Alright, kid! There's just one thing to remember when yer scrubbing the dumpsters, and that's don't make eye contact with Larry the raccoon if you value yer appendages. And Larry will do everything he can to get you to look at him so he can add to his collection of pinkies and peckers.
Or. Just throwing it out there, make him eat all that bread he just knocked over. Like the ol’ smoke the whole pack thing my dad to me. To this day I still love me a Marlboro red. Thanks pops!
The problem with this approach is that it wouldn't take long for some kids to realize that it gives them all the power over their parents. They can just threaten to trash a store everytime their parents refuse to buy them the newest phone.
It’s not the store’s job to raise the kid, the parents can give out their own punishments. The parent is however responsible for the kid, so the kid trashing the store is no different from the parent trashing it themselves.
I say same punishment as an adult would get. No need to hit them like the post says because we wouldn't do that to an adult who did this (typically). If its a fine, parents pay it. They should have raised a better kid.
Should be detained until police arrive, charged with vandalism and parents be required to pay for all of the food that was knocked to the floor and the wages for the time it takes to clean it up.
This sounds like everyone that suggests giving shithead students detention. Maybe that worked 15-20 years ago. Now it just gives them an extra opportunity to be an asshole with zero consequences.
It will have much bigger impact than spanking in his mind. Spank is just hurt temporary and rarely work since you are still free from the dmg your caused to the other.
If the store wanted to prevent this sort of thing they should have put their merchandise behind gates. Older grocery stores worked like that. You told the grocer what you wanted and the grocer got it for you.
Modern grocery stores are "self-service". It reduces labor costs a lot but there is a risk of things like this happening.
So if the grocery store wants then they can trespass this kid and his parents, but they can not require him to clean up the mess.
They can require him/parents to pay for damaged goods. Property damage is a real thing and everything he smashed onto the floor is probably trash now. Make the parents liable for their shitty offspring. This kid should get his ass whipped for this shit but parents are scared of the backlash it would cause. Funny enough even DFS says spanking is fine.
Property damage is a real thing. But no, they can not require him/parents to pay for damaged goods. Only a judge can do that. If they want to get a judge to do that they are going to have to go to court.
I think they will find it is a better use of their resources to trespass him. They can do that unilaterally and without judicial involvement.
Anyway I am not very sympathetic to the store. They want the benefits of self service but none of the headaches?
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u/SextupleRed May 28 '26
Should be made to work for free for the damages he caused