Jerk or Genius? Man buys 23 Burger King apple pies so loudmouth kid can NOT get 1

[Melensdad]

Not sure if this is a true story or just a story but I personally think the guy is a genius


LINK => http://consumerist.com/2014/08/06/j...le-pies-just-so-loudmouthed-kid-cant-get-one/

We’ve all had to stand in line next to some insufferable brat of a child who won’t stop shouting out his desires for the entire world to hear. But most of us don’t have the gall to do what one Burger King customer claims to have done ... a man claims that he was just trying to end his bad day on a good note by treating himself to some Burger King.

“When behind me comes this woman yapping on her cellphone with a little monster of a child,” he writes. “This kid was out of control, screaming, punching his mother throwing around a gameboy whenever something didn’t go right in the game.”

He says the mom paid more attention to her phone than to her kid, who was screaming about how much he wanted an apple pie.

The customer says his already bad headache got worse and so he asked the mother nicely to quiet her kid 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,” recalls the customer, who says the mom rubbed it in by calling her kid “sweety” and assuring him that he’d get his pie.

By the time the customer got to the front of the line, he says he could only think about how the loudmouthed brat and his mom had spoiled this little trip to BK.

“I then decide to ruin their day,” explains the customer who ordered all 23 pies the store had in stock.

“I take my order and walk towards the exit,” he recounts. “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.”

 

[EastTexFrank]

Now that is the kind of thing that I would do ... if I had only though about it ... and if ever ate at Burger King.

 

[waybomb]

The man's a hero!

Kid's gonna grow up to be a democrat.

 

[Doc]

Genius! I love it. Thanks for sharing Bob.

 

[Andrei]

So the kid was lacking a father education and the mom was ...... modern.
So he chose to punish them instead of helping.
His ego was too big to lower himself to the needy and preferred to antagonize them.
I have done both.
There is a nice satisfaction from rubbing in someone face.
But I got some fantastic satisfaction from doing something good and helping fill a void in a kids life.
I had a homeless guy rob honey combs from my hives and the warden suggested I give him a good beating and pointed to his camp.
I gave him a jar of honey and now he works for me when I need to move them and keeps an eye on them.
But then .......

 

[Leni]

There is a big difference between the story (if true) and your situation. In the one case the kid was an out of control brat who needs discipline. In your case you were dealing with a homeless man who was most likely very hungry.

 

[Melensdad]

So the kid was lacking a father education

How do you know that? We have no indication of her marital status.

and the mom was ...... modern.

For lack of better term, with regard to her child rearing and social skills, on this we agree.

So he chose to punish them instead of helping.

If you would read a bit more carefully he actually tried to talk to the mother about the child but she acted like a bitch.

His ego was too big to lower himself to the needy

How do you know they are needy? Perhaps he was needy and she was wealthy? We have no clues on their incomes.

and preferred to antagonize them. .......

Again, he actually tried to talk to the mother, when she not only rebuked him, she actually got somewhat hostile, it was only then that he antagonized them by buying all the fruit pies. Perhaps not the most Christian thing to do, but then again we don't know if he is a Christian.

 

[Andrei]

1. How do you know that? We have no indication of her marital status.

2. For lack of better term, with regard to her child rearing and social skills, on this we agree.

3. If you would read a bit more carefully he actually tried to talk to the mother about the child but she acted like a bitch.

4. How do you know they are needy? Perhaps he was needy and she was wealthy? We have no clues on their incomes.

5. Again, he actually tried to talk to the mother, when she not only rebuked him, she actually got somewhat hostile, it was only then that he antagonized them by buying all the fruit pies. Perhaps not the most Christian thing to do, but then again we don't know if he is a Christian.

1. No need to be married to be a father.
2. Good
3. So if the mother is a bitch let's punish her kids.
4. Needy is not always related to money.
5. It was expected for the mother to respond that way just by observing the son.

 

[Andrei]

In the one case the kid was an out of control brat who needs discipline.
In your case you were dealing with a homeless man who was most likely very hungry.

And that is the best way to handle an out of control brat?
Ahaaaa, honey is the best to combat hunger.

 

[JEV]

3. So if the mother is a bitch let's punish her kids.

Yep! Put the phone in your purse and take care of your child, especially when in public. Actions have consequences, and the other customer supplied justice in his own special way.

Since you choose to live in a hypothetical world as to her and her child's issues, I get the mental image of an obese mother with an equally obese whiny child, feeding him food that is further detrimental to his health. From the BK Nutrition label...

Serving size - 1 pie
Calories per serving - 320
Calories from fat - 126
Total Fat 14g 22% of Daily Value

Saturated Fat 6g 30% of Daily Value


Yeah...good stuff to feed your kid as a snack. God only knows what other fat & sugar laced snacks his mother fed him in the car just to shut him up so she could get his porker butt to his next feed bag.


