Originally Posted by
SanDer
The point is that you have not paid for what you are consuming, and your lack of self-control is amusing. I have seen this behavior twice in a local suburban grocery and will never understand it. If you have been hung up with appointments, take "Junior" to lunch before going to the grocery store. Take a break from YOUR errands by paying attention to him, chat with him as he stuffs his little face with chicken nuggets and there is a very likely that he won't act up. Chances are he won't bug the crap out of you for junk food, and you may not buy it either because you won't be shopping while hungry. Are people really this dense nowadays?
I don't pay until I leave a restaurant either. If a manager approached me, escorted me to the register and made me pay for my soda then and there, I'd be humiliated, never shop there again, and never crack open a soda until I left a store again. Not gonna happen. I always thought animal crackers were sold in "consumer it here and shut the heck up" sizes.
Sometimes there's just not enough time in the day despite the best laid plans. I can forgive a mother for doing what it takes to prevent or minimize a situation that others will be bothered by. I have no way of knowing whether she's the best mom in the world the other 364 days of the year.