January 9, 2026 at 6:35 am

Employee Got Tired Of A Customer’s Young Son Acting Up, So He Told Her She Needed To Control The Kid Or Leave

by Matthew Gilligan

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Here we go again

It’s another story about a parent who can’t control their kid in place of business! What’s with these parents and their unruly children?

And this employee wasn’t about to deal with it!

Let’s take a look!

AITA for Warning a Customer?

“Setting: a boutique retail.

Customer comes in with her child (maybe 2 years old) looking for a product.

I work with her and try to help find best price possible while the child picks up store products. She has to consistently stop him, occasionally apologizing.

I don’t say anything.

Yikes…

This persists for about five-six minutes until he starts slamming drawers closed and I stop him from picking up something expensive by gently touching it before taking it saying “here let me have that, buddy”.

Return to look for a specific product for customer when he lifts a $405 piece of merchandise and throws it at the ground.

This is something that can easily be damaged if handled in such a way.

He had enough.

I’m a little upset at this point and tersely say “Okay, ma’am if you can’t stop him from destroying my product, I’m going to have to ask you to leave.”

I swiftly picked up the product.

She picks up the kid and says “he’s mean”.

I return to my computer to keep looking for what she wants and then she says: “You know what, forget it. This is not how you treat a customer. You are very rude, you could have asked if I could take him away from the store. He’s a baby. You must not be a parent.”

Get lost…

I said nothing in return as it’s not my place to debate the efficacy of parenting.

She left and that was that.

AITA for what I said?”

Reddit users shared their thoughts.

This person said they’re NTA.

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Another individual agreed.

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This Reddit user shared their thoughts.

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Another reader spoke up.

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And this individual had a lot to say.

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Parents…control your children in public, please!

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