A man was observing a woman who was grocery shopping in the local supermarket with a three year old girl in her shopping cart.
As they passed the cookie section, the little girl asked her Mother for cookies and her Mother told her, “No”.
The little girl immediately began to whine and make a fuss and her Mother said quietly, “Now Monica, we just have half of the aisles left to go through. Don’t be upset, it won’t be long now”.
Soon, they came to the candy aisle and the little girl began to ask her Mother for candy.
When she was told that she couldn’t have any candy, the little girl began to cry.
The mother said, “There, there, Monica, don’t cry. Only two more aisles to go and then we’ll be at the check out”.
When they got to the checkout, the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a terrible tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased.
The Mother said serenely, “Monica, we will be through this check out in five minutes and then you can go home and have a nice nap”.
The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to compliment her.
“I couldn’t help noticing how patient you were with little Monica”, he began.
The Mother replied, “Oh no, I’m Monica, my little girl’s name is Tammy”.
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