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Craft Store Worker Praised After Lying to Make Shopper Worry About Their Children’s Safety: “Well Played”
An employee’s unconventional way to stop a group of unsupervised children from running wild in the aisles has sparked applause across the internet.
The employee and original poster (OP), Reddit user Mellowodds, took to r/pettyrevenge to recount the incident, which took place years ago when they were working at a craft store.
In their post, the OP described how they were stocking shelves in a section filled with fragile glass and ceramic items when a woman entered the store with four young children.
Instead of keeping a close eye on them, the woman left them to play Tag and Marco Polo in the aisles. After colliding with the kids twice, the OP decided to find their mother and put an end to the situation before someone got hurt.
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The OP wrote, “I had worked well enough customer service to know that if you ask directly for them to control their kids, they would get mad and refuse out of principle more often than not.
“I decided to be sneaky and stand in the same aisle as her and pretend to be stocking something near her and spoke into my work headset without actually pressing the button: ‘Hey, did anyone get the broken glass from aisle 13?.. no? Okay then I’ll be over there in just a moment to get that cleaned up.’
“Suddenly the lady realized there might actually be danger in letting your young children sprint around a store and she immediately gathered them all up and they stayed by her side for the rest of the trip.
“After this, I used it every time a customer decided we were their free childcare and it worked about 90% of the time.”
Redditors flocked to the comments to weigh in, with many applauding the OP for handling the situation without escalating it into an argument.
One wrote, “Nice! Well played. I don’t understand parents who just let their annoying kids be other people’s problems. You were much calmer and more collected than I would have ever been.”
Another noted, “The last 10% probably hoped their kids would get hurt so that they could sue the store…”
According to an article from Newsweek, experts suggest that as children grow, they should develop a sense of awareness about their surroundings.
Kids between ages 5 and 10 should understand safety expectations in public places, including stores, while older children should take more responsibility for their actions in shared spaces.
A report from First Things First notes that younger children often struggle with impulse control in stores, which can lead to unpredictable behavior. Experts say parents can prepare children before entering a store by setting expectations for behavior and offering small incentives for staying close and following rules.
Newsweek has contacted Mellowodds for comment via Reddit.
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