coulda heard a pin drop

Posted by | June 25, 2008 | 12 Comments

My tween daughter Susie Q (not her real name) has a hard time breaking away from whatever she is doing to come when she is called. Although her excuses vary, there was a time when, no matter what I asked of her, her reply was always this:

“One sec.”

You may imagine that grew a bit tiresome as seconds rolled into minutes and minutes rolled into…well, you know.

Which is what prompted the following exchange that took place in a somewhat public location:

Me: “Susie, come here NOW, please.”

Susie: “One sec!”

Me (loudly and emphatically): “NO MORE SECS!”

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12 Responses to “coulda heard a pin drop”

  1. b.
    June 25th, 2008 @ 10:26 pm

    DOH!!

  2. Jane @ What About Mom
    June 25th, 2008 @ 10:32 pm

    Funny.

    I am just realizing how incredibly annoying it is when someone is, ahem, stuck in a book. Who thought it would be a good idea to teach the kids to read?

  3. Wendy
    June 25th, 2008 @ 11:24 pm

    That’s hilarious! Oops!

  4. Mrs. Organic
    June 25th, 2008 @ 11:58 pm

    Classic!

  5. Jennie
    June 26th, 2008 @ 12:08 am

    Did your husband hear that?

  6. Dalene
    June 26th, 2008 @ 12:13 am

    Excellent comment Jennie!

  7. Lisa
    June 26th, 2008 @ 1:27 am

    Ha Ha Ha!!!!

  8. Mommom
    June 26th, 2008 @ 8:20 am

    That’s Awesome!!

  9. elizabeth-w
    June 26th, 2008 @ 9:39 am

    Love it!

  10. Justine
    June 26th, 2008 @ 10:53 am

    HA!

  11. Kristy
    June 28th, 2008 @ 10:53 pm

    Whoopsies!

  12. Zina
    June 29th, 2008 @ 1:43 am

    I’ve heard elsewhere of this exact exchange happening, and funnily enough I was just thinking, tonight, when my daughter said, “Just a minute,” and I shouted back, “No minutes!” that I was grateful she says minutes instead of sec.



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