Cellar Scribblings

[brianr]

The Sound of Music is on my itinerary for Vienna. Not my choice but that is what is on. I will be seeing Fiddler on the Roof, they call it Anatevka, the night before.
For the Sound of Music I am in the very front row so will not be able to see the English surtitles above the stage but doubt I will need them. Should be interesting to hear in German. Actually I have only seen the stage version in English once and there are a few differences from the movie.

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!

this one is pretty timely.  I've been hearing stories about parents shaming their kids online, and the kids are so embarrassed they go an kill themselves.

[Sason]

Shaming them over what?

How can a parent do something like that?   

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!

Well, I have to say, I can't remember the last time I ate a cadbury egg.  They're not bad, but I wouldn't have more than one, they taste so sweet, it's almost off-putting.

Bowling night tonight, and the season is almost over, we bowl until the middle of May (about) so that year end is coming quick. 

[CellarDweller]

Shaming them over what?

How can a parent do something like that?   

There have been some stories of parents shaming their kids oline.

The most famous,  took place not long ago.  It was a video of a 13 year old girl with long hair.  She had been  warned twice by her father not to 'do something'  (it's not clear on the video).  Turns out she had done whatever she had been warned not to do, two times.

The father put her in the kitchen, and while he filmed her, took clippers to her hair, chopping the most  of it off, carelessly so that the ends were ragged and messy.  The video was then  posted on YouTube for everyone to see.

she went  to school the next day was was teased mercilessly.  She went to teachers, who tried to fix it, but were unable to do so.

She left school walked over a bridge, and jumped off it, killing herself.   

[Sason]

Omg how tragic. I hope the father is going to jail for abusing her like that.

[serious crayons]

Omg how tragic. I hope the father is going to jail for abusing her like that.

I don't know for sure, but I would doubt there's a law against chopping your daughter's hair, recording it and putting it on YouTube -- however cruelly -- so probably not.

But unless the father's even more of a monster than he seems (it's quite possible he loved his daughter, however twisted his methods of discipline), his punishment will be to spend the rest of his life feeling the loss and regret and torturous guilt.

[Sason]

True, but it's also likely he'll blame it all on the "friends" in school. "Hadn't they teased her, she would still be alive". Takes the blame off himself.

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!

I'd be happy if my boss was in the office less!  LOL  Isn't that true for most people?

Happy Hump Day!!

everyone at work today is at some sort of "breakfast meeting" and won't be in the office until none.  I'm fine with  that!

[CellarDweller]

Hiya BetterMost friends!

Hooray!  We made it to Friday!!!

Work was actually on the slow side today, so I managed to get caught up on a bunch of stuff.  Very happy about that.

My supervisor came in with the baby this week,  he's a little sweetie pie, and she told us she'd be back to work just before Memorial Day, so I'm planning to take Tues and Wednesday after off as well, for an extended weekend.