CarrollBlog

For Polish readers, the first chapter of my new novel
THE GHOST IN LOVE (ZAKOCHANE WIDMO) is posted now at www.jonathancarroll.pl

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A true story from RP, a fellow Vienna resident:

An old lady is riding a tram. There are two annoying little kids running around, being generally obnoxious. Most of the people in the tram are annoyed. She turns to a woman who appears to be the mother and asks if she could keep her kids a little more quiet and not let them run around in there, bothering all of the other passengers. At this the mother is instantly visibly offended, saying she does not believe in giving her children orders. She is raising her kids anti-authoritatively, how dare some old woman question her parenting, etc.

A teenage boy has been standing there the whole time listening. He walks over to the mother, takes the piece of gum out of his mouth that he has been chewing and sticks it to her forehead. He says "My parents raised me anti-authoritatively too." Seconds later the doors of the tram open and he walks out.