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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brittanybenton 10
It's probably a safe bet to ask the parent. YDI.
chosha_fml 27
I agree that giving the child the candy was a bad idea, but OP didn't deserve to be accused of grooming the child. That's an awful accusation.
Colon_Man 17
Well, if the mother would comb her kids' hair OP wouldn't have to...
gsiebold 8
except they did groom the child, they showed him that throwing a tantrum will get him exactly what he wants...
WhoopteDo 26
While the mom overreacted, she may have had a reason for not giving him candy. Better safe than sorry and ask.
gregjasper 10
Furry piece of shit don't **** animals
FMLollipop 8
huh.
XxDanno316xX 27
What was the point of even making this comment? Seriously.
xChaos 29
I feel the FML community has been bettered ten-fold thanks to this comment. Thank you.
Chicagoillinois 18
Honestly I'm kind of with #3.. Grooming?? They were accused of cleaning up the kid??
mrsmikelowrey 15
#29 "Grooming" is also another word to describe an adult getting a child to trust them and get close to them in order to allow the adult to more easily take advantage of the child sexually.
xTommytheGUNx 15
#29 also the fact that #3 ended with a period not a question mark indicated it wasn't a question. it was a pointless statement
pink_lightning 16
Grooming can be an innocent term to any kind of preparation. Grooming the child's bad behavior would be my immediate assumption, which is true.
Calingaladha 21
You are kind of encouraging brattiness when you do that. YDI
Elijah0 16
I give freebies away to kids all the time. It's the parents who are ****** in the head thinking that every guy who interacts with their kid is a pedo. Not only is it incredibly sexist, it's entirely inaccurate as 9/10 victims know the perpetrator beforehand.
Guy1009 15
Yes but the parent didn't want their child to have the candy. Should have told the mother about the free lolly pops before giving it to the child.
bandaidstations 28
I feel like the mother was more angry that she wasn't asked before giving candy to the child. Once it's in his hands she can't take it from him without causing more problems. She may not want him to have it for any number of reasons. Ultimately, he's her son and it's up to her what he eats. I say OP deserved this one for not asking if it was ok.
amypr 20
I'd be just as irritated by this if it was a guy or girl. I'd only worry about it being a pedophilia if they called my child around the corner and have it secretly or something creepy like that.
ACCOUNTKILLER 18
Parents are not ****** in the head for wanting to protect their children. And it's not limited to men interacting with their children. Parents teach their kids that stranger danger applies to everyone that they don't know- men, women and children and it's not just to protect them from pedophilia. They don't want a stranger coming up to their child and interacting with them because they don't know that person's motives and especially not when they are trying to parent- they don't want their children thinking "Oh whenever my mum/dad won't let me have my way, I'll just go to a stranger" and you can tell a child over and over again, don't talk to/go off with strangers and they might still do it. Yes, it's important to learn about kindness and that not every kind person wishes to harm you, but children lack the sense of judgement that adults have, which is why they are taught stranger danger in the first place. Also, as you just pointed out with many victims knowing perps, you can never be certain who will harm your children which is why parents have the attitude of 'it's best to assume the worst and protect them than be sorry.'
PhasesPhantom 22
But OP didn't know the reason he couldn't have candy. It could've been that he had a cavity or something.
squidmm 2
Mom was right. You positively reinforced poor behavior. Now the child will act up more and longer to get what she wants. YDI
haileyrows 26
You're right, but she still overreacting by accusing OP of "grooming" the child. If you weren't aware, grooming is what child molesters do to get a child to trust them. Sure, OP reinforced bad behavior and the mom had the right to be upset, but she didn't have the right to accuse OP of grooming her child.
Guy1009 15
Ask the parent first before giving anything to a child.
Colon_Man 17
Even a knuckle sandwich?
grimmotek 8
I wouldn't appreciate you going against my wishes and giving my child candy either to be honest
SuperMew 22
If the mother said no to candy, then don't offer it. Instead you address the parent, ask if the child could have a free treat softly. I would have been pissed as well. It's like people giving my dog treats without asking, by holding it out and getting the dog excited. Or wanting to feed my nephew. There are dietary restrictions and enforcement of behavior parents/guardians try to do and you need to not feed kids just because they are "cute."
vikky538 29
But its a lollipop. Not a comb. Get it. Never Mind. i will find myself out.
gobiteme2 34
Didn't get out fast enough