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...acting like a kid.
So the fiance and I went into the big blue box store to return a few items and to pick up a goofy tie for my works xmas party. While we are waiting in line I hear a kid (maybe about 8-10) throwing a tempter tantrum up front.
Apparently he had purchased a DS game, opened it, and wanted a different one. Of course most sensible people know that no store would do a return like that. His main arguments where as follows.
"Please please please!!!"
"But I didnt even play it!!!"
"But why not!?"
At one point he even started reading the return policy and accusing the workers of lying. I noticed he skipped over the "Games to be returned unopened" part which was actually in the middle of what he read out loud to the workers.
Now I noticed two things at this point that made this a bit more then an average temper tantrum. One is that the kids dad/uncle/grandfather/male adult guardian of some sort was standing and not saying much of anything as this child was carrying the "conversation" to the service clerk. I believe there was a language barrier with the adult but it was obvious the child was pleading the "unfair card" and whining and he did nothing about it. In fact he would pipe in with a comment or two supporting what the child was saying!
The other thing I noticed, and why I found this whole situation pretty funny, is that the kid managed to climb up the chain of command from the service clerk, to the area supervisor, to the area manager, and to the Assistant Manager using purely the excuses of "please please please" and "That's not fair!"
Was an odd sight to say the least. And no, he didn't get his return.
So the fiance and I went into the big blue box store to return a few items and to pick up a goofy tie for my works xmas party. While we are waiting in line I hear a kid (maybe about 8-10) throwing a tempter tantrum up front.
Apparently he had purchased a DS game, opened it, and wanted a different one. Of course most sensible people know that no store would do a return like that. His main arguments where as follows.
"Please please please!!!"
"But I didnt even play it!!!"
"But why not!?"
At one point he even started reading the return policy and accusing the workers of lying. I noticed he skipped over the "Games to be returned unopened" part which was actually in the middle of what he read out loud to the workers.
Now I noticed two things at this point that made this a bit more then an average temper tantrum. One is that the kids dad/uncle/grandfather/male adult guardian of some sort was standing and not saying much of anything as this child was carrying the "conversation" to the service clerk. I believe there was a language barrier with the adult but it was obvious the child was pleading the "unfair card" and whining and he did nothing about it. In fact he would pipe in with a comment or two supporting what the child was saying!
The other thing I noticed, and why I found this whole situation pretty funny, is that the kid managed to climb up the chain of command from the service clerk, to the area supervisor, to the area manager, and to the Assistant Manager using purely the excuses of "please please please" and "That's not fair!"
Was an odd sight to say the least. And no, he didn't get his return.
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