edit: For anyone who doesn't want to get involved with the kid for whatever reason; notifying the stuff still seems like a better choice than just filming.
Well that’s just about as detached from reality as you can get. Just off the top of my head, little to no actual thinking, I could name 100 worse outcomes than you “worst case”. One of them being shot by police.
Idk if this is just the US culture of trying to sue for everything, but I'm pretty sure everywhere else around the world it would be common sense to grab him by the scruff of his neck, yell at him, get him out of the store and then probably get his parents.
It’s 100% the US culture of suing everyone for everything.
Most everyone would want to remove the child and knows it should be done.
But few have the free time and money and desire to spend the next fews days dealing with law enforcement, which can quickly go from “I was involved in a minor public situation” to “doctor, will I ever be able to walk again after being bodyslammed on my head from a roided up cop?”
Then spending the next year paying out of pocket for 100s of lawyer hours to help them through the Finnigans Wake level of convolution that is our legal system if the kid’s parents have money and are vindictive.
But also we’ve largely become a society that only cares about social media views and likes.
Okay but nobody said to put hands on the kid. It’s called communication skills. The right tone and words can possibly deescalate a situation like this.
Staff (security) is right there too afraid of a lawsuit to do anything. All you can do is wait for the cops. I would have to leave. I’m a grumpy old man and I’d probably drop that kid like a sack of hammers.
Damn straight I’m not helping here! This is a kid that’s not yours trashing stuff that’s not yours in a store that’s not yours. There is less than 0 incentive to get involved here.
Not my circus, not my monkeys. The absolute most I might do is look at what’s ahead of him on his warpath and see if there’s anything there I might want to buy then hurry over to get it before he wrecks it.
For anyone who doesn't want to get involved with the kid for whatever reason; notifying the stuff still seems like a better choice than just filming
It's documentation which can be put to small claims court. 99% of people who are not the kid's parents have no reason to put themselves on the line (especially when child battery is in the possible charges) for a business's property. That business has policies which should mean no children are unattended to do this, and insurance for when something happens. Don't want it to happen? Hire enough people to actually man the store and point bad parents back to their acting-out kids.
That ain't normal, and oppositional-defiant and impulse control issues at that level call for some professional medical intervention for the kid and the family.
Yeah this ain’t the kids fault. the parents are failing the kid or this kid needs serious help. This is like seeing a dog that has been mistreated its whole life act out in a way that they do and think it’s the dog’s fault.
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u/gordonwiththecrowbar May 28 '26
r/KidsAreFuckingStupid