Growing Up Sounds Good On Paper

(I am in a queue waiting to be served when a woman joins the line behind me. The woman is trying to stop her toddler standing up in the trolley, and she is trying to get her purse out at the same time.)

Woman: “Please sit down. How about I give you some money so you can buy yourself something? But only if you stay in your seat.”

(The child sits down and holds her hand out, and the mother tries to hand her a coin.)

Toddler: “I WANT PAPER MONEY.” *gives her mother an attitude look*

Man In Queue: “Oh, my God, are they starting earlier now? I thought my teenage daughters were bad. How old is she?”

Woman: “Two, but going on sixteen; she has teenage sisters.”