?otd

Just two?

Your hypothetical five year old is riding on a train (one of those kiddie rides at the State Fair) and sitting in the engine with three other children. You can see that she's ringing the bell the entire time and don't notice that anything else is going on while on the ride. No pushing or shoving, or swatting other children's hands away from the bell, etc.... When the ride stops, another mother goes through the exit door, directly to your child who is still sitting in her seat, and she pokes her in the shoulder with her finger and scolds her. Your child exits the train, clearly shaken, while the mom who scolded her takes her children off the train. You ask your child what happened and she tells you that the other mom yelled at her for hitting her son, but she claims she didn't do it, and you didn't see it happen either. What would you do? Do you think the other mother is out of line for scolding your child?

"Scolding" involves words. She touched. I think the other mom assaulted my kid, and I'd probably confront her with that very word: Assault. In fact, as soon as I saw her touch my kid, I'd start calling the cops. If she didn't have proof (like a photo) of my kid hitting her kid, and if she wouldn't back down, I'd be tempted to have her arrested. Don't fuck with my kid, people.

Coca-Cola or Pepsi?

Ooh, an easy one. I don't have a strong preference. Diet Pepsi reminds me of my sister. Coke products, especially Diet Coke, reminds me of my roommate in college who drank about a 3 gallons of it every week.