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Teaching your kids how to buy items at a store is important, but parents need to keep an eye on the situation, or it could lead to trouble.

That is what happened in this story when a kid forgot to take his change from the cashier.

The cashier kept the money aside to give to him when the mistake was realized, but instead the parents got upset at what happened and threatened a lawsuit against the store.

These parents really acted ridiculously. Read through the full story and see what you think.

Parents should accompany their kids when ordering food

One morning at my bulk store while I was helping customers, a kid about 9-years-old comes up with a 20 dollar bill and orders 2 bags of chips that together cost $1.78.

It is kind of a cute mistake.

He hands me the $20 and as I’m gathering his change, he walks away. I try to call him back but he keeps walking, and it seems he doesn’t hear me.

I see him walk to his mom, who’s in line to pay for the other items she got from the rest of the store. They’re too far to hear me call after them, and I couldn’t leave the other people I was serving, so I set his change and receipt under the register because I thought “his mom would make him come back, and if not I’ll catch them before they leave.”

Well, this isn’t true.

My section was right next to the exit. 10 minutes later I was right, he comes back and I give him his change and receipt.

15 minutes after that, my manager pulls me away and tells me that woman complained that I refused to give her son his change and told her son that he doesn’t get any change.

What kind of parent would act like this?

I explained my side, but my managers have to review the security tapes anyway. They see I was telling the truth.

The next day, the woman comes back threatening to sue, but we offer to show her the tapes to prove her son left his change and at that point she drops her accusation and leaves.

This is a good lesson for parents to learn.

Moral of the story: please stay with your child when ordering items.

The parents should have been thanking the worker for setting the money aside. Plus, they should have been watching their child to ensure they didn’t make this type of mistake.

Check out what the people in the comments have to say about what happened.

This is how a child should be.

What could they have sued for?

This would get annoying for sure.

This person had a somewhat similar story.

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Parents can really be the worst.

Parents often trust their children, even when it is clear that they are lying or wrong. Did they really think that this cashier was trying to steal from the kid?

And honestly, even if he was, that is on them for not watching their kid at the store.