What would you do if you were shopping at a store when some kids came up to you and tried to bully you?

If you’re clearly an adult and they’re clearly little kids, you might not understand why they would think they could bully you.

But in today’s story, the adult in the story is pretty short, so the kids mistake her for a kid.

She doesn’t let the bullies get away with it.

Let’s see what she does.

Mistake me for a preteen and Try to Bully me at Target? I’ll squeal on you to your moms & coach.

To preface, I am a really short and skinny 20 something who could pass for a 12 year old easy.

This is relevant I promise.

A while back when this happened I was at Target with my younger sister waiting for our nail appointment.

Normal day sister bonding stuff.

I think it was 30 minutes in, when we found some ugly jackets in the menswear section and started trying them on for fun.

This can’t be good.

Next thing I know, 3 girls in volley ball uniform surround us.

First thing I notice is 2 of the 3 girls were filming us while one girl is asking rapid fire questions while holding a jacket up.

I was so surprised and sort of speechless.

My sister was also sort of stunned and silent the whole time.

What a weird demand.

Rando girl: Hey, do you think this looks good on me? (holds a jacket up)

haunter_4_hanter: Sure… I guess

Rando girl: Really?!

haunter_4_hanter: …yes?

Rando girl: Okay. Buy it for me.

haunter_4_hanter: …. Are you serious?

Rando girl: You said you thought it looked good. Buy it for me.

haunter_4_hanter: ………………….no

They didn’t let up easily.

We sort of went back and forth of me saying no and her insisting I buy her the jacket.

Her friends filming also pitched in saying I should buy her the jacket and saying if I don’t buy her the jacket than I lied about it looking good on her.

(What? Can someone explain to me why they did this, is this some sort of social media prank?)

At the same time, I am slowly walking out of the menswear section and pushing my sister trying to get away.

I could see my little sister was super uncomfortable and I know she is kind of shy so this is really mortifying for her.

That made me angry.

She realizes they must think she’s a kid.

It also occurred to me that they must think I’m some sort of preteen like them because I can’t fathom these type of kids bothering anybody with an single hair of puberty.

Honestly, they were all pudgy little jerk 10 year olds.

Meanwhile, i’m wearing my crooked glasses, messy jeans and a YMCA summer camp shirt (idk why I even own this t-shirt since I never went to their summer camp).

My little sister is also wearing her Middle School Track shirt, so both of us look like kids.

Kids like them.

She tried to sound as grown up as possible.

In my most grownup voice I could muster I say, “What. The. Heck. Are. You. Jerks. Doing? I’m 20+ years old. Do you think this is funny? What the heck is wrong with you kids? Where’s your moms?”

In my best ‘I need to speak to a manager voice’ I ask my sister, “Go find an employee.”

My sister takes off running.

This is were the girls stop laughing and start telling me to chill out and its just a prank which only makes me angrier.

Now she starts filming them.

I go in on them about how so stupid they’re being and how harassing strangers is decidedly NOT funny.

I throw in some choice swear words and I can hear my crazy voice getting higher and angrier.

I pull my phone out and start recording them and laughing manically saying, “Think this is funny?! HA HA HA”

I think this is were they started getting worried because they took off.

I tried following them, but then then a employee following my sister appeared.

She told the employee what happened.

I go on to explain how we were shopping and suddenly harassed by these three girls trying to force us to buy them things and filming us.

I think I also tear up and the employee radios his manager.

I repeat my story and show them the photos I took of little jerks, sans my crazy video.

Next thing I know those stupid kids are rounded up and surrounded by a couple employees and a really annoyed Mom.

That wasn’t the revenge. She found them on social media.

I walk past and tell them to ‘BACK OFF’ and drag my sister to our nail appointment.

But I wasn’t done.

They were wearing bright yellow volleyball jerseys with their club names.

I google and find said club and blast any email I can find. I also message their Facebook.

BUT, I’m still not done.

She does some sleuthing on social media.

I go on social media and stalk through their photos.

I find the club’s Instagram and after some work, I find their friends who have tagged some moms.

Through those moms I find their moms.

I cross reference facebook and see the girls parents with pictures of their families.

I confirm the faces of the little jerks.

Time to take action.

I blast their social media with my ‘disappointed and upset grown up voice’. I include their pictures.

I also find the Mom who was chaperoning the kids and I blast her too.

I wait.

Within Hours I have a reply from the director of the volleyball club and replies from two of the parents.

The Mom at the store didn’t reply.

The Mom who was chaperoning funnily enough blocked me.

I never got a direct apology from those jerks, but I hope having a stranger hunting them down and contacting people from their lives scared them straight.

To top it off, I posted a glowing review of the Target on how they handled the situation with little jerks’ faces.

At least one of the parents is nice.

A week later, one of the dad’s asks me to take it down, so I oblige.

He asked very nicely.

Lesson, Don’t be little jerks to people.

Scared straight. Is that lesson here?

They were only 10 years old, so this reaction seems a little extreme; however, the Mom clearly needed to keep a closer eye on them.

Let’s see how Reddit reacted to this story.

This person thinks OP might’ve overreacted, but that wasn’t necessarily a bad thing.

This person can relate to being an adult who looks like a kid.

Hopefully they don’t actually scam anyone.

This person has a friend who doesn’t like to be mistaken for a child.

It’s good for the kids to learn that their actions have consequences.

Talk about mean girls!

These girls need to be put in line sooner, not later.

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