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A two-year-old girl branded a thief by Woolworths' staff

dailymail.co.uk — Isra Khan was with her mother Aishah, 23, when she grabbed the 20p false tooth-shaped sweet from a shelf and popped it into her mouth.But within moments a member of staff at the store in Blackburn, Lancashire had stormed over to Mrs Khan and, in front of stunned customers, said: 'That's theft.'

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  • ipek, on 04/03/2008, -2/+92Justice has been served!
    • dk911, on 04/03/2008, -12/+6This is just the kind of ***** you have to deal with in the U.K. Damn I'm glad I live in the good ol' U.S. of A! ***** Brits and their manners...

      Oops.. almost forgot /s.
    • Azimuth1, on 04/03/2008, -16/+18"'I'm sure a lot of little children interfere with stock in a shop when they are running around"

      I'm sure they do, that doesn't make it any less illegal.
      • BoneheadFarker, on 04/03/2008, -1/+25It doesn't make it any less illegal...BUT SHE'S 2 FOR ***** SAKE! She's probably not concerned about the legality of the situation.

        Besides, it's from the Daily Mail, so it might not have even hapened.
        • TheRedCoat, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3The Daily Mail has a lot to answer for.
        • gyrfalcon, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1"She's probably not concerned about the legality of the situation."

          Her parents should be concerned about the legality of what she's doing... A 2 year old can throw rocks off a bridge at cars too.
      • hipnerd, on 04/03/2008, -0/+9So a 2-year-old grabbed a piece of penny candy and stuck it in her mouth and the store only sells it by the half-pound or whatever. There are lots of ways to resolve the situation without causing a scene.

        What I find more interesting is that a major newspaper in Britain devoted this much coverage to a story that would bore me if someone told it to me at a party. She wasn't arrested or detained. Basically, they devoted a page of their paper to a story about a rude Woolworth's employee. I can't wait for next week's expose on apathetic Wal*Mart checkers.

        For those of us in the United States: This is what Rupert Murdoch does to news. He did it in Australia. He did it in Britain and he is trying to do it here.

        Bread and circuses.
        • theodenking, on 04/03/2008, -0/+5It's not really a newspaper... more strangely patterned emergency toilet paper.
      • shakin, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2"I'm sure they do, that doesn't make it any less illegal."

        The point of the article was that the staff member drastically over-reacted. He or she should have approached the customer and informed her that her daughter had eaten a candy. The mother would have probably apologized and paid for the candy.
      • cawpin, on 04/03/2008, -1/+3"I'm sure they do, that doesn't make it any less illegal."

        Except for the fact that moving things around in a store isn't illegal and neither is eating something in a grocery store. It's only illegal if you try to leave without paying for it.
      • icemanex, on 04/03/2008, -2/+1"I'm sure they do, that doesn't make it any less illegal.
        It was a 20 pence piece of ***** candy and she's two years old, ***** YOU YOU ***** DOUCHEBAG, STOP BEING A JOBSWORTH AND GO BACK TO COUNTING THE ***** SWEETS (that would have been my response)
      • thedo0od, on 04/03/2008, -2/+0Yes, because as we all know, your immaculate highness has *NEVER* done *ANYTHING* against the law. In fact, your actions have a tendency to retroactively modify themselves in order to keep up with the laws that are repealed overtime. I seriously hope you're sterile.

