The Good Grandpa

A woman in a grocery store happens upon a grandfather

and his poorly behaved 3 year-old grandson.

It's obvious to her that Gramps has his hands full with the

child screaming for candy in the candy aisle, cookies in the

cookie aisle; same for fruit, cereal and soda in their respective

aisles.

Meanwhile, Gramps is working his way around, saying in a

controlled voice,

"Easy, Albert, We won't be long -- easy, boy."

Another outburst, and she hears Gramps calmly say, "It's okay,

Albert, just a couple more minutes and we'll be out of here.

Hang in there, boy."

At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart,

and Gramps -again in a controlled voice- says, "Albert, Albert,

relax buddy, don't get upset. We'll be home in five minutes; stay

cool, Albert."

Very impressed, the woman goes outside where Gramps is

loading his groceries and the boy into the car.

"You know, sir, it's none of my business, but you were amazing

in there. I don't know how you did it.

That whole time, you kept your composure, and no matter how

loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things

would be okay. Albert is very Lucky to have you as his grandpa."

" Thanks, lady," said Gramps, "I'm Albert -- the little crap's name is Steve."