I'm an angrier person as a dad.

Last night I was at a Canucks game and the good guys were down 2 goals. The season is on the line with this game and the Nucks just aren't putting it all together. As it always is when we play Canadian teams, there's probably close to as many Edmonton fans as Canuck fans there so there's a bunch of people cheering for Edmonton and then there's the Canuck fans that aren't happy at the game.

This drunk guy a row behind us is standing up and screaming at the top of his lungs with some of the worst language I've heard. He's swearing at the Edmonton fans. He's swearing at the Canuck fans for giving up on the team. He's going at it for about 5 minutes when the guy behind him asks him to sit down because he can't see. The guy freaks out and starts in on that guy. Worst part? There's a girl about 7-8 years old sitting right in front of him watching the game with her dad. The drunk guy then drops his beer - ON THE GIRL. I wanted to pummel that guy. I'd have been mad at that before - but now as a dad, I'm infuriated.

Today, I took Rachel to McDonalds for a daddy date. We're eating and enjoying our lunch when this little punk kid about 8 years old comes in and starts climbing all over the outside of the equipment. No parent or adult with him. So the staff come in and tell this kid to get down or he's going to get booted. They leave and he starts doing it again. Meanwhile, he's cursing and just being an idiot. There's us, this kid and another nice family in there. Finally, grandma comes in with lunch and I'm thinking the kid is going to get better. Instead, the kid screams back at grandma and basically ignores her when she talks to him. And Rachel's watching this kid.
I wanted to spank the daylights out of that kid. But that's not acceptable so instead my date with my daughter is ruined as both the other family and us, left without allowing our kids to play like we'd promised.