September 24, 2007
Phone Ettiquette Lessons from the Girl Child
The Girl Child is currently six years old. In November, she'll be turning seventeen. This is a surprise to no one who has a daughter. However, being technically childless myself, it was a bit of a shock to actually witness it myself.
I'll explain.
Girl Child wanted to have a sleepover with her friend Grace. So Billi dialed the phone and handed it to Girl Child, assuming she'd takeover in a minute to hammer out the details with Grace's mom.
Fifteen minutes later, Billi's like, "Where's Girl Child? Does she still have the phone?"
Seeing as how Billi was, at the time, trying to stop the now-very-mobile Spare from pulling the refridgerator down on top of himself, I galantly stepped forward to quest for the phone.
So I looked around the living room and dining room, called down to the basement. No Girl Child. Then I noticed the light was on in the powder room, with the door standing wide open, of course. I peeked around the corner to see Girl Child standing in front of the toilet, valiantly trying to pull up her undies and pants with one hand, while still talking on the phone.
Yes, ladies and gentlemen, Girl Child peed while talking on the phone to her friend.
Like mother, like daughter.
Comments
Like Aunt???
Think about it...
Posted by: Marty at September 24, 2007 02:21 PM
Yay GirlChild! Yay! She is light years ahead of her peers!!! Did she do the courtesy cough to cover up the flush, or forgo the flush altogether?
Posted by: Vicki at September 24, 2007 02:22 PM
Hopefully, she didn't FLUSH. I have actually been in the ladies' room at WORK, heard someone talking on her phone IN THE STALL, and then heard her flush. It better have been a really close friend on the other end of the line.
At home, of course, anything is fair game. Even the open door.
P.S. SpellCheck: it's 'etiquette.'
Posted by: Redhead Wannabe at September 24, 2007 03:46 PM
15 minutes later? Sounds like number 2 to me.
Posted by: Kelly Garrett at September 24, 2007 07:18 PM