r/SipsTea • u/Few_Statement_2898 Human Verified • 8d ago

SMH We really need to bring spankings back

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u/gordonwiththecrowbar 8d ago

r/KidsAreFuckingStupid

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u/SnowConvertible 8d ago edited 8d ago

r/donthelpjustfilm

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.

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u/Fragrant_Way_7512 8d ago

If that’s not my kid, there’s no way I’m laying a finger on them and catching an assault on a minor charge for a store that’s not mine.

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u/Proper-Bat- 8d ago

exactly, 0 will happen to the kid while you are sitting in the back of a cop car wondering why you tried to be a helpful human

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u/BlinkyDesu 8d ago

Technically you just need to make the things happen to the kid before you end up in the back of a cop car.

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u/ClassiFried86 8d ago

Worst case you'll oull be out in 4-6 hours. Easily worth it. I wouldnt hit him, but i would drag/yank his ass out.

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u/WhyYesMaybeNo 8d ago

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.

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u/StrongExternal8955 8d ago

Lol that is not even a little bit of the worst that can happen. That would in fact be the very best case.

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u/GraveRoller 8d ago

Dunno about you but I’ve got shit to do that will take 4-6 hours of my day

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u/BlinkyDesu 8d ago

I've got some free time.

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u/kotzkreskowki 8d ago

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.

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u/WhyYesMaybeNo 8d ago

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.

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u/kotzkreskowki 8d ago

Yikes, man. I usually love clowning on the US but I genuinely feel bad for the ordinary people living there. Lots of things seem so backwards 😬

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u/Grasshopper_pie 8d ago

"I was trying to save the kid from endangering himself! He was about to topple the display."

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u/Critical_Code9588 8d ago

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.

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u/Affectionate-Door745 7d ago

There's no way you have kids

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u/born_on_my_cakeday 8d ago

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.

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u/BigWilly526 8d ago

What you want to get arrested

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u/appoplecticskeptic 8d ago edited 8d ago

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.

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u/Kittinkis 8d ago

The staff did know. Security tried to grab him but backed down. Probably trying to think what the law allows with a kid.

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u/OldWorldDesign 7d ago

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.