Infants where they don’t belong
Here’s a thought: leave the baby at home.
LAWRENCE, Kan. — When Kansas football fans Owen and Lisa Foust headed to the Jayhawks’ season opener last Saturday, they bundled up 3-month-old daughter Kate to go along.
But when they presented their tickets at the gate, they were told they would need an additional $35 ticket for Kate.
Seriously — a packed college (or Pro) football stadium is no place for an infant.
At last weekend’s UT vs North Texas game? It was 107 degrees in the stands. Who in their right mind would take an infant up into the stands to subject them to that kind of heat for three hours? Not to mention the deafening roar of 85K mostly-drunk fans yelling, stomping, and cursing. Do you really think that your 3-month infant enjoys football that much already?
First, why should your little tyke get in free? Because your little progeny ends up taking a lot more space than just your lap:
“Everybody needs a ticket regardless of age,” Marchiony said. “The very small children come with backpacks and bottles and toys. … We’ve received numerous complaints over the years from people who are sitting next to those people — enough for us to know that even those sized children need the space.”
Secondly, you don’t have to take your children everywhere you go. And if you think that you do, then you should understand that not everywhere is appropriate for you to take your children. Mostly because not everywhere is a safe and healthy environment for children. Like bars. And packed sporting events. Or a sleep over at Michael Jackson’s house.
“This is supposed to be a family-friendly environment,” Owen Foust said. “I don’t think that policy promotes that [environment] much.”
If you want to come across as a good parent trying to nurture your child in a “family-friendly environment”, take them to the children’s museum, the zoo, or teach them to fly a kite at the park.
If you can afford a couple of tickets to a college football games (~$120 for a UT game), then you can afford a baby sitter for the afternoon.
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Ouch, this bring back a frightening memory for me.
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As an avid lover of martinis, I’ll frequent a bar now and then for the tasty treat. After a couple of said treats, I transform into a pool shark. So, my friend and I are playing pool in a little biker-friendly dive.
In walks several people, sporting an infant in a car seat. That sets me off, and my friend warns me to keep my mouth shut. It’s not our home bar.
THEN. They’re drinking. Not cool at all, I don’t care who they are. As I’m putting on my cape, one of the (so-called)men puts a beer bottle up to the infants mouth, and another places his beer bottle between the infants legs.
I said something to them, and the guy pulls a knife on me.
I backed up, we left, and called the police on my cellphone. They were arrested.
Very cool. Especially for the idiot bar owner who allowed the infant in his/her bar. TABC frowns on that stuff.
Left by kw on September 7th, 2006 at 2:07 pm