We have seen some bad behavior this season from both youth and adults but the most consistently ill behaved person is a member of Caroline’s team. This kid is disrespectful to his parents, coaches, peers–you name it. I helped for the first half today since we had to sub in 6 players due to our large roster. Since I have been traveling, I have not learned the names of everyone on the team yet. This led to some fun as I tried to move people in and out of the game with the wrong names.
At halftime, Mr. Disrespect decided to tangle with me over the drinks his family brought for snacks after the game. He wanted one, I said no. He still wanted one and I continued to say no. Then he started to be bully me into giving him one and said I was not his mother and pulled the classic “you are not the boss of me” line. I explained to him that he had been dishing out this sort of disrespect all season but that he had met his match. I told him he was NOT getting a drink and I did not want to hear anything else about it. He tried to cry about it hoping another adult would give him a drink but he could not manage to make any tears come out, so that ended that.
Life lesson for today: enjoy your disrespectful attitude while it lasts because eventually someone is going to teach you a lesson.