Thread: Hang in there Grandpa

A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly
behaved 3 year-old grandson.
It's obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming
for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; and for
fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles. Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, "Easy, William, we won't be long . . .. easy, boy." Another outburst, and she hears the granddad calmly say, "It's okay, William, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here.. Hang in there, boy."

At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart,
and Granddad says again in a controlled voice, "William, William,
relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay cool, William."

Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading
his groceries and the boy into the car.

She said to the elderly gentleman, "It's none of my business, but
you were amazing in there. I don't know how you did it. That whole
time, you kept your composure, and no matter how loud and disruptive he
got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is
very lucky to have you as his grandpa."

"Thanks," said the grandfather, "but I'm William . .. . the little bastard's name is Kevin."

Good one, never saw that ending coming!! I must remember this tactic myself some days.