This is fun speculating about things we fail to know as facts, but use against others to show our moral superiority.

Read more: Calories in Burger King - Dutch Apple Pie | Nutrition and Health Facts http://caloriecount.about.com/calories-burger-king-dutch-apple-pie-i52736#ixzz39kGRWQcN

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[Andrei]

Yep! Put the phone in your purse and take care of your child, especially when in public.

Have you ever done that or you are just brave behind the monitor?
Do you really think a mother like that will do what you ask or just smack you in the head with something?
Is the kid guilty for having such a mom?
There is a real world too.

 

[Leni]

And that is the best way to handle an out of control brat?

I didn't say that. What I said is that the child needs discipline or when he's an adult he will be in for a rude awaking.

 

[Andrei]

I agree 100% that a child needs discipline and I would add education.
And, yes, when my kid was small and threw a fit in a store I would put back all items for her and she learned very fast.
But in this crises I see antagonizing not bringing any discipline or education.
Yes, we do have a whole generation that I see compromised.
Could it be because we antagonize them?
Could it be because we ignored them?
Yes, we are stressed and aggressive and uneducated as parents and there are no winners at all.

 

[OhioTC18]

It is also alleged that the kid kept demanding an F'ing pie over and over. Don't know the accuracy but that's the story.

 

[Melensdad]

I saw "educating" in the man's action. It also qualified as antagonizing. But I think there was definitely a lesson in that too.

 

[Andrei]

Yes, I agree that when my dad smacked me around he thought it was great education.
And I have done the same until I remembered how it hardened my stand when I was antagonized.
And the best lesson I recall learning was when a parent provided mud and water to the kids and said you can play and get dirty with no problem and fear.
When my kid wanted to try smocking I joined in and we both agreed it stinks.

 

[JEV]

Have you ever done that or you are just brave behind the monitor?
Do you really think a mother like that will do what you ask or just smack you in the head with something?
Is the kid guilty for having such a mom?
There is a real world too.

We raised three children who knew what was acceptable and unacceptable behavior, both at home and when away from home. I call that active parenting, and this mother seems to have a problem with that, as the child is clearly in charge of the situation. We never expected others to have to tolerate our children's bad behavior, and would remove ourselves to an area where the child could be dealt with whenever that happened, and apologized to the affected patrons while leaving. Most people were understanding when they saw that we were doing something to stop the whining or meltdown. We were not perfect parents, but taught the kids that WE were in charge, and if they acted up there would be consequence...and we followed through when they tested us. Today they are raising their kids the same way, and can take the 3 year old into a nice restaurant without worrying there will be issues.

Hide behind a monitor? You make me laugh at your sarcasm. Or is that arrogance? Yes, we have lived through these types of situations, and dealt with them appropriately.

The mother is guilty of focusing on herself, not her child...and THAT's the real world today, or as was described earlier, the modern mother. I thank God our daughters are traditional mothers, not flippant modern mothers tolerating a child centered life with brats like this one.

 

[Wee Willy]

Screw that witch and her brat.

 

[EastTexFrank]

Screw that witch and her brat.

Not me .... but you can if you want.

 

[JEV]

Yes, we are stressed and aggressive and uneducated as parents and there are no winners at all.

Of course there are winners. The winners rise above the victim mentality and take control of their lives to become better parents than the ones who simply give up and say "this is too hard," or "I don't have the tools to work with." My father was a drunk and beat me and my 4 brothers with the strap when things didn't go his way or we messed up. That was the Eastern European mentality passed down to him from his father who was a drunk. Dad chose to be a victim of a piss poor role model, in spite of our Mother's urging to discipline differently. We learned parenting skills from those experiences before becoming parents ourselves, and none of us boys have ever laid a hand on our wives or children in anger, or even thought about taking off our belt and using it on our kids.

Uneducated is not an excuse today, even if you're dirt poor. Our eldest daughter will be 35 this week, and is an outstanding mother. She was raised by parents who cared for how she would enter life, was educated around the Internet at school and the library for free, as well as at home. She has learned much from how she was raised, as well as through self study and research, and tells me the Internet and books are still available (and free) at the local library for those wishing to rise above their circumstances and take back ownership of their, and their family's lives from the ass wipes who would have you think that you can't do it on your own.

The only reason for under-education in America is laziness, and you can only become a victim is you choose to allow yourself to become one. The stories about people who have risen above their circumstances to achieve greatness are legion, so that excuse won't work here.

Since there are no perfect parents, all of us will mess up from time to time, that's the failing of the human condition. But it's how you choose to deal with those times that makes you a winner or a loser.

Stressed and aggressive? Only if you choose to be. Remember, you are your life's puppeteer, so you choose which strings to pull to give direction to your life. Victim or winner...your strings, your choices.

