and I'll say it again, there are a lot of stupid people in the world. I witnessed something today that would almost convince to have a Duggar-style family. Yes, this sounds elitist and mean, but smart, responsible, compassionate, and moral people need to have more children. You know I'm serious if I'm saying this at 39 weeks pregnant!!Today, Sean and I went to the zoo, so that I could try to see the baby orangutan. I really love orangutans, by the way. The chance to see a baby would probably be the only thing that could draw me out to a public attraction at 39 weeks pregnant. At the orangutan exhibit, the keeper was out and feeding them vegetables (which was awesome!). Two orangutans were only about 6 feet away from me and munching away on lettuce and kale. We probably stood there for about 1/2 hour watching them. I probably would have stayed longer except that I had to leave because I got so angry at this family. I was standing there and then all of a sudden someone is throwing goldfish crackers at the animals. I assumed it was one of the two boys (who looked between 8 and 11ish) and I was totally disgusted at the parents who let this happen. They walked away and I immediately ranted to Sean about how ridiculous this behavior was, especially given the fact the family was standing IN FRONT of a BIG SIGN that said, "Please respect the animals and do not throw food or objects into the exhibit". I mean how disrespectful and irresponsible can you be???
That was bad, but then the family comes back. The orangutans immediately come over to them and I see THE DAD, yes, THE PARENT, throwing goldfish crackers at the animals. I was so furious that I looked at them and said, "Hey, there's a big sign here that says, 'Don't feed the animals." Then, the mom says, "oh, really..." Yes, really...you big stupid idiot. Do you really think that goldfish crackers are part of an orangutan's natural diet??? Where's the dang staff when you need them??
Needless to say, I had to walk away because I was so angry. The thing that really sent me over the edge is that I cannot believe that the parent is modeling that type of behavior to his children. I mean, I'm sure that you've been in many situations where you think, "How can the parent let their kid act like that?" Except this time, the situation wasn't that the parent was letting the kid behave badly, the parent was behaving badly. How can you expect children of people who behave badly, to ever learn how to be appropriate?
This all leads me to my thought about how I maybe should have more children...but, I think that I might adopt them, I don't know how many more times I want to be 39 weeks pregnant:) Oh, I didn't get to see the baby, but the trip was totally worth it, look how close the orangutans were!!
