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Old 01-26-2007, 10:27 AM   #1
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How Lazy are our Kids

In a follow-up to Spences "How Dumb are our Kids" thread....

I'm sitting on the couch this morning eating breakfast while the kids are getting ready for school. My son gets his coat on and heads outside to wait for the Bus.

The phone rings and my wife answers it. I hear her say in kind of a weird tone "Yeah sure I'll let you know" and she hangs up. So of course I gotta ask who called this early.

She says 'It was Andrew (one of my sons friends) he wanted me to call him when the bus came so he didn't have to wait outside too long" where he is one of the next stops for the bus.

So after sitting there for a couple of minutes not believing what I just heard ( I must have repeated the Phrase "You friggin Kidding Me" a 1/2 doze times) I say to my wife "Give me the Phone"

I call up Andrew and When he answers I say " Andrew, Get your coat on and get your butt outside and wait for the bus like everyone else, Mrs. McGrath is NOT calling you....Goodbye"

My wife has to worry about getting both our kids out the door for school and get herself ready for work and This kid calls her up to do this so he can catch an extra 10 minutes of the "Super Crappy Cartoon Hour" on cartoon network in the warm house....... WTF are some of these kids thinking.

I swear we're raising a Generation of Super-Pu$$ies......My God

I also told my not to do that for him in the future...I don't know what she was thinking either by saying yes.

That's my rant.....proceed

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Old 01-26-2007, 11:13 AM   #2
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gotta be 12-14 right? thats about that level of stupidity.

younger than that, and its ALMOST ok because of the cold

older than that, well...

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Old 01-26-2007, 11:15 AM   #3
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Old 01-26-2007, 11:26 AM   #4
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Bingo....12 gonna be 13 in a couple of months.

and its not like your asking the kid to stand there for 2 hours either...just 10 minutes.

Not to sound like some Old Timer but I ALWAYS walked to school, no matter what the weather.......and I survived


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gotta be 12-14 right? thats about that level of stupidity.

younger than that, and its ALMOST ok because of the cold

older than that, well...

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Old 01-26-2007, 11:37 AM   #5
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Yup. I used to walk to school 12 miles uphill in 3' of snow with holes in my shoes....At least that's what I tell my kids..

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Old 01-26-2007, 12:48 PM   #6
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Uphill both ways, right?

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Old 01-26-2007, 12:54 PM   #7
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hahaha I actually did walk to school uphill both ways..

Kids are wicked f'ing lazy now a days tho

Good for you to pick a fight with a 12 yr old over the phone.. next time push him down and take his lunch money!!

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Old 01-26-2007, 01:02 PM   #8
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Good for you to pick a fight with a 12 yr old over the phone.. next time push him down and take his lunch money!!

I made fun of his sister too....that ought a show him

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Old 01-26-2007, 01:23 PM   #9
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bet the parents put him up to it . kids are not bright enough to think that up .
My 12 year old walks to school (15 miles sharing shoes and a bicycle with 4 other kids ) this morning like every morning .
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Old 01-26-2007, 01:41 PM   #10
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My 12 year old walks to school (15 miles sharing shoes and a bicycle with 4 other kids ) this morning like every morning .
And try and tell kids that Nowadays....and they won't believe you


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Old 01-26-2007, 02:17 PM   #11
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The kid either knows how to manage his time, lazy or thinks of your wife as his extended family. Your wife sounds OK to offer to notify him upon the bus arriving with this extreme cold, it sounds like she likes the kid.
Your avatar describes you perfectly for this situation.
I would have told him the bus is on its way, "NOT" and let him wait even longer at the stop.
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Old 01-26-2007, 02:40 PM   #12
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Don't get me wrong, he's a good kid, I like the kid. But If My son is out there waiting for the bus why shouldn't he be.

My wife is too nice for her own good sometimes....and even she will admit it.

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Old 01-26-2007, 05:19 PM   #13
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I'm sure it was only because it was like 4 degrees out

lazy is my son calling me from inside the house on my cell phone while I am working in the shop, just to ask or tell me something when he could have just walked outside the few steps to the shop

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Old 01-26-2007, 05:38 PM   #14
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be happy he didnt send you a text message....

time to string two cans and a piece of braided line....

make it ..............his project
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Old 01-26-2007, 11:40 PM   #15
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i think it's brilliant. although, if your wife has to worry about getting your kids ready for school, i think he should've called you instead.

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Old 01-29-2007, 09:43 AM   #16
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i think it's brilliant. although, if your wife has to worry about getting your kids ready for school, i think he should've called you instead.

At least that would have saved me calling him back

I think part of it was also that he is one of our Scouts.....here we are trying to teach them Cold Weather Survival and how to be Self-Sufficient.

I think he should make a Note to Self.....Don't try pulling this with one of your Scoutmasters.

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