Post No. 2 : Dislike of "tweens" and people in general.

This weekend I went out with my brother and his girlfriend to do a little shopping. It was about 1:30PM or so and the mall was pretty busy. I expected that since it was a weekend but I was not pleased to see the number of kiddy teeny bops. You know, the 10-16 year olds at the mall with their little group of friends. As I’ve grown up I’ve slowly develop a complete hatred for these “tweens”.

What do I exactly hate about them? Well first of all, they have no common courtesy. A few of them do and are very polite, I do admit, but some of them don’t even know how to say excuse me or sorry. They don’t know where they are situated in a busy mall so they stand wherever they want and get in many people’s way. And how many there are with such bad choice of clothing. This is usually girls that insist that a tiny tank top and sweat pants is acceptable in a mall. This may just be me and my taste for fashion but I don’t think its acceptable. Also, how the entire group looks alike and they are carbon copies of each other. Let it be a group of skater boys or preppy girls, they all look alike and talk alike.

Now why does this concern me in anyway; to be honest, it doesn’t and shouldn’t. What bothers me is how much I would hate to be raising a kid at this point. Age 10-16 and be the parent that’s letting my child be such hooligans in a mall. I mean I’m not close to perfect when I’m in a mall setting with friends but at least I know my faults when it comes down to it and what is appropriate and inappropriate to do in a mall. Walking around loudly in a mall, I don’t see that to be too big of a deal but if someone was to tell me to stop it, I would. But to walk into someone, step on them, bump into them, get in their way, I think a simple “Sorry” would do a lot of justice.

To be quite honest, I would not be a proud parent to know how idiotic my kids are acting. And to be honest, I hope my kids don’t copy most of my silly behaviours, only a few of them. I am questioning what parents are teaching their kids now a days, and how media has such a big influence on impressionable teens. I hope about the time when I have kids, the culture is different. When people don’t want to have a carbon copy best friend, have a sense of what to wear base on weather, chivalry being exercised, and being more aware of social surroundings.

Now that I think about it, I’ve come to be very bitter towards people in public. I’m sure when people see me in public they aren’t pleased with me either and I know that. You can’t please everyone around you and you are bond to be hated by a few. So the type of people that bother me in public include:

1. People that INSIST to wear the brand Bench and flip their collars up for EVERYONE to see that it is indeed a Bench sweater/jacket
   
2. People that wear sunglasses all year round, even during a non-sunny day
   
3. Shorts during temperatures that are below 10 degrees Celsius
   
4. Sweat pants and boots and tucking the legs into the boot. [Understandable if its wet out]
   
5. Wearing leggings as pants
   

There are probably a lot more things but I’ll keep it to a list of 5. Yes I may be a jerk by saying all these things but there are people out there that agree with me. Plus, this is an opinion, if you don’t like it, don’t need to read it or agree with it.

Thanks.


-Allison