My hero for the day...

[OriginalShroom]

Be honest... Wouldn't you do the same thing?

So a while ago I had decided to treat myself and go to Burger King. I hadn't had the greatest of days and I had a headache coming on. It was a very long line and I was at the end of it waiting patiently.

When behind me comes this woman yapping on her cellphone with a little monster of a child. This kid was out of control, screaming, punching his mother throwing around a gameboy whenever something didn't go right in the game. The mother didn't seem to pay any attention to him and his continued yelling of 'I want a Fucking PIE'. After about 5 minutes of the line with these people behind me, I had gone from a headache to a full on migraine, but nothing was going to stop me from getting those burgers.

I calmly turn and ask her nicely if she can please calm or quiet her child down. Immediately she gets up in my face telling me I can't tell her nothing about raising her child and to mind my own business. I nod and turn around, shes still yelling at the back of my head when the child cries out again how he wants a pie, the mother consoles him, calling him sweety and ensuring they'll get pies for lunch because she loves him so much. Things immediately go back to the they were and I wait another 5 minutes before getting to the front of the line.

It turns out it was so slow because they had 1 trainee on cash during the lunch hour rush. All I can think of is how the people behind me ruined my splurge and gave me this headache. I then decide to ruin their day. I order every pie they have left in addition to my burgers. Turned out to be 23 pies in total, I take my order and walk towards the exit.

Moments later I hear the woman yelling, what do you mean you don't have any pies left, who bought them all? I turn around and see the cashier pointing me out with the woman shooting me a death glare.

I stand there and pull out a pie and slowly start eating eat as I stare back at her. She starts running towards me but can't get to me because of other lineups in the food court. I turn and slowly walk away.

 

[Avatar4321]

Moved because it's not political.

 

[Avatar4321]

and no i wouldn't do the same. Though I can certainly understand why he did.

 

[Esmeralda]

I think that's really pathetic.....feeling you have some kind of victory over someone because of bratty behavior in a line at the fast food junk restaurant. Nothing at all in any kind of way was his behavior admirable: all he did was sink to their level.

 

[Pennywise]

I think that's really pathetic.....feeling you have some kind of victory over someone because of bratty behavior in a line at the fast food junk restaurant. Nothing at all in any kind of way was his behavior admirable: all he did was sink to their level.

Assuming first off, that the story is even true-

I disagree with your thoughts. Maybe, just maybe this shitty mother will think twice about allowing her vermin seed to chimp out in public. If not, she got some of her own in return.

Win, win.

 

[rightwinger]

Bullshit internet story

 

[rightwinger]

snopes.com: Epic Apple Pie Revenge

but as others have noted, this very same story had previously been reported as a real-life retail occurrence, it's unlikely a Burger King outlet would have had two dozen prepped apple pies on hand, and an order of that many pies would have created an unwieldy bundle which the protagonist probably could not have handled easily or unobtrusively.
Read more at http://www.snopes.com/info/news/bkrevenge.asp#6CrlEAVwukgUWtkH.99

 

[Esmeralda]

I think that's really pathetic.....feeling you have some kind of victory over someone because of bratty behavior in a line at the fast food junk restaurant. Nothing at all in any kind of way was his behavior admirable: all he did was sink to their level.

Assuming first off, that the story is even true-

I disagree with your thoughts. Maybe, just maybe this shitty mother will think twice about allowing her vermin seed to chimp out in public. If not, she got some of her own in return.

Win, win.

Not win win. Behaving low class because someone else behaved low class just makes you low class too.

 

[jasonnfree]

snopes.com: Epic Apple Pie Revenge

but as others have noted, this very same story had previously been reported as a real-life retail occurrence, it's unlikely a Burger King outlet would have had two dozen prepped apple pies on hand, and an order of that many pies would have created an unwieldy bundle which the protagonist probably could not have handled easily or unobtrusively.
Read more at snopes.com: Epic Apple Pie Revenge

The story, true or not, sure brought out the true spirit of some right wingers on this board though. Even pennywise crawled out from under his rock to spread the hate.

 

[nodoginnafight]

Great, more made up internet spam.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jackson]

Okay, I'll bite. I think it's a great story, true or not. Kind of hope it's true. If I had been next to her, I would given her a high five! Truly, haven't you wanted to do something like that to a parent who can't discipline their children? Or yell in your face? (Although I would have never said anything to her in the first place...)

 

[Esmeralda]

Nope, never have wanted to do anything like that to a parent who behaved badly in public. Why should I bring myself down to their level?

 

[LoneLaugher]

Hey! You damned rotten kids! Get offa my lawn!!!!

 

[LoneLaugher]

Duplicate thread........this one has hit the echo chamber.....again.

One thing seems clear. USMB nutters are all.........every last one of them......perfect parents. Quite impressive.

 

[LoneLaugher]

Japanese people are.....partly out of necessity due to the dense population and partly due to traditions steeped in behaving with honor.....extremely respectful of others in public setting.

I think most Americans would agree that Japanese people are very well mannered, polite and considerate. It is also commonly believed that Japanese parents are very strict and disciplinarian. An unruly child would never be permitted to get his or her way. Right?

Wrong.

Glimpses of Culture Through Childrearing | Intercultural Twilight Zone

The fictional mom in the fictional Burger King story might, in her fictional reality, know something that you don't know.