What would you do?

Back story: I got a ticket a few weeks ago, for "not making a complete stop" at a stop sign, which is ridiculous, but that is for another post. Anyways, I got the ticket, and then with everything going on -moving, Caiden's fall- I completely spaced the ticket, until this week I got a letter in the mail saying they would issue a warrant for my arrest if I didn't pay the ticket. So I ventured down to the courthouse, with the kids in tow, to pay my ticket. I didn't have to see a judge or anything, just go down to the cashier and pay the fee.

Okay, now picture this...........my 3 cute little kids,................sitting on a bench side by side,............all 3 of them are sitting with their arms folded like Mommy asked them to,.....................Avery swinging her feet back and forth because she is too little to touch the floor,.................and she is singing a cute little song to herself, "la dee da, la dee da!" CUTE HUH!!!???

NOW, picture a big mammoth of a guard-woman (and I am not being rude, this lady was HUGE, not fat, just big, almost like a tree!) MARCHING over to the 3 cute little kids, getting about 1 foot away from Avery bending over so she is eye level with her, so there is only about a foot of space between them, and then yelling "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" right in my little girls face!!!

ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!!!!! I was stunned! My poor kids were too afraid to move, for fear that the guard lady might eat them or something!!! Then the guard gets back up, gives me the same dirty look she gave Ava, and marched back to her station. Luckily I was done paying, so I ran over to Ave before she came all un-glued, and then she would REALLY be making some noise. And I scooped her up and told the boys how proud of them I was, and gave Ava a big hug and told her she was a good girl and that I LOVED her song!

I couldn't believe this! Still can't! Why would that lady do that? Ava was singing a song! She wasn't crying or yelling, she was sitting with her arms folded, and she wasn't even loud. We were in the LOBBY, and NO ONE else was in there!!!

I was taught to respect adults, and I am teaching my children the same. But how can adults expect children to be respectful when they act like that? IF there is to be no noise, then there should be signs. IF there is to be no children, again SIGNS!!! IF she WAS being too loud (which she wasn't, it was a normal voice) then you march your tree trunk of a body over to me and say "Ma'am, we really can't have her singing in here." Then let ME, her MOTHER be the one to tell her to shhhhhh!!! OR if tree lady STILL can't contain herself and feels the need to say something to SOMEONE ELSE'S child then she can say it an a manner that won't give my children nightmares of police officers for the rest of their young lives! Poor Blaise gets in the car and says "I thought Police officers were supposed to be nice and helpful!!!"

Thanks a lot miss Tree Lady!!! Now how am I supposed to teach my children to be respectful and to trust Police officers when you have set such a good example for them!!!!!!!!!!

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

So what would you do? I didn't really know what to do. So I just gave her a dirty look back, grabbed the kids, and hand in hand we walked out past her little station............all singing Ava's beautiful song!!!

*disclaimer* I don't normally resort to name calling, but in her case I felt it was appropriate so you would all get the magnitude of how "large in stature" this lady was.