Today, while I was working at a supermarket, a kid started to cry in line because he couldn't get candy. Since we have free lollipops behind the desk, I gave him one. His mom complained to my manager and said I was grooming her child. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my son asked for candy at a supermarket checkout. I said no. He laid on the floor and began screaming as if I'd killed his pet rabbit. Other parents nodded at me in silent sympathy, while strangers judged me with their glares. I bought the candy. He still screamed. FML
Today, while working at my local supermarket, I found a boy lost and wandering about, so I took him to the front desk. My reward from his mother was a slap around the face and harsh words for supposedly having kidnapped him. FML
Today, at my store, I had an old man violently accuse me of charging him for an extra pack of 99¢ Mounds candy yesterday. He held up my line for 10 minutes, fighting me about it. I didn't even work yesterday. FML
Today, a child was choking in the store I work at. He was alone in the aisle, so I started the Heimlich without his parents' permission. After dislodging what was caught, his mother turned the corner and went screaming to my manager for touching her kid. I got a write up. FML
Today, I was at the mall, I saw a girl crying that her ice cream had fallen on the floor. Feeling generous, I bought her a new one. She threw it on the ground, laughed, and came over to her mom and told that I was bothering her, so the mom called security. FML
Today, I was so tired at the pet store I was working at that I accidentally offered a kid a dog treat instead of their dog. He ate it. While his mom watched. FML
Today, at my job as a cashier, a man and his 3-year old son got in line. The father said, "Give this to the pretty lady," looking at me. The kid looks at me, looks at his dad, and walks over to the next cashier. FML
Today, a kid got his hand stuck inside my store's giant gumball machine. He started crying, and his negligent trainwreck of a mom bitched me out for being "unobservant." I'd been mopping up the mess she'd made after she'd spilled an open can of beer all over the floor. FML
Today, while at my job in a candy store, a boy stuck his hand into the bin, contaminating the candy. As I politely explained that the dad had to purchase the affected candy he refused, yelled, then angrily agreed to buy them. The total cost of the candy with the extra pieces? $1.69. FML
Today, I waved at a baby while standing in line in a store. It started screaming. Its mom looked over in mild concern and gave me a disturbed glare before moving to the next checkout counter over. FML
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WhoopteDo 26
While the mom overreacted, she may have had a reason for not giving him candy. Better safe than sorry and ask.
Calingaladha 21
You are kind of encouraging brattiness when you do that. YDI
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Comments (120)
loubabe69 19
That poor kid, I see a life of hell ahead of him.
Geckosrock99 33
We must not be reading the same FML if you see a life of hell for that kid when I don't.
loubabe69 19
Most of these comments are ******* stupid, the OP never said why the kid couldn't have candy.. For all we know his mother might not have had the money.
militarybrat 21
You get it. Smh right? Lol.
Geckosrock99 33
The kid was crying in public over not getting candy. That's a fit. If you give a kid what they want while they are throwing a fit, they will just keep doing that and won't learn that it isn't okay. They will grow up to be spoiled brats if it keeps going. Doesn't matter if it was a money issue or not. Mom said no and the kid got it anyway. I'd file a complaint too, just not one as harsh as the mom did.
militarybrat 21
You must be a guy. Mothers wouldnt do that if it was a woman because "women cant be sexual predators"
schreibergx93 19
I do agree with her complaint. The mom was not getting her child candy for a reason, and you showed her he can be disrespectful and get what he wants anyway because he was crying and you felt sympathetic for him. In my opinion, YDI.
SuperMew 22
No. It is never okay to accuse someone of wanting to harm a child... when they made a stupid mistake. There was a guy who was taking a selfie and the Mom accused him of snapping perv shots. She went on a campaign to ruin this guys life. He got threatened. When he proved he wasn't taking pictures at all, he still has his life slandered because of it. What the mother had a right to do is complain. "Your employee gave my child candy when I said no. I find that very dangerous and just wanted to say something." Then you move on. Op might have overreached, but giving a kid candy isn't the worst crime in the world.
holyshitbatman 20
you totally deserved it. you never give candy to children without parental permission. you basically awarded his temper tantrum.
becca1998 22
Uhhhh kids are brats why the hell would you do that? Just encouraging them to be more of a brat basically by giving them what they want
khalil_kaf 8
maybe the kid is diabetic?? or he just have one of those cop moms
rldostie 19
Mom overreacted on the whole "grooming" thing but this is pretty YDI. If a parent isn't giving candy to their child, it's not your place to step in and do it. Especially if said kid is crying. Then you're just rewarding the child for bad behavior and the parent is going to have to work that much harder to break the habit. Your heart may have been in the right place, but next time ask the parent first before giving a kid candy.
deathperado 0
And the kud will remeber strangers might give them candy....bad choice really
MrPortalFan 21
YDI, don't contradict the parent unless she's being legitimately abusive. All you have done is encourage brattiness
GrumpyGrinch 23
Idiot. If I was that mother I would have wanted to kill you. For giving crap to my child, for enforcing bad behavior, for undermining mother's authority. She simply did next mean but legal thing short of killing you. Hope you have your records messed up now.
Helldemon 32
You're name definitely fits you. Quite a horrible person you are.