Hero or villain? Man buys 23 Burger King apple pies to spite screaming child

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21. My scenario. Kid runs training wheel bike into me in store and tells me "Move!!!"

With a very commanding edge in his voice. I glanced down at him, then went back to what I was looking at on the shelf. I made absolutely no effort to move. He was about 8 or so. He tried to push past and managed to start tipping the bike over. I didn't help him right the bike until he realized he was in over his head and started calling for help from his mother. She was talking to a clerk about what bike to buy the little brat.

Did I "get one over on a kid"? I don't think so. Did I maybe give him a lesson that he doesn't always get his way instantly? Maybe.

Does it change your opinion if I tell you that in this kid's culture males are very much dominant over females? He was obviously used to bossing his mother and aunt around. Not sure if father was in the picture as he was not at the store. My guess is the kid was quite used to trying to dominate adults. If the scenario happened again and bikes were as cheap as pies, I'd consider buying out all the bikes in his size.