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Character trait......"outspoken" One of the traits that I have is that I'm very outspoken in public. Apathy is not something that I approve of for myself and I am quite opinionated. I can get quite emotional when I see wrong being committed. While banking yesterday, I was waiting in line with 4 or 5 others and a woman with a small 3 to 4 year old was at the window cashing a check. The was being a and walking around and trying to get attention from the other customers with smiles and futile attempts at sharing her toy. The woman admonished the with a firm grab and told her to stay put. The took a few more steps to offer her toy to yet another customer and the woman raised her hand over her head and brought down a full force blow to the childs shoulder/arm. The sound of the smack seemed to echo off the walls of the bank and my stomach bound into knots immediately. "That's a little severe! How would you like it if someone did that to you? Do it again and I'll call the cops!" these are the things that I started in with....I was in such a state of shock and anger that I don't recall everything that I said...I do recall telling her that she must feel inferior if she finds a need to beat on people that are defenseless and can't protect themselves. I went on to make a point that she was a sad individual that needed a parenting class. My voice is deep and carries quite well, I had it raised so that the entire bank was well aware of what was going on. "The saddest thing, I announced for all to hear, is that she didn't cry!! That must mean she is used to your abuse and she thinks it's normal to get pummeled!!" She told me to mind my own business and I informed her that she made it my business when she struck a defenseless . One of the landscape crew piped in and said "Nothing wrong with a little discipline.".....I said, "I believe in discipline, but not abuse...and there is a clear difference!" The man in front of me did call the police while we were in line and followed her out to take down her tag number. I waited for the police to let them know that it was all captured on the banks film for evidence if needed. I was informed by the teller that the same woman hit the in the parking lot on the day prior. It hurt my heart to see and experience that incident. I keep getting images in slow motion and thinking about the fact that the didn't shed a single tear. If you are familiar with abuse and the psychological impact, it's understood that daily abuse desensitizes the victim to pain. ny I never admonish a parent for disciplining a with a swat on the bottom or even a few on the bottom.....I think it should be a last alternative, but it's a parents right to make that decision. I always speak out if I see anything that is excessive. I'll follow up on this through the police department until the home gets investigated. I was informed that it wasn't even her mother. It was the babysitter or aunt. The thing that bothers me as well is the fact that not one person, other then the older man, said a word. At least not until she left the bank...then they piped up saying "that was severe", "I would never hit my like that", etc, etc, etc... Apathy is the demise of our society. The last time I spoke out was in a Barnes and Noble....I saw a father yell at his and then he proceeded to grab him very tightly around his upper arm and litterally dragged him through the aisle. Again, my drill sargeant voice carried through the entire store with "HEY, How would you like it if I did that to you??" "Do you really think that's necessary?" He told me to mind my own f***ing business and I told him that if he didn't let go, I would step in to defend the . (this is allowed by law, but still risk a civil lawsuit). His wife came over and calmed him down and took the with her. It's not so much the incident that we witness in public...it's the fact that you know the incident would have been magnified if in private. Those that can't control their rage in public against their , certainly would have less to worry about in the privacy of their own home. I thought about being a advocate, but I couldn't afford all the lawsuits from beating the crap out of the morons that beat and abuse their . |
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5/6/2006 7:09 am |
Kudos to you for taking action. Like you said, most people just stand by and watch this stuff happen. My best friend is a social worker and works with kids from abusive homes. She is not allowed to tell me names, but the stories she tells me just breaks my heart. amanda
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i toatlly understand that. since i come from a mentally abusive family i am oversensitive to those things and try my best to keep that nonexistent whoever is around me. i personally don't want anyone else to have to go through what i did.
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5/19/2006 6:43 am |
I am glad you said & did something. Too often in my line of work I only see the aftermath & usually by the it's too late. It breaks my heart to know how much could be prevented if people would only invest themselves in the rest of the human race as much as they invest themselves in their own interests.
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5/19/2006 6:43 am |
I am glad you said & did something. Too often in my line of work I only see the aftermath & usually by then it's too late. It breaks my heart to know how much could be prevented if people would only invest themselves in the rest of the human race as much as they invest themselves in their own interests.
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