Episode 317
Grocery Store Showdown: The Rude Kid and the Slow Old Man!
So, here’s the scoop: we’re diving into a wild debate that’s making waves again about a grocery store showdown between a mom and an old dude! Yep, you heard it right. The drama kicked off when the old man called the mom’s seven-year-old daughter “rude” after she flipped him the bird. Classic parenting fail, right? Instead of teaching the kiddo about manners, mom goes all defense attorney on the old guy—like, c’mon, lady! We’re dishing out some laughs as we unpack how sometimes kids are just little bundles of sass, and parents need to step up their game. Buckle up for some giggles as we explore this epic clash of generations and sprinkle in some good ol’ parenting wisdom (or lack thereof)!
Takeaways:
- A viral grocery store drama resurfaces, proving that even a year later, drama's still got legs!
- A seven-year-old flipped off an old dude—cue the parental defense mode like a bad sitcom plot twist!
- Kids can be rude, and this mom's defense is as wild as a rollercoaster ride!
- When parents jump to defense mode instead of teaching respect, it's a major parenting fail!
- Old folks may be slow, but that doesn't mean they can dodge the rudeness radar of a sassy kid!
- Remember, folks: If your kid's flipping the bird, maybe it's time for a chat, not a courtroom!
Transcript
Ed Tastack and people online are debating an incident that's actually technically a little over a year old.
Speaker A:But it's gone viral again.
Speaker A:After some big websites refreshed it, people are debating it all over again.
Speaker A:But essentially this woman goes up to an older man in a grocery store and gets mad at him because he called her seven year old daughter rude.
Speaker A:I'm just going to play some of the audio here.
Speaker B:Excuse me.
Speaker B:Excuse me, sir?
Speaker C:Yeah?
Speaker B:Did you say that my daughter is rude?
Speaker B:Yeah, I did.
Speaker C:She gave me the finger.
Speaker B:Well, I wouldn't have done that if he wasn't being a slow ass.
Speaker B:Are you serious, Amelia?
Speaker B:Well, listen, whether she's.
Speaker B:Whether she gave you the finger or not, then maybe you should have gotten out of her way.
Speaker C:Yeah, I know I'm old.
Speaker C:I'm kind of slow.
Speaker B:So that means that you get to tell her she's rude.
Speaker B:Well, she's rude.
Speaker B:She's rude, but she's not rude.
Speaker B:She's only seven.
Speaker C:Well, I thought she was being rude,.
Speaker B:But were you in her way?
Speaker C:Probably so.
Speaker B:Don't you think that maybe you don't own the store just because you're driving a cart?
Speaker B:I think that you think all this is funny, and it's not funny, sir.
Speaker C:Well, I'm her elder.
Speaker C:You need to show me a little respect.
Speaker B:Well, maybe you need to not think that you own the store because you're driving a cart.
Speaker A:I'm going to say one negative thing about the old man and I know I'm going to catch some hate for this.
Speaker A:I do not necessarily.
Speaker A:I get Respect your elders.
Speaker A:That doesn't give you a blanket license.
Speaker A:That being said, the thing that jumps out to me the most isn't even the little girl flipping off the old man.
Speaker A:It's the mother's defense because she says she can't be rude.
Speaker A:She's only seven.
Speaker A:Wait a minute.
Speaker A:Seven year olds can absolutely be rude.
Speaker A:In fact, seven year olds are famous for being rude.
Speaker A:They're tiny little people who've not learned the difference between thoughts and things you actually say out loud.
Speaker A:If anything, seven is when you're supposed to be correcting the behavior.
Speaker A:Can you imagine this defense for anything?
Speaker A:Your Honor, my client can't be speeding.
Speaker A:He's only 16.
Speaker A:He's just learning to drive.
Speaker A:Your honor, she can't be bad at math.
Speaker A:She's only in math class.
Speaker A:That's where the learning happens.
Speaker A:And let's be honest here, the little girl didn't just quietly roll her eyes.
Speaker A:She admitted that she flipped him off, called him a slow ass.
Speaker A:And I'm not gonna blame the kid entirely because 7 year olds didn't invent the phrase slow ass or the middle finger.
Speaker A:Those are things that got downloaded from somewhere else and I bet I know where from.
Speaker A:To be fair, the old man seems pretty calm considering he just got verbally attacked by someone who still needs help reaching the cereal on the top shelf.
Speaker A:And I get it.
Speaker A:We've.
Speaker A:We've all been stuck behind somebody moving at continental drift speed at the grocery store.
Speaker A:Just sigh dramatically and go around them when you have a chance.
Speaker A:Don't deploy obscene gestures.
Speaker A:The real issue here isn't that the 7 year old was rude and she was absolutely rude.
Speaker A:Kids are rude sometimes.
Speaker A:The issue is is that the quote unquote adult in the situation heard the story and went into defense attorney mode instead of parent mode.
Speaker A:If your child flips off a stranger and your first instinct is to argue with the stranger, you are not solving the problem.
Speaker A:You are the problem.
Speaker A:Learn to be a parent.
Speaker A:The world does not need free range kids.
