Just a quick rant about people’s behavior in public. Jess and I went to the Omaha Zoo this weekend and were constantly being pushed, bumped, run into, and bothered by children. I wouldn’t be complaining too much if their parents were even attempting to rein them in, but most couldn’t be bothered. Wanna feed McDonalds to the animals? Sure, why not. Want to open the door marked “DO NOT ENTER” next to the Mountain Lion cage and go in? Sounds like a plan. Stick your hand behind the fence to the Monkey Cage? More power to ya. These parents seemed to think that their children had the right to run off and do whatever they wanted, as they had already paid admission. It was completely ridiculous. You go to the zoo to see the animals, not turn into them. It took me snapping a picture of one just to clear our path and get through:
No wait, sorry… that’s the wrong photo. That’s a cute picture of a Sloth hanging from a tree… here’s the one I was thinking of (you can see how I almost mistook one for the other):
That’s right, this girl caused a traffic jam of people because she decided to climb on things in the middle of a path. Were her parents around? Not that we could tell. Did she even see the signs saying to not climb on things? Doubt it. It really took me taking a picture for her to run off down the way. It just drives me nuts. I wish places like the Zoo had an “Adult Swim” type day. You know, the second Tuesday of every month, no one under 21 allowed, or something similar. I know I can’t be the only one that feels this way. I’ll admit, it’s not just the child’s fault, but if the parent thinks that this is their vacation time, it is the only solution I have. So annoying.
