When my kids have friends over from school, their parents often call on their mobile phone to tell them they are waiting in the car out front to pick them up. They are too lazy and impolite to come to the door and meet us.
I always walk to the door when I am picking my kids up from their friend's house, introduce myself to the parents, and thank them for having my kids over.
Am I an old fuddy dud for finding this rude and annoying?
It is rude. I think that their lives are too busy to be actually involved with their childs activities. I mean really, these are the ones that put their children into childcare at the age of 12 months. They also drive to the gym to walk on the treadmill.
Traditional parenting is long gone
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
When my kids have friends over from school, their parents often call on their mobile phone to tell them they are waiting in the car out front to pick them up. They are too lazy and impolite to come to the door and meet us.
I always walk to the door when I am picking my kids up from their friend's house, introduce myself to the parents, and thank them for having my kids over.
Am I an old fuddy dud for finding this rude and annoying?
Did you think that maybe they don't like you ? 
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
When my kids have friends over from school, their parents often call on their mobile phone to tell them they are waiting in the car out front to pick them up. They are too lazy and impolite to come to the door and meet us.
I always walk to the door when I am picking my kids up from their friend's house, introduce myself to the parents, and thank them for having my kids over.
Am I an old fuddy dud for finding this rude and annoying?
No its rude, i normally will chase the child out to the car and introduce myself anyway..
If I'm dropping someone else child off, ill often walk to the door with them also, unless i know the parents well, then i just toot and wave
Dude
If you answered the door looking like that
I'd call on a mobile from the safety of my car as well
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
When my kids have friends over from school, their parents often call on their mobile phone to tell them they are waiting in the car out front to pick them up. They are too lazy and impolite to come to the door and meet us.
I always walk to the door when I am picking my kids up from their friend's house, introduce myself to the parents, and thank them for having my kids over.
Am I an old fuddy dud for finding this rude and annoying?
They're obviously lacking any class or style so you probably don't want to meet them anyway.
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
When my kids have friends over from school, their parents often call on their mobile phone to tell them they are waiting in the car out front to pick them up. They are too lazy and impolite to come to the door and meet us.
I always walk to the door when I am picking my kids up from their friend's house, introduce myself to the parents, and thank them for having my kids over.
Am I an old fuddy dud for finding this rude and annoying?
New rule Harrows joint, you come to play, we "WONT"let you out the front until Mum or Dad come to the door... Dead easy. Keeps the young guns safe, and teaches the parents about politeness. Plus some kids might have an or right looking Mum as well
A funny story...
A couple of months ago we held a birthday party for one of my kids. A mother, that we had never met, came to pick up her daughter, and in her rush did not come over and say "hello" or "thank you". However, as they walked out the front gate, the daughter turned and mouthed the words "thank you" to me. I innocently yelled back "your welcome" and gave her a wave.
The mother heard me, but did not realise I was just replying to her daughter. She turned back, thinking I was having a shot at her for not saying "hello", and her face turned such a bright crimson from embarrassment that I actually felt quite sorry for her.
Select to expand quoteHarrow said..
A funny story...
A couple of months ago we held a birthday party for one of my kids. A mother, that we had never met, came to pick up her daughter, and in her rush did not come over and say "hello" or "thank you". However, as they walked out the front gate, the daughter turned and mouthed the words "thank you" to me. I innocently yelled back "your welcome" and gave her a wave.
The mother heard me, but did not realise I was just replying to her daughter. She turned back, thinking I was having a shot at her for not saying "hello", and her face turned such a bright crimson from embarrassment that I actually felt quite sorry for her.
How can you be sure she mouthed the words "thank you" maybe you miss took the "thank you " for "f........ you"
bet you are all mouthing both words now to check 
LOL, the last time i picked up my daughter i didn`t have my phone so i tooted the car horn until she came out !
Select to expand quotekiteboy dave said..
-edit beat me scotty
S&M version of Star Trek?
Select to expand quoteesoom said..
LOL, the last time i picked up my daughter i didn`t have my phone so i tooted the car horn until she came out !
Good example for when her boyfriend comes to pick her up
Select to expand quoteMark _australia said..kiteboy dave said..
-edit beat me scotty
S&M version of Star Trek?
This time it's very funny
The bigger concern is, that the parents of those kids don't care what sort of house/family their kids just visited (no direct reference to you Harrow - just talking in general). Whenever i let my kids visit friends, i first take initiative to meet the parents and suss them out before i let my kids go to someone's house. There is too many weirdos living on this planet unfortunatelly. The least i can do is meet the family and work out if they are normal people before letting my kids into their house.
Select to expand quotesuperlizard said..
