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  • #1

    What does that have to do with it?

    I'll admit I could have handled this better, but this still bugs me.

    I took the family to Chuck E. Cheese's last night to celebrate the end of the school year. Since it was a Thrusday night, it wasn't crowded, and I was actually enjoying myself and in a good mood.

    Then it happened. A boy who was probably 5-6 years old climbed up on a game machine I was standing next to. I was with my kids and already in 'parent mode' so I tapped his shoulder to get his attention and told him to get down.

    The boy's father was immediately in my face, angrily asking, "Why are you touching my kid?"

    OK, that's a legitimate question. So I replied that I had just tapped his shoulder to get his attention and told him to get down. I also said that I was worried about him getting hurt.

    Then came the kicker. He asked, "Would have to pay a dime?"

    Not sure I'd heard him correctly, I said, "Excuse me?"

    He asked, "Would you have to pay a dime if he got hurt?"

    I said, "No, but I'd feel really bad about it." and walked away.

    So maybe I shouldn't have tapped the kid's shoulder. Maybe I should have turned away and let him get hurt. Probably I should have notified an employee instead of acting.

    Still, what the hell does financial responsibility have to do with not wanting a little kid to get hurt?
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    Still, what the hell does financial responsibility have to do with not wanting a little kid to get hurt?
    Ah, my naive young Skywalker. As I explain to my Filipino friends over here ... if you ever wonder about why America or Americans do anything, it all goes back to money. We tell ourselves otherwise, but, usually, we're just fooling ourselves.

    And, myself, I wouldn't have walked away. You did the right thing. That so-called parent can shove it.
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    • #3
      Quoth Docmayhem View Post
      He asked, "Would you have to pay a dime if he got hurt?"

      "no but I'd have some serious explaining to do to Karma/God/Allah/Deity of your choice-and I'd rather not be morally bankrupt"
      Honestly.... the image of that in my head made me go "AWESOME!"..... and then I remembered I am terribly strange.-Red dazes

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      • #4
        You probably saved Chuck E. Cheese from a frivolous lawsuit there.
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        • #5
          He asked, "Would you have to pay a dime if he got hurt?"
          Maybe not you personally, but if the kid would've fallen on his head and suffered some kind of debilitating brain injury, I guarantee father would be lawyering up to sue the restaurant.

          And maybe it would have to close and you wouldn't have Chuck E. Cheese's to take your family to anymore.
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          • #6
            Should've said, "no, but YOU would be and I just saved you medical costs and your child from suffering. You're welcome".
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            • #7
              Quoth Docmayhem View Post
              Then came the kicker. He asked, "Would have to pay a dime?"
              No, but I'd have to waste my time talking to child services about why you weren't watching your own kid. I thought I'd save us both the hastle.
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              • #8
                Stupid idjit, don't know how to thank someone for asking their kid to stop doing something dangerous.
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                • #9
                  I'd have popped back "If he did fall and seriously hurt himself, would your primary concern be who's fronting up the dimes for this?"

                  Sadly, the answer probably would be yes. If he understood the question.

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                  • #10
                    Quoth marasbaras View Post
                    Ah, my naive young Skywalker. As I explain to my Filipino friends over here ... if you ever wonder about why America or Americans do anything, it all goes back to money. We tell ourselves otherwise, but, usually, we're just fooling ourselves.

                    And, myself, I wouldn't have walked away. You did the right thing. That so-called parent can shove it.
                    Marasbaras, I would kindly ask you not to stereotype all 304,423,974* residents of the United States of America as being financially motivated any more than the rest of the first-world countries in the world. I, personally, find money useful only in that it is the only currently acceptable means to acquire the means to sustain your body and access to activities that enrich the spirit of yourself and your friends.


                    *Current population based on estimated growth since last census.
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                    • #11
                      Quoth JustADude View Post
                      Marasbaras, I would kindly ask you not to stereotype all 304,423,974* residents of the United States of America as being financially motivated any more than the rest of the first-world countries in the world. I, personally, find money useful only in that it is the only currently acceptable means to acquire the means to sustain your body and access to activities that enrich the spirit of yourself and your friends.


                      *Current population based on estimated growth since last census.
                      Thank you Dude....exactly what I was thinking and couldn't have said it better myself!
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                      • #12
                        Not, me! I'm all about the Benjamins. It's just too bad I always end up with Lincolns (not even the folding kind).

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                        • #13
                          Depending on the state you're in, you could actually be held responsible if you hadn't acted.
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