{ A Big No-no }

Don’t u hate it when ur mood gets ruined by other people? It’s even worse when it’s becos of strangers. Like bruh, I dun even noe u, but here u are, making my day slightly worse 🤦

I mean, I’ve had enuf unpleasant interactions wif strangers, whether its my or their fault, to noe not to care too much. Buuut, certain things still seep thru, and makes me take them personally.

So I was walking home like usual. I had somewat of a long day, and I rmb feeling pretty tired at dat point. So perhaps I was already slightly grumpier to begin wif…

As I was on the final stretch, before reaching my block (a nice lil park), I passed by a cute little preschool-aged girl in her red & white Sparkletots uniform. She was walking wide-eyed and like a lil duckling, wif some sorta chocolate candy in her hand. She didn’t appear to do a good job at eating said candy, as her cheeks were covered in the chocolate. She didn’t seem bothered by it though, and it was like, a rlly cute thing to witness ☺️

Her father, walking in front of her, was clad in sunglasses and wif a cigarette in his mouth.

Already I was slightly pissed off. Like, why r u smoking wif ur child near u? No way dats any good for her. The kid shldn’t have to suffer the consequences of ur actions…

Suddenly, he turned to her and got angry. Like, rlly angry.

He abruptly started scolding her, telling her to stop fooling around (likely due to her messy eating), in a rlly aggressive tone.

Not gonna lie, I was sorta caught off guard by dat. It instantly reminded me of being in primary school, when some teachers wld just start yelling out of nowhere, just cos some dudes didn’t do their homework or sum random bullshit. And all ur friends just looked at each other like:

I remember hating it whenever dat happened. Made me dread some teachers, and some classes too, as a result. It always made me wonder why adults couldn’t control their emotions better. Now as an adult myself, I still sometimes wonder…

Anyways, I was quite far past them at dis point. But then I heard the father, still in his angry tone, yelling at the girl to throw her chocolate away, because she “don’t know how to eat properly”.

Oh dat triggered certain strong emotions and thoughts in me.

I immediately felt bad for the little girl. I mean, I wasn’t sure how she reacted, as I couldn’t hear anything out of her, but I’d imagine she’d be pretty terrified at what’s going on.

I think her quietness was wat made me upset. Being a stranger, idk her or how she normally acts. But in dis specific situation, she wasn’t whining or complaining. I noe some kids can behave like the spawn of satan, but she didn’t seem to be like dat. So why’d u gotta speak so harshly to her? The idea of her fearfully complying to her father’s orders makes my heart ache. It makes me want to give her a big hug…

As for the father, a small but significant part of me wanted to go back and punch the sunglasses and cigarette off his face. Thankfully, a bigger part of me noes dat wld be a completely stupid thing to do as a random bystander.

From smoking next to a child…ur own child… to talking degradingly towards her… well, ur sort of a douchebag.

Ok, I won’t deny dat, as a fellow adult, sometimes the most random things can get us triggered. And those scenarios often show the worst in us, when we lose control.

So maybe the father had a long hard day at work prior to that. Or maybe the kid has been misbehaving a lot up to that point, and that was the last straw.

But still, to lash out at a child is always a REALLY BAD thing to do. A big no-no. Kids aren’t dumb, they can recognise patterns, even if they can’t explain it all that well yet. Things like this would get you labelled as a “threat”, and the child’s going to grow up with fear, distrust, and overall discomfort whenever you’re around.

And no child deserves to live wif dat…

So I was mad the whole way back home thinking abt it, around a solid 10 mins. Then I realised how dumb it was to hold on to dat anger caused by someone I’d never see again. I sighed, took some deep breaths, wrote dis entry, then let it go….

…. But fuck dat guy, honestly…

19.12.2025