The bigger concern is, that the parents of those kids don't care what sort of house/family their kids just visited (no direct reference to you Harrow - just talking in general). Whenever i let my kids visit friends, i first take initiative to meet the parents and suss them out before i let my kids go to someone's house. There is too many weirdos living on this planet unfortunatelly. The least i can do is meet the family and work out if they are normal people before letting my kids into their house.
A few years ago one of my sons had a friend from school visit our house, he asked if said friend could sleep over... Sure, no problem...
The friend slept over a few times and got into a routine of coming direct from school on friday with my son, staying the entire weekend and returning to school on Monday with my son. I guess he stayed probably 20 weekends over a year or so. For the entire time, not once did his parents make any contact at all.
He always said his parents were ok with him staying and his behaviour was generally ok. I found it odd that his parents seemed to take zero interest in checking out the people their son was with...
I remember as a kid having "manners" almost (only almost) belted into me and my sister. As a kid I could not for the life of me understand Why TF "please" "thank you" "hello" "goodbye" "excuse me" "may I...." etc was given so much significance.
Now, watching numerous friends and family members bring up their kids, and seeing/hearing the different approaches these parents have to "manners" I'm both amazed and thankful that manners were taught to me. It's a remarkably sad reflection on the parents concerned when kids aren't taught to be polite - and a terrible indictment on the kids' future attitudes.
When they call you could try going out with a tray with some tea, coffee, sugar, milk and biscuits etc on it and present it to them at their car and just say, "hello, I'm........seeing you couldn't make it to the door I thought I'd come outside and introduce myself so we can get to know each other...sugar and milk?", it might p... them off, embarrass them or make them aware just how rude they are being 
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I always walk to the door when I am picking my kids up from their friend's house, introduce myself ...
Always walk to the door.
I've met some really good looking young mums in my days that way..
^^^
And always check out what they have in their basket
It's a very good indicator of whether they are single or not
I heard there is a code when out shopping if you have your breakfast cereal upside down in the kids seat of the trolley then your either single or up for it . I tried it . Its never worked for me but bacon & eggs doesn't go upside down.
Harrrow i bet you live on the northern beaches .
Where people are just so stuck up they wouldn't say hello to anybody & the theory is well if they can afford to live here they must be alright we don't need to get to know them . We could always sue them if something goes wrong .
I have kids over all the time four kids just isn't enough apparently Every weekend there is at least one kid staying over .
All the parents come in we know them see them at sports & shops sometimes its like a mothers meeting at home.
My youngest boys have a friend who's got a single mum & he loves to come over & make stuff in the shed with me & the boys & i think she appreciates that he gets some male influence .
I just bought the boys a scrolling saw & they are now making rubber band guns & i expect to get all there mates over to make them soon .
But i live out west were people are not stuck up snobs.
Select to expand quoteactiomax said..
I heard there is a code when out shopping if you have your breakfast cereal upside down in the kids seat of the trolley then your either single or up for it . I tried it . Its never worked for me but bacon & eggs doesn't go upside down.
Harrrow i bet you live on the northern beaches .
Where people are just so stuck up they wouldn't say hello to anybody & the theory is well if they can afford to live here they must be alright we don't need to get to know them . We could always sue them if something goes wrong .
I have kids over all the time four kids just isn't enough apparently Every weekend there is at least one kid staying over .
All the parents come in we know them see them at sports & shops sometimes its like a mothers meeting at home.
My youngest boys have a friend who's got a single mum & he loves to come over & make stuff in the shed with me & the boys & i think she appreciates that he gets some male influence .
I just bought the boys a scrolling saw & they are now making rubber band guns & i expect to get all there mates over to make them soon .
But i live out west were people are not stuck up snobs.
A green thumb from me for being a male role model (and showing the boys how to make stuff)
Cheers thanks .
Mate best $200 I ever spent on scroll saw kept them amused for weeks in holidays . My wife got me metal detector from aldi for $80 yesterday so I can check used timber before it goes through the thicknesser for nails & I wasn't surprised to find the yard full of holes . But I was totally astounded to find they had dug up a rock with a bit of gold in it .
Hope when I get home they found they found mother load .
My kids friends parents come to the door with a bottle of wine in hand..
I'm thinking it's more about the parents catching up rather then the kids. My wife is just glad my boys are friends with kids whose mothers like wine..
Here's an example of good parenting:
A few years ago on Halloween I answer the door to around a 6 year old boy who was being walked around town caringly by his mother.
That's enough about the boy for a second.
Mum has past the knee black leather boots, a skin tight leather cat suit leather dress type thing barely covers her butt and has a zipper down the front. She has bolt ons and the zipper down to reveal most of them. She also has a leather whip........ If I was being crude I guess i'd score around a 9.
Back to the boy....... In total dissaray at what his Mum had done to my temporary sanity got every lolly and chocolate I had tipped into his bucket.
What a thoughtful and caring mother to ensure that her boy received more than his share of chocolates that Halloween.
