A woman is in front of me trying also to mail some things. Two boys come up to her from behind everyone in line. I can't tell if the boys are both hers, because they were close in age but couldn't possibly be twins. One was thin w/ dark brown hair like his mother [he's boy 1], the other was a bit more chubby and had wild blond curly hair [he's boy 2]. Let's just say they are both hers for the fun of it all.
The boys come up to their mother as she's quickly talking to the PO clerk. Boy2 is holding a small package containing two smaller packages each about the size of a matchbox. I couldn't tell what they were. Boy2 says, "Mooooommmmmmy, I want this gum!" He is being very whiney.
Mom says, "No, we have gum at home. We can get it when we get home." She turns back to the clerk.
Boy2 replies, "NOOOOOooOOoOOOo... I want THIS gum!" As he says this he positions his hands on the package so that he has some pulling leverage. I can see the whole thing in my mind before anything happens. He's going to go ahead and open this gum while his mom is frantically hurrying with the nice lady behind the counter.
*RRRRRRRRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!!!*
I felt like I could've stopped it. But how rude would that have been? Plus it was more fun to just watch everything unfold.
Mom looks down and shrieks, "Nooooooo! I said 'no' you can't have this." She snatches up the package and examines it. It is quite literally ripped down the middle and she knows that she's gonna have to pay for it....and it's not even gum. "This isn't even gum! This is confetti!"
Boy2 protests, "NooooOOoOOOOoo, I want that gum."
Mom tries again, "It's not gum, it's confetti. You aren't listening to me!" She reaches in her purse to pull out some minty style of stick-gum. [i realize at this point she is a liar. She had gum in her purse all along...shame shame.] She hands him 1/2 a piece of that gum.
Boy2 shouts, "NOooOOoOO, I don't want that gum." So, Mom hands that piece to Boy1 who seems grateful he had nothing to do with what has happened so far. Boy2 realizes he just passed up gum and shouts again, "NOooOoOO, I want that gum."
Boy1 decides to push his luck. "Is that confetti gum?"
Mom sighs heavily. "No, you aren't listening either!"
Finally the conspirators come back together. Boy1 says matter-of-factly, "That's confetti. You don't want that."
Boy2 just looks puzzled.
Boy1 clarifies, "You know what confetti is? *pauses to think* It's not gum."
I laughed. ha!
There are some days where being able to just watch people and their kids is probably more fun than actually having them be your own. :)
