This weekend some little 12 year old piss-ant told me my precious camera Sophie looked "old and stupid". My bloody expensive Nikon D70 BABY! The audacity of kids these days - whatever happened to respect your elders? Huh? HUH?! What I really wanted to do was smack that kid up, knowing her parents were safely out of hearing distance, after covering poor Sophie's ears and shushing her back in to a statement of silent contentment.
"Um, no. This camera is not old."
"Well it looks old."
"I assure you, it's quite new."
"My dad's is small, silver, and has a digital display."
"Well MINE has a *big ass* digital display, 1 gigabyte memory card, and speedlight that could blind you long enough for me to punch in your sassy little mouth."
"I don't believe you."
"Excuse me?"
"Well if it is new, then it must be retro, cuz it looks old."
(Nevermind that I had *just* cleaned it that morning and had her all spiffied up for a big day of shooting)
"I just bought it. It's new."
"Did you know that you can go online and print photos with digital cameras? You can put them on a website and everything."
That's when I decided I wasn't continuing this conversation with a pre-pubescent, disrespecting little tadpole for even a moment longer and blinded her with a photo before making a hasty exit. Old and stupid. OLD AND STUPID?! I'm very disappointed with the humility in children these days, by and large.
I wonder what sort of parent that will make me... an alcoholic one perhaps?
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Did you kick the little bastard?
I'm sure you'd be the same kind of parent I am {alcoholic}, not to be pretentious but I can't stand children {yes I am a parent} I am a pretentious mother I don't like my kid playing with other dirty kids and I hate dirty clothes {I'm char and I'm a wash-a-holic}...so I *so* not mad at you about this post because there are some smart ass sassy pants kids out there and they should be all sent away to a island with not way back to the mainland.
Ha! Ahh, what I'd have given to have witnessed that conversation...
I can tell you from experience that there's no point ever arguing with kids, they just think you're stupid.
out of the mouths of babes. hee!
apparently the little one based their opinion on the age of the operator of the camera more than just the camera itself.