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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 688823" data-attributes="member: 1246">A woman in a grocery store happens upon a grandfather and his poorly behaved 3 year-old grandson. It&#039;s obvious to her that Granddad has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; same for fruit, cereal and pop in their respective aisles. Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, &quot;Easy, Edward, we won&#039;t be long - easy, boy.&quot;Another outburst, and she hears Granddad calmly say, &quot;It&#039;s okay, Edward, just a couple more minutes &amp; we&#039;ll be out of here. Hang in there, boy.&quot;At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart, and Granddad again in a controlled voice is says &quot;Edward, Edward, relax buddy, don&#039;t get upset. We&#039;ll be home in five minutes; stay cool, Edward.&quot;Very impressed, the woman goes outside where Granddad is loading his groceries and the boy into the car ; You know, sir, it&#039;s none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don&#039;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. Edward is very lucky to have you as his grandpa.&quot;&quot;Thanks, lady,&quot; said Granddad, &quot;But I&#039;m Edward - the little bastard&#039;s name is Steve</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 688823, member: 1246"] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]A[/SIZE][/FONT][SIZE=5] woman in a grocery store happens upon a grandfather and his poorly behaved 3 year-old grandson. It's obvious to her that Granddad has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle; same for fruit, cereal and pop in their respective aisles. [/SIZE] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]Meanwhile, Granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, "Easy, Edward, we won't be long - easy, boy." Another outburst, and she hears Granddad calmly say, "It's okay, Edward, just a couple more minutes & 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 again in a controlled voice is says "Edward, Edward, relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay cool, Edward." Very impressed, the woman goes outside where Granddad is loading his groceries and the boy into the car ; [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=5]You know, sir, 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. Edward is very lucky to have you as his grandpa." "Thanks, lady," said Granddad, "But I'm Edward - the little bastard's name is Steve[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]

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