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This was a real post on my neighborhood listserv
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Anonymous
How do you know anything about the OP to determine whether she is 'nice'?? Anyway, nobody is 'rallying' around her. Just defending her right to repost something that was already public. |
Anonymous
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Of course op's post was not a nice thing to do. But I don't think there was much invasion of privacy given that the only ones who know who she is are the ones that knew anyway. And against this we have to weigh the preciousness of the original email, and the benefit in terms of humor for all of us.
It cannot have been an easy decision by OP, but I feel that, on balance, it was the right one. I commend her. |
Anonymous
Well, that's your opinion. PCL's tone was thoughtful?? No, she sounded somewhat ridiculous, IMO. If you sympathize with her, that's great. Let her know that she was completely correct in her message and that she has every right to be upset. Some of us don't feel the same. |
Anonymous
Why would PCL feel humiliated? The way I see it, if PCL really feels wronged, she can stand by her message with pride and conviction. If she feels that shesde an error in posting the message, she can just go back and apologize. She has no reason to feel humiliated. |
Anonymous
Well, I'd say being personally humiliated and hopefully realizing your ill behavior, is better than going on with the same placating behavior concerning her son and pinecone throwing. Obviously it would be better that she realized her errors in the first place, but sometimes it takes a little humiliation to make us wiser. I don't necessarily think humiliation is a good thing, but sometimes it's necessary to wake us up. |
Anonymous
| Op, you rock! PCL's post was absurd. Thanks for sharing the absurdity for us to all have a laugh. |
Anonymous
+1000 - I've re-read the OP several times. Each time I notice something else that irks me about the entitled attitude of the mother. I live in Bethesda, God help me, and see this 'tude all the time. I hate it. But please, not all of us are like this. Given the number of views on this post, I bet it ends up in major media where the experts and Middle America can weigh in. This post gives a lot of insight into why our teachers hate dealing with the parents in Bethesda. Everyone has a precious snowflake who, to take the PCL's words in quotes, "accidentally" hits things from time to time. Everyone's child cries. Often "hysterically." Not many of us have 6-year-olds who are "careful" and "thoughtful." They are works in progress. They are that way SOMETIMES. This TUDE is the problem - "Unfortunately, my son was also left hysterically crying. He is six, he is careful, he is thoughtful. And while this man had his say, I just have to say, it would be appropriate at that point to allow the child to apologize. Which he wanted to do. It would have given him closure, and helped him to understand that he is not in trouble forever for a mistake. If you feel the need to criticize a child's actions or mistakes, of course that is appropriate. I did not see him throw the pinecone, and I would not have known otherwise. But to leave without allowing a response is, I believe, as inappropriate or more so than the original action. Sorry to vent, but my son is STILL crying and I'm pretty annoyed right now. We are all a neighborhood, and a conversation is always better than a one-sided venting, isn't it?" NO, an ADULT who is not a parent does not need to have a CONVERSATION with a SIX-YEAR-OLD about throwing items at cars! To be fair to the kid, I picture him digging, squirrel like, in the car, throwing things out between his legs, when the pine cone hit the car. The entitlement in Bethesda and upper NW drives me crazy. |
Anonymous
PCL should feel embarassed, because the listserv post was inappropriate and ridiculous. I think it is a harder issue to say whether she should only be embarassed before those in her neighborhood that she chose to share the post with, or also those on this site that the post was subsequently shared with by another party. |
Anonymous
You understand that underneath all the jokes we're really grateful for the opportunity to benefit from pine cone mom's wisdom and benevolence. 
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Anonymous
Now, if pine cone mom is really concerned about her son, why is she posting while he's still crying? Neglectful parent as well as obnoxious neighbor. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
| Wow, there is some serious sock puppeting going on in this thread, especially the last three pages. Time to shut this thing down (should have happened a long time ago). |
Anonymous
Thanks, hall monitor. |
Anonymous
No, you seem smug and really self satisfied that you've successfully mocked your neighbor for all of the DC area to see - and encouraged them to join in. That inherently isn't a nice thing to do. Laughing at yourself and humiliating others are quite different. |
Anonymous
OP - are you sock puppeting? |