going to leave a small tip but the kids insisted i didn't, that i tip the right amount. i've been chaperone on many teen trips and seen this kind of stuff all over. WHY. what purpose does it serve. i know there are some people that deserve this treatment, i've given this kind of treatment when they did. but come on, why peg someone into such a narrow minded rude hole!!
thanks once again.