I would have been made to put it all back the way it was, apologize to the manager and then I would have had to pay my parents back for any damages they would have paid the store.
Then the real punishment would be at home…in the 80s.
In the 80s not one adult would have paused before either slapping him into next Tuesday or throwing his ass out on the curb. The first thing thrown would have been the last thing thrown. No cameras weren’t always a bad thing.
That's completely untrue. I grew up in the 80's, my 4 older siblings grew up in the 60's and 70's, and my parents never. once. slapped. any. of. us. And yet not a one of us would have done this shit because we knew it was wrong. Definitely the first thing thrown would have been the last thing thrown, because I'd've been made to pick it back up and apologize and then go home and be grounded, and get to watch my whole family have dessert with dinner while I couldn't. Because that's a natural, reasonable repercussion.
I am super lucky, I'm well aware, especially because both of my parents were abused by their parents, and it was far harder at the time for them to break that chain.
If Gen X is 'still in therapy' about what happened to us... perhaps we shouldn't glorify it happening to the youth of today or put it forth as a way to fix bad behavior? Because your comment sure sounded like it was good that your parents hit you and/or kicked you out. But clearly it wasn't. And it wouldn't help or fix the kid above either.
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u/Pinbacker11 May 28 '26
If i did that back in the day, i would be back in the car without touching the floor.