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Different parents make different choices about what they think is and is not appropriate for their children. Sometimes even the mom and dad of the same child disagree about these decisions.
What would you do if you thought your spouse bought a book for your child that was inappropriate? Would you talk it out with your spouse, set the book aside until your child is older, or try to return it?
In this story, one mom is in this situation, and she tries to return the book. In the process, she creates quite a scene at the bookstore.
Let’s read all about it.
Standing in a bookstore line when “YOU CORRUPTED MY SON!”
So I was at a bookstore today kinda dosing off in a long line when suddenly I hear from the front of the line “YOU CORRUPTED MY SON!”.
I along with main others look at the front of the line and there’s a woman with large hair with a tone that screams “head of the PTA” holding up a book. Gantz volume 1 of all books.
For those of you who don’t know, Gantz is an action manga which is quite well-done and highly recommended. However, it’s got a Mature (17+) rating on the back.
The woman was furious.
“THIS LADY SOLD SOMETHING INAPPROPRIATE TO MY TEN YEAR OLD SON!”
“I wasn’t the one who sold that to you, ma’am.” The young lady says. “Could you describe the person who sold it to you?”
She describes the person, it hits a march and the lady calls over who we’ll call Keisha. Keisha was a tall black woman who from the look on her face was not in the mood for this nonsense.
“Ma’am, I remember, he came in here with his father maybe two weeks ago looking for a book and grabbed that one. I tried to warn him it said on the back M for Mature but he was ignoring me.” Keisha says.
The mom wanted a refund.
“HE HAS HEARING PROBLEMS!” The woman shoots back. “I demand you refund me this book!”
“Okay, I’ll just need to see a receipt.”
“What?”
“Store policy mandates a receipt for each refund.”
The mom had another question.
“WELL I DON’T HAVE THAT RECEIPT IT’S PROBABLY WITH HIS DAD.”
“Then I can’t refund this.”
“WHY WOULD YOU EVEN SELL SOMETHING LIKE THIS?”
(NOTE: This is Missouri, not Utah.)
“It’s one of our most popular comics.” Keisha says. “We sell it for people who are mature enough to handle it.”
The mom didn’t get her way.
The woman storms out of line, but not before throwing the book on the ground, stomping on it, grabbing it again and going to her car.
Keisha exits, laughing her butt off.
When I finally reach my turn I’ve got a volume of Gantz in my stack of things I’m buying.
“Please tell me your parents are okay with this.” The young lady says.
“Yep.”
He wasn’t lying.
It was the truth too. I’m sixteen, I’ve been buying Gantz volumes since I was thirteen, Dad watched the TV series with me when I was eleven.
So I leave with my purchases and find the crazy lady is still out there, now in a large open space next to a vacant building next door trying to run over the book with her SUV.
I lost it and laughed all the way home.
I am not familiar with Gantz, but it sounds like that mom is going to lay into her son’s father (not sure if it’s her husband or ex) about buying this book for their son.
Let’s see how Reddit responded to this story.
Another person points out that parents feel the same way about video games.
One person shares what a librarian told his mom.
There certainly aren’t as many bookstores as there used to be!
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This person doesn’t think the boy was corrupted.
If the boy’s dad bought the book for him even after being warned that it’s mature, I wonder what else the boy’s dad has let him see and do that the mom wouldn’t like.
The person the mom should be mad at is the dad, not the retail workers who are just doing their jobs. This is a parenting conflict, not a problem with the store.