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[quote=Anonymous]I was at a library function recently, and there was a long line of kids waiting to pet a visiting animal.  One child (probably about 5) kept cutting in line in front of the other children.  I think his parent was off on his iphone, leaning against a wall.  When the child cut in front of my kids, I said, very nicely, "I'm sorry, buddy, but they were waiting in line first" and directed my kids in front of him.  When he did it again, to some other kids, another mom came up and said, again in a very nice tone, "Hey, let's let some other kids have a turn.  You've already gone 3 times and some of the children haven't had one turn yet." and nicely directed the child to the back of the line.  (I actually thought the woman was his mom, until she quietly said to me something like "I wonder where his parent is...").  Anyway, this is how reasonable sane adults deal with a child who is line-cutting.

And I'm even willing to give the iphone-surfing dad a break, because, hey, we're all human.  [/quote]

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