Shopping with children takes patience and when some kids want something, they can be relentless until they have it. One grandfather was shopping with his grandson and everything was going well until he starts screaming for candy.
One woman noticed how calm and collected the grandfather was as his grandson was misbehaving. When she later confronts him in the parking lot, what he says certainly surprises her!
Grandfather of the year!!
In case you have images turned off, here is the story in its entirety:
A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly-behaved 3-year-old grandson. It’s obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle, and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles. Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, “Easy, William, we won’t be long. Easy, boy.”
Another outburst and she hears the grandfather calmly say, “It’s okay William, just a couple more minutes and we’ll be out of here. Hang in there, boy.”
At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart and granddad says again in a very controlled voice, “William, William, relax buddy, don’t get upset. We’ll be home in five short minutes; stay cool, William.”
Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car. She says to the elderly gentleman, “It’s none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don’t know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa.”
“Thanks,” said the grandfather, “but I’m William. The little troublemaker’s name is Kevin.”
I love this, it’s hilarious! Please share this amusing story of a grandfather shopping with his misbehaving grandson with your friends and family.
