Tantrum Test

[South Texan]

You are staying at a motel with your daughter who looks to be about six. You have returned around 1:00 a.m. from an outing. Your daughter is not happy for some reason and begins to throw a major, screaming at the top of her lungs fit in the parking lot. Someone from a nearby room moves back that room's curtains to see what is going on and why a child is screaming hysterically. You see the man's face at the window. Do you:

A) Apologize for the disturbance and whisk the child into your room;

B) Thank the man for worrying that someone might be attacking your daughter and has shown enough concern for her safety that he is checking out what the matter might be, then discipline her to stop making the commotion;

C) Yell, "Mind your own (Gosh Darn) business, mother (faker), or I"ll (fakin') kick your mother (fakin') ass!" then ignore your kid as she continues to scream while you proceed to finish your own obnoxiously loud argument you are having with someone on your cell phone.

Care to guess which option I, the man at the window, experienced early this morning?

[MoonCat]

Ha! Easy one! C of course....sounds like Princess Bitchface from next door and her daughter, Baby Bitchface (who, at 2 years old, at least has something of an excuse for screaming). The reason the kid threw a tantrum is simple: She was exhausted and should have been in bed for a good five hours by then.

[wolfie]

Major assumption on your part that the "adult" (age, yes - mentality, no) was actually the child's parent.

I'd be inclined to take the view that the actual parent would choose A or B, and that anyone choosing C is someone up to no good. After all, mistakenly identifying the situation does not constitute a false report.

[eltf177]

I hope you complained, or called the police!

[notalwaysright]

Poor kid has another excuse other than 1) being a child and 2)being kept up way past bedtime. There another, 3) Having such an awful person as a "parent." When I work nights I think mean thoughts about parents fairly often... I mean, we're a craft store, your little toddler obviously is done for the day, and it's understandable, since it's 8:55 PM, and you're still shopping with no signs of stopping. It would be different if we sold food or medication, or something required for living. But we don't. We sell glitter and glue and fabric. Take your poor child home, spare us and him. Our store will still be here tomorrow. (As will the internet)

[taxguykarl]

I hope you complained, or called the police!

Agreed, especially when the adult present physically threatened you

[morgana]

Major assumption on your part that the "adult" (age, yes - mentality, no) was actually the child's parent.

I'd be inclined to take the view that the actual parent would choose A or B, and that anyone choosing C is someone up to no good. After all, mistakenly identifying the situation does not constitute a false report.

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