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By Anonymous - 18/02/2014 16:31 - United States

Today, while waiting in line at a store, a toddler behind me was throwing a major meltdown while his father yelled at him, giving me a migraine. I turned to the woman behind me and said, "Can you believe this kid? I feel sorry for his mother." Turns out the woman was his mother. FML

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By NinjaTurtle93 - 17/02/2021 21:30

Today, I overheard a lady tell her child in a store that, “If you don’t stop crying, I’ll tell that guy over there to take you away.” She was referring to me. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/09/2010 04:27 - Canada

Today, a crying kid was brought to my attention by a customer. He was so upset from losing his mom that he couldn't say his or his mom's name. I took him around the store asking him to point out his mom. Once we'd found her she told me, "I was hiding from my kid to test his independence." FML

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By Nottheprettylady - 05/04/2009 01:07 - Canada

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

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flashback.miss 28

Tuesday 18 February 2014 19:01

the mother was probably embarrassed and distressed. hopefully it's not a daily occurrence.

weveallbeenthere 30

Tuesday 18 February 2014 19:04

I bet she agreed with you.

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ashsaunde 13

Tuesday 18 February 2014 19:46

YDI all the way. The kid's parents were probably just as annoyed as you were. No one likes listening to tantrums but you didn't have to say anything. You can't always get a kid to calm down. I do say one parent should have taken the child outside though since they were both there.

JMichael 25

Tuesday 18 February 2014 19:48

Think before you speak. It helps.

tiffi_is_spiffi 1

Tuesday 18 February 2014 19:52

You deserved that one!! You have no idea why the kid was having a meltdown. When my son was little he would have meltdowns everywhere cause he has autism and most things he just couldn't handle.

amypr 20

Tuesday 18 February 2014 19:52

Shocking - a child acting like a child.

itsjusttofunny 8

Tuesday 18 February 2014 20:08

the funny thing about this is that if that was my child and you would have said that to ME, I would have told you too goto hell and made a comment about your oversized head.