Crying Game

 

"Cry Area", Christ the King Church

 

 

Recently I have been returning to church after a short absence, 30 years or so. I noticed this sign at the back of the church.  I'm not sure how common they are now, but I really don't recall having seen them in the past.

 

It did strike me what a good idea it was.  Having a special area parents could take their young children when they started to cry.  Loudly.  Often uncontrollably.  Very loudly.

 

What a nice thing, not only for the children and their parents, but for the congregation as a whole. And for the priest, who can once again compose his thoughts clearly and concisely.

 

Then I began to think, where else could society benefit from a well placed CRY AREA?

 

Restaurants. That would be a given.  And for the sake of the bedeviled parents it should be close to the bar.

 

Grocery stores.  Put them in the diaper aisle.  Parents of young children are going to be in that aisle sooner or later, and everyone else naturally passes it by.

 

Government buildings, such as city hall.  Put it in the Mayor's office.  Or in the City Council's meeting room.  No one will ever notice the additional whining.

 

Airplanes, between the 1st class passenger cabin and the cockpit.  First it will deter any would be hijackers. Second the 1st class passengers need a taste of the real world.

 

My mind wandering the way it does also began to speculate that a "CRY AREA" would be a nice thing for grownups as well.  We could all use a good cry from time to time.  The question then begs itself where would the adult CRY AREA be the most useful?

 

At work.  On those days you spend 6 solid hours creating The Greatest Spreadsheet in the World, and one careless bump of the coffee cup .... gone.  Maybe for those times you get out of a 2  hour meeting that should have been a 3 minute phone call.

 

Along the freeway.  When it hits you, you're on your way to work again. Or, when it hits you, you're on your way home again.

 

At the local convenience store, next to the gas pumps. 

 

There should be two at the mall.  One for men when they see all the stuff their wives bought.  One for women when they see all the stuff their husbands bought.

 

At the IRS office. Also next to the bar area. 

 

I know the IRS doesn't have a bar.  They should. 

 

One with a CRY AREA.