Dad threatens to hit his kid at hobbit sealed event
I was at a pre release event for the hobbit at my LGS and this guy who was drafting next to me brought his kids. I over heard him complaining about how this is was a last minute decision since mom was busy and he was clearly annoyed by this. Kid looked like he was about 4.
The entire time he was drafting he was telling his kid to sit still and be quiet and to stop playing with the cardboard box the cards came in. The dad didn't bring anything for him to do so he was just messing around with whatever he could put his hands on him.
I try not to judge other parents since I dont have kids of my own and I dont know this guy or what he is going through but the way that the only time he talked to his kid was to tell him to sit still and be quiet really bothered me. Like couldn't you have brought something for him to do or play with? Its a four hour event of course this kid is going to get bored and want to play with things inside a game store.
Anyway the reason I wanted to post this rant is what this guy said to his kid during the third match. The Dad was clearly sick of his kids shit after telling him to sit still after three hours so he starts to raise his voice. This is making everyone around his pretty uncomfortable. The kids get grounded by his dad for playing with his dice (not sure if he was using it as a life counter) then the kid knocks over a plie of cards. (Not sure if it was the deck he was using or his side board) but then loses it shouts at him to pick up all the cards then says he is going to spank him when he gets home.
This really ruined the event for me and put me in a shorty mood. I just can't imagine hitting anyone I know over cardboard let alone a small child. I wish I had said something but im not sure what I would say. Maybe dont be a fucking loser and hit your kid over pieces of cardboard. I just needed to rant about this and get it off my chest. Don't know what I should have done but I wish I did something.