Re: Obnoxious kid/parent stories, MLB edition
At Vero Beach one year my wife was waiting patiently for players to walk by for autographs. A woman walked up behind her with four kids. She handed each kid a sack of balls and gave instructions to get only one signature on each ball. Obviously, she was using the kids to get autographed balls she could then sell on ebay. But the clincher was: She told each child " Go ahead and push to the front of the line. You're entitled to get ahead of the adults."
A more positive story was from the Braves' spring training field at a game with the Mets. During a rain delay, two Mets came out of the dugout to sign, causing two lines to form. I walked up to the side of one line and asked a 12-year-old boy: who was signing for that line? He replied politely but firmly: " It's David Wright, sir, but you'll have go to the back of the line like everyone else!" I wasn't planning to get in line, but was amused by the little fellow's polite firmness to a man five times his age.
At Vero Beach one year my wife was waiting patiently for players to walk by for autographs. A woman walked up behind her with four kids. She handed each kid a sack of balls and gave instructions to get only one signature on each ball. Obviously, she was using the kids to get autographed balls she could then sell on ebay. But the clincher was: She told each child " Go ahead and push to the front of the line. You're entitled to get ahead of the adults."
A more positive story was from the Braves' spring training field at a game with the Mets. During a rain delay, two Mets came out of the dugout to sign, causing two lines to form. I walked up to the side of one line and asked a 12-year-old boy: who was signing for that line? He replied politely but firmly: " It's David Wright, sir, but you'll have go to the back of the line like everyone else!" I wasn't planning to get in line, but was amused by the little fellow's polite firmness to a man five times his age.
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