Posted on 09/07/2013 4:47:48 PM PDT by lowbridge
A family in China Grove, N.C., was in for a surprise when they dined at Stag n Doe Pizza House on Friday. A mystery customer who was eating at the same establishment paid for the England family’s dinner and left a note that is now going viral. It read, “God only gives special children to special people.”
In an interview with WBTV-TV, Ashley England explained that her 8-year-old son, Riley, has special needs. The mother noted that he got rowdy during the dinner, as he has apparently had trouble in public lately.
“The past few weeks have been very hard and trying for us, especially with public outings,” England said. “Riley was getting loud and hitting the table and I know it was aggravating to some people.”
While some of the patrons were surely unsettled and frustrated by her son’s actions, at least one person showed immense compassion.
After the boy acted out, a waitress, who was tearing up, approached the family with the touching note from the mystery customer. She explained that the person had paid for the family’s meal and that he or she wanted the note delivered.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
Please pass along my reply:
Ever try discipline? Thanks to the liberal political correctness that has infected this nation, and the education mafia’s successful attempts to turn as many children as possible into “special needs” children so they can pump them full of ritalin and other psychotropic and “anti-anxiety” drugs, too many people have found a handy excuse for being lazy parents. I sincerely hope that is not the case with you and Riley’s dad. (Riley’s dad IS around, isn’t he? There was no mention of him in the story.)
From the picture Riley looks like a handsome young boy with no obvious physical defects, so I am guessing he “acts out” because he has never received a swat on the behind. Is that a good guess?
The story is sparse with details, so I apologize if there is something serious I am unaware of such as a serious physical defect or some kind of brain damage. If not, and Riley “acts out” because he has never been disciplined, and the government schools have told you he is a “special needs” child, then good luck to you. I mostly feel bad for Riley.
Meanwhile, if you can’t (or refuse to) control Riley’s “acting out”, then please have the courtesy to choose vacation spots and dining establishments where arrangements can be made to minimize the disruption to other paying customers.
Signed,
Mr. Howard
Nope. Different writing, but the note appears to be written by a woman.
Interestingly, people that cross the letter “t” with the horizontal line so low that it resembles a “+” symbol is supposedly an indicator of low self-esteem.
Lancy, I wish you were sitting at my table when you made that vulgar comment about “head bangers”. You yourself would have been a head banger after I backhanded Bit$h slapped you and you flew backwards out of your chair. You low life.
I do realize I'm probably wasting my time but your heart at least needed the attempt.
All our kids were well-behaved when we went out so I can’t help you much.
I would probably try Chuck E Cheese and some water parks.
A phrase you need to familiarize yourself with:
There by the grace of God go I.
I don’t know why you say that. I have often thought that very phrase.
It is not a phrase that comes to mind, however, when I see some parents helplessly wring their hands and shrug as their “special needs” angels run around screaming and breaking all the other kids’ crayons. Maybe another bowl of Sugar-Os would calm them down.
Why do you make all these assumptions about this family? From a short story about an act of kindness from a stranger, you have deduced that there is no father in the family, the kid is basically faking it, and he’s a little bully who can be straightened out by getting his butt beat. Oh, and you figured out that you’re a MUCH better parent.
What it must be like to be you...
It read, "God only gives special children to special people." ...Ashley England explained that her 8-year-old son, Riley, has special needs... he got rowdy during the dinner, as he has apparently had trouble in public lately. "The past few weeks have been very hard and trying for us, especially with public outings... Riley was getting loud and hitting the table and I know it was aggravating to some people."
Great pose lowbridge.
I made no assumptions, but man, can you ever twist words - - or maybe you don’t quite have a handle on that reading comprehension thing. I merely made the point (in my original post) that I thought taking a child who you already know will be loud and disruptive to a restaurant was a rude thing to do to the other patrons. (See post #49 - - read it real slowly, please.)
It’s a matter of common courtesy. I would have a sense of shame about being rude to strangers in a restaurant, but that’s just the way I was raised. Apparently you and a couple of others who popped up on this thread would have no problem being rude.
And people don't seem to care.
But someone did. Great story.
That was beautiful. Thank you.
MOgirl
OK, not assumptions. Accusations, inferences, suppositions--whatever you want to call it. No word-twisting required, those were all things you said.
It’s a matter of common courtesy.
"Common courtesy" is a two-way street. You leave us all the impression that you would be a raging prick to these people for having the gall to leave their home.
I made a promise to myself a long time ago to not let the behavior of children in public wig me out. Most of the time the parents are doing the best they can & kids are kids....life is too short.
It’s usually easy to tell whether an out-of-control kid has problems or if the parents just don’t care. I saw the former the other day at the grocery store. A boy that had to be about 8 or 9 who was leaping around yelling very loudly like my 19-month old does. His dad was trying desperately to keep him under control, but it was a real battle. My heart goes out to folks like that. It can’t be easy for a single second.
In this particular case, none of us was there, so radical assumptions about the kid being a brat who needs a spanking or disinterested/uninvolved parents is just stupid.
Not at all. Quote a single time I made any of those "accusations, inferences, suppositions". One of the first things I posted was that the story was sparse on details. I have no idea who these people are and neither do you, big mouth. Everything I posted was based on the story, the salient lines of which are nicely excerpted in post #49.
You leave us all the impression that you would be a raging prick to these people for having the gall to leave their home.
There you go with your own wild assumptions. No, if I was one of the unfortunate diners who had to suffer the "acting out" of this "special needs" 8-year-old, I would simply grin and bear it and try to enjoy my meal and converse with my company as best I could. I would definitely not pay that family's bill.
Lol, I bet you’re up at night with a 19 month old:) I just think people need to cut parents some slack in public concering children. You just never know what the situation is. Sometimes if a little one is crying in line I make a funny face & they often shut up.....and sometimes they cry worse. It’s life.
In every way imaginable, you must be a complete asshole.
Yup, the story is sparse with details, one being whether in fact the family had attempted to make a minimal impact by scheduling the outing with the difficult child in a private side room and/or at a non busy hour. There had to have been another customer in order to make the payment being reported, but nothing else which would either aggravate or mitigate seems to be obvious. And in fact the reporter seems not to have cared. Basically: boy you seem to be on a judgmental jag here and you are getting called for it every which way. Live by the shame, die by the shame??? (He who answers before hearing, to him it is folly and shame. Check a bible.)
I just think it is “a shame” (without shaming anyone in particular) that axes can be ground so sharply without even a clear tree to cut down.
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