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In reply to the discussion: Police: Man spits on black child, calls him racial slur [View all]Chellee
(2,300 posts)depending on whether the kid was running, yelling, etc. Also the age of the kid, the younger the child the more forgiving I get. But honestly, when the behavior is totally over the top, it just starts to get funny.
Once, my daughter, my grandmother and I were at, (and I don't want to create a DU flame war here) let's just say, a certain Italian chain restaurant, having lunch. And the table next to us was exhibiting (to us) jaw droppingly shocking behavior. One kid standing on the chair and yelling. Parents putting spaghetti with tomato sauce ON THE TABLE for the baby to eat. Food on the floor in literally a two foot ring around the table. Another kid that would not sit in his seat, and would just run around, stop by the table, take a bite and take off again. But when the standing kid didn't want to eat her salad, and threw it, and a piece of lettuce landed on my grandmother's head, we couldn't help it and just burst out laughing. It was so ridiculous that we couldn't believe it was happening. They never apologized to us, or to the staff. When they left, they left what I consider a very average tip, and considering the state of that table, really substandard. The poor girl who had to clean up, walked over to the table, looked at it for a second, sighed heavily, and then started cleaning.
On edit: You know, the subthread brought up that funny memory (and my Grandmother is gone now) that I forgot about how outrageous the OP story was. Obviously, the man in the story was horrific and I'm glad he's being charged.