My sister operates a dance school and occassionally I help out, like today. Today I got up around noon and drove out to her school to play hall monitor for about a dozen or so young girls, so that there was an adult, who was not teaching, who would sit and watch them between classes and during the pick-up/drop-off periods. I'm familiar with which child goes with which parent so it works out pretty well. Most people who know me know that I also engage in needlecrafting (no this not an RPG) as a hobby. It was what I chose to bring along with me today to keep my hands busy while sitting and occassionally looking up to tell 'so-and-so' that running up and down the hallway probably isn't a wise idea.
Well, today, one child in particular was picked up by her Aunt, a woman who has never been very courteous or pleasant. As usual, she was down right rude to my sister, snapped up the girl's hand and spun around to walk out when she saw me sitting on the bench with an embriodery hoop and some cross-stitch and I'm telling you, she had a good old fashion southern conniption.
Apparently, ballet and needlecrafting are now responsible for the downfall of society. In her words they "encourage abuses and discrimation toward women" and therefor "lead to perception that all women are stupid". Yes, because my ability to balance on my toes on a space half the size of your iPod and sew a 11"x14" picture using only stitches barely 2mm in length, somehow makes me dumb and therefor makes all women who see me doing it dumb too.
I started laughing hysterically, which did not help. She proceeded to continue to rant and rave for another twenty minutes about how if Rachel had been her daughter blah blah blah. I still couldn't get over the part where my crosstitch led to the downfall of society. When I asked her to repeat it, please, she scoffed and blamed me for domestic violence.
Anyway, I thought I'd share this little bit of daily humor. This was how my day started. With me causing the downfall of society and all domestic violence.
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