 

[Andrei]

1. My father was a drunk and beat me and my 4 brothers with the strap when things didn't go his way or we messed up.
2. That was the Eastern European mentality passed down to him from his father who was a drunk.
3. Uneducated is not an excuse today, even if you're dirt poor.
4. Our eldest daughter will be 35 this week, and is an outstanding mother.
5. The only reason for under-education in America is laziness.

1. My father was never drunk and still smacked us around when we screwed up. And not 4 but 8 of us.
2. We grew up in similar environment.
3. One can teach a skill but can never teach the will to do it.
4. Space Programs, F22, C130, University educators, Indi 500 security, pharmaceutical research, water purification programs are the fields my brothers and sisters have excelled in. So?
5. Very simplistic and would not expect otherwise, but there is genetic element that most are not aware of or ignore it.

 

[JEV]

1. My father was never drunk and still smacked us around when we screwed up. And not 4 but 8 of us.
2. We grew up in similar environment.
3. One can teach a skill but can never teach the will to do it.
4. Space Programs, F22, C130, University educators, Indi 500 security, pharmaceutical research, water purification programs are the fields my brothers and sisters have excelled in. So?
5. Very simplistic and would not expect otherwise, but there is genetic element that most are not aware of or ignore it.

You cite success at work with your siblings, but you fail to address if there is any success in parenting. This is drifting off topic.
Does this mean you still embrace that parenting is a losing proposition with no winners? I also don't buy the genetic element as relates to successful parenting. I have my fathers genes but did not embrace his lack of parenting skills. Also, stop with the attack phrases and stick to the subject of parenting. You look like you lack answers when you resort to attacking me personally.

 

[Andrei]

1. You cite success at work with your siblings, but you fail to address if there is any success in parenting.
2. Does this mean you still embrace that parenting is a losing proposition with no winners?
3. I also don't buy the genetic element as relates to successful parenting.
4. I have my fathers genes but did not embrace his lack of parenting skills. 5. Also, stop with the attack phrases and stick to the subject of parenting. You look like you lack answers when you resort to attacking me personally.

1. Who am I or you to judge the success in parenting? I observe and communicate.
2. I embrace the concept of teaching by example and honesty and good will unlike the subject of the topic.
3. That is you.
4. If you knew more of genetics you could know that you might have very little genetics from your dad and more from your grandparents. Genes transfer have a complex system.
5. Did you feel attacked by my comments? Which one? Could it be true?

 

[Danang Sailor]

Bravo, JEV! Well said!!

 

[Melensdad]

1. Who am I or you to judge the success in parenting? I observe and communicate.

But political liberals like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (of whom you so highly speak) believe it "takes a village to raise a child.

 

[Andrei]

But political liberals like Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama (of whom you so highly speak) believe it "takes a village to raise a child.

Hmmmmm, Hillary is a frustrated failed woman so ......... keep her.
Barack has turned US and more upside down and made people think and debate.
Yes, it does take a social environment to raise a child and that especially when parents are not present.

 

[JEV]

1. Who am I or you to judge the success in parenting? I observe and communicate.

Originally Posted by Andrei
Yes, we are stressed and aggressive and uneducated as parents and there are no winners at all.

You cannot have it both ways. You judge success by your statement above, then say "Who am I or you to judge the success in parenting?" You appear confused. Which way is it?

And yes, you have personally attacked me twice with your condescending comments. If you cannot see it, you won't be taken seriously in debate. Just debate the issue(s) with facts. Condescending comments are childish. I have treated you as an adult, and ask the same in return if we are to continue to dialog.

 

[Melensdad]

... you won't be taken seriously in debate. Just debate the issue(s) with facts. Condescending comments are childish. I have treated you as an adult, and ask the same in return if we are to continue to dialog.

Great post. And this sums it up nicely.

I have tried to treat him with great respect and even offered many suggestions on how he could be taken seriously by answer questions and providing some backup or source materials.

He has refused to use common definitions of terms.

He has refused to provide any evidence to back up his statements.

He has driven threads off topic.

He will not answer questions or address issues when asked.

Consequently he cannot be taken seriously because he neither acts in a serious manner nor in a respectful manner.

 

[leadarrows]

I have a theory....one of the muslims obumer gave NASA too as an outreach program perhaps?

Someone sarcastically said There goes a real rocket scientist,... and he took them seriously?

One thing for sure...his goal is to be disturbing.

 

[luvs]

i have nary a qualm 'bout being put over a knee when i was ornery as a tot. my Parents, principals,- they gave u a choice. we got a paddle, or no toys/silent lunch/we went sans a recess......we were made to behave. they taught me discipline. i turned into a Chef & was prepped to be in that realm via being shown that my elders knew better than me, well before i turned into one.