Every week, when I have my singing lesson, there is the same girl (we’ll call her J) who has the slot before me. She is 17 years old and thinks the world revolves around her. She is arrogant, inconsiderate and spoilt. In my opinion there is nothing worse than a spoilt teenager. In my opinion, there is never a need for a spoilt teenager.
I always arrive for 9pm, when my lesson should start, and I make sure I don’t walk through the door until then because I don’t want to eat into her time. Whenever I walk in, she is always still talking to the teacher and shows no sign of wrapping things up when I get there. She eats into my time, she costs me money! Last night, she was in the middle of a conversation when I arrived and started on a brand new subject while I was just stood there patiently waiting. In the end the teacher had to say “J, can we talk about this next week?” she was a bit put out, but gathered her stuff together and left. I’ve decided that next time I’m going to say something. “J, I don’t mean to be rude, but I’m paying for this time now. ME. Not my dad, ME. So can you discuss it when I’m not paying for it”?
Apparently, and this is what the teacher told me, she gets stroppy with him and has even been known to shout and him and throw things at him. Who teaches their child that this is acceptable behaviour? I would never dream of walking into someone else’s house and treating them like that and I would die if I knew my kids were doing that. I suppose, I shouldn’t really be surprised. This is the girl who had a 28inch plasma TV for Christmas. It’s also the girl who wanted an extra singing lesson one week and told her dad he had to take her. When he told her, that actually, he had a really important business meeting that day so couldn’t take her, she told him he had to cancel it, so he did. The very same girl who expects the singing teacher to rearrange his life at the drop of a hat if she gets an audition and Mummy or Daddy can’t take her.
I hate kids who have everything handed to them on a plate. “Daddy, buy me a car”. “Daddy, I want a plasma TV”. “Daddy, buy me a pony”. When will kids then ever learn to stand on their own two feet? It’s all well and good to put the entire blame on the kids, but the only reason they’re like that is because the parents let them behave in such a way.
have you ever met any of those parents, who have more money than what they know what to do with, it’s easier to “get” things for their kids then spend any time with them??? well, those are her parents.
i would actually say something to your coach, he’s the one who should not be charging you for your time, but should be charging her parents for the time she uses.
She sounds like a slag. I bet she’s got the clap.
You should buy her a copy of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Tell her brats like Veruca Salt gets their just desserts…
I agree with you whole heartedly. I have had the unplesant pleasure to know kids like this, even went to school with a lot of them. I’m just glad to see I’m not the only one who feels this way.
AMEN! LOL, it has soooo much to do with the parenting.
I agree, it’s completely the parents doing. I don’t know how they can live with a child that behaves that way. She’ll never grow out of it. They are going to be dealing with a 40 year women crying and whining to them because she wants expensive things that she can’t afford to buy because she doesn’t have a job. She’ll think it’s below her to keep a job I’m sure.
Baseball bat to the head. No, wait…. Is she fit? To the midriff!!