I had the privilege of being in a room full of people eagerly waiting to be sworn into the family of Canada where I noticed a disturbing behaviour.

These grown men and women have either very poor listening skills or do not understand English.

Raise your right hand, they stare right back or raise their left hand.

Remain standing, they sit.

Last row, please stand. The row in front stands.

Seriously? No wonder those annoying children in the room were whining! Adults don’t listen to instructions very well, how do we expect children to behave? O Canada, a future so bright I’m afraid to look.

Instead of banning cell phones in the room, they should really ban children. At least people react to silencing the phone much faster than they reach to silent their annoying child. Why wouldn’t they swiftly pick up that noisy annoying being and take it out of the room? Would you not remove a splint from beneath your skin immediately?

Both adults and children in Canada are getting on my nerves.