Is there anyone you didn't feel comfortable selling to?

[B. Saffles Farms]

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I hear that! I'll see parents doing that whole "counting" thing

I'm gonna count to three 1-2-3, I'm gonna count again 1-2-3, you'd better not make me count to three again 1-2-3...

I didn't even get warnings, I got a good spanking right then and there!

Same here, I never heard my Mom or Dad count. LOL

I never acted like the kid in the OPs 1st post either. If I would have I wouldve only done it once and I wouldnt have been able to sit down for a week or two.

 

[Smartie_Pants]

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I hear that! I'll see parents doing that whole "counting" thing

I'm gonna count to three 1-2-3, I'm gonna count again 1-2-3, you'd better not make me count to three again 1-2-3...

I didn't even get warnings, I got a good spanking right then and there!

Same here, I never heard my Mom or Dad count. LOL

I never acted like the kid in the OPs 1st post either. If I would have I wouldve only done it once and I wouldnt have been able to sit down for a week or two.

What I don't get is the "Naughty Stool" (or stepm or carpet square or whatever.) How is setting on a stool a punishment for BITING your parents? Kids have it too easy these days.

 

[B. Saffles Farms]

Exactly, why not do what you want if there arent any real consiquences for your actions. I know sitting on a stool or standing in the corner for time out wouldnt have phased me a bit. But I knew what Id get if I got in trouble so I tried hard not to get in any trouble.

 

[RooptyDoo]

How scary for you! It scared me just reading about it, just the audacity of some people.

I have only sold to other people a couple of times. Hubby is always present and it is always in a very public place. Good experiences both times. We plan on selling more this summer and after your experience I don't believe that I will ever do it from my home or without hubby or grown sons around. Everyone please be careful!!!!

I'm sure your experience has been a real eye opener for everyone on BYC. Please keep us posted on what happens and I'm sorry you had such a bad experience.

Unfortunantly, fruitcakes aren't just something you get for Christmas any more!

 

[PoultryPedia]

Good for you

And I don't know that I'd be very afraid of them for future. You used appropriate, non-hateful resistance to wrong behavior when they were there. You facilitated blessings they needed to discipline them for their personal development, and it's wonderful that you were pro-active and skilled to enact powerful consequences that affect all three of them!!! I believe that the controlling, good forces of the universe will support and carry you forward.

 

[Buster]

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I hear that! I'll see parents doing that whole "counting" thing

I'm gonna count to three 1-2-3, I'm gonna count again 1-2-3, you'd better not make me count to three again 1-2-3...

I didn't even get warnings, I got a good spanking right then and there!

As a parent, I do count. However, I always follow through. I don't count and start again. In fact, now that my boys are a little older (4 and 2) most of the time I only have to say 1. What most people fail to do is be consistent. If you say something to your child, you should always follow through with it. Sometimes it's hard and sad for them, but it will teach them where their boundaries are.

My 4 and 2 year olds sound better behaved than the 11 yo girl described here. I take them to the store and occasionally buy them a treat in the checkout line. Most of the time I don't. They ask, I say no, and the case is closed. They know better than to throw a fit- the next time they simply just don't get to go.

My 4 yo loves to be able to walk on his own in a store. We have a deal- stay close to me and don't touch anything, and you get to walk on your own. Misbehave and you either have to hold my hand or sit in the cart (depending on what kind of store we are in). Works like a charm.

 

[Ellie_NY_chick]

I think I would follow up with the police and know where these people are. I think this is one case where a restraining order would be appropriate.

This goes beyond uncomfortable. These people are crazy, and they've obviously passed on the gene to their kid.

Another case of why some people shouldn't be allowed to reproduce.

 

[Buster]

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The fantastic news is that the OP was able to get a restraining order already on these clowns.

This thread has made me re-think some things about selling my birds. I live a mile away from a feed store and I think for the most part, I'm just going to meet people there to sell my birds from now on. No sense in bringing people I don't know to my home and risking a situation like this.

 

[Ellie_NY_chick]

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The fantastic news is that the OP was able to get a restraining order already on these clowns.

This thread has made me re-think some things about selling my birds. I live a mile away from a feed store and I think for the most part, I'm just going to meet people there to sell my birds from now on. No sense in bringing people I don't know to my home and risking a situation like this.

Thanks Buster... I missed that one.

I too never have people come to the house for the same reason. Once in awhile we'll have too many roos and we have to rehome them. I always offer to deliver them. I've only had one person meet me in a parking lot and she really seemed okay, and was a local.

This really is the freakiest story I've heard in a long time though.

 

[Bec]

Wow, that's crazy! We (my mom and I)had a similar situation with a kitten. We used to breed and show Maine Coon cats. There was a family that had come over to pick one out (a pet home). This little girl was going crazy! She was moving our furniture to chase down the kittens and screaming at her mom and dad that they must catch one for her to hug!?! My mom ended up telling them that she didn't feel comfortable selling them a kitten. Well they went off! it did not escalate as far as yours did, but man, those people were so mad! There was another man who had come to look and was telling us all about how he was going to put his kitten on a lease and walk it around so people could see how big he was! He was a no too, obviously he wasn;t a happy camper either...lol



So how exactly did those people think you were going to react? And then threaten you?

I am sorry you had to go through all that