        Get a brain (or at least some context), morAn!
    • orangefly, on 04/03/2008, -3/+9i thought it wasn't theft until you leave the store....she just should have bought some apple juice, gave it to the kid, and waited a few....
      • Ajajadude, on 04/03/2008, -2/+2Technically, it is considered theft to consume something while still in the store before paying for the item even if you fully intend on paying for the item. I've never heard of anyone actually enforcing it since most people don't know.
      • jgtg32a, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2Thats what I thought, my parents used to give us a box of animal crackers when we went to the super market, and payed for it when we left.
    • themastersb, on 04/03/2008, -1/+6That 2 year old was glad she wasn't put to death. I'm sure she couldn't pay the fine with the lint in her pocket, and then I'm sure she would have resisted arrest so the only other option would be to PAY WITH HER BLOOD!
    • rabbro, on 04/03/2008, -0/+4Yes, calling her a thief is too scarring. We should just chop her hand off and be done with it.
  • Tomboys, on 04/03/2008, -4/+99They should put her in jail. That will teach her a lesson.
    • IphtashuFitz, on 04/03/2008, -6/+4And let Woolworths foot the bill for the cost of having her three kids taken care of by wellfare.
      • LongShlong, on 04/03/2008, -1/+25That little kid has three children?! ZOMGWTF!?
        • masterofshadows, on 04/03/2008, -3/+1you act like 3 children is a lot, the average number of children in an American married household is 2.5
          • LongShlong, on 04/03/2008, -0/+5You act like you don't understand the joke I was making there... Read it again, and try again. Thanks.
    • curtis87xc03, on 04/03/2008, -7/+0Britain doesn't put people in jail
      • JoeOReilly, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3Britain CAN'T put people in jail, we haven't got enough room.
    • RetepNamenots, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3This is England, we should put her in gaol. :)
    • daimposter, on 04/03/2008, -1/+4she should get life in prison....
    • over900000, on 04/03/2008, -1/+4With a last name like Khan, I am surprised they didn't send her to Guantanamo.
    • terrablebyte, on 04/03/2008, -1/+3A session of waterboarding would teach that criminal not to steal.
  • cosmikdebris, on 04/03/2008, -25/+19F##k me, get a life, that's a toddler not knowing any better. I'd like to see that "member of staff" take that attitude with me.
    • roosterjm2k2, on 04/03/2008, -1/+9I know the story is from the UK, but i would only image that the laws are relatively similar there...

      In the US, it's not theft until you show intent to not pay, like leaving the store. It's perfectly legal to consume something before you pay for it. I've done that with sodas alot. Grab one on the way in, drink it while shopping, hand the empty/almost empty bottle to the cashier to scan in. It's perfectly legal, its not really any different than eating your meal at a restaurant before you pay (the norm) ...
      • theaceoffire, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1^_^ Actually, most parents over here wouldn't give a crap about an apology... we would probably sue.
      • qwertylicious, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2In the UK, your eat it without paying, it's theft. Pure and simple.
        For example, I work at Sainsbury's (a supermarket), and if a customer comes to my till with an empty bottle/bag of whatever they just consumed, I am told I HAVE to call security to report this "theft".
        ***** that ***** though.
        • MioTheGreat, on 04/03/2008, -0/+5Do you have to pay before you eat your food at restaurants too?
        • markp88, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1@MioTheGreat: Only in pubs.
      • Ajajadude, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2Actually, that may depend on where you live. I work in a drug store and I've been told it's actually illegal to eat/drink something while in the store before paying for it. Which, in a technical sense, makes sense but in reality not anything anyone would actually be expected to enforce (or want to enforce since that's just a PR nightmare waiting to happen).
    • Earlsports, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1You're not a toddler...or are you?
      • michael43, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1I bet the "member of staff" would kick his ass no matter what his age is.
  • bluestarchron, on 04/03/2008, -10/+27I had someone do that with my daughter when she was about two. She saw a stuffed animal she liked, picked it up and walked off with it. The store clerk started yelling that she was stealing it before I could do anything. It was crazy. She was just 2!!!
    • cambob76, on 04/03/2008, -22/+14You should learn to control your child!
      • legoalert33, on 04/03/2008, -4/+2You should try it!
      • Optimus, on 04/03/2008, -4/+5You should never have children!
      • Enasni1212, on 04/03/2008, -1/+8You should learn to recognize sarcasm!

        (Lego and Optimus, not Cam)
      • Ajajadude, on 04/03/2008, -1/+3For you dimwits: cambob76 was being sarcastic.
    • lilzaphod, on 04/03/2008, -5/+3It's still theft......
      • icemanex, on 04/03/2008, -3/+1buried, it was a ***** 20 pence sweet, shut the ***** up.
      • thecosmicpope, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1If they hadn't gotten to the register yet, it isn't theft. Otherwise everyone walking about the store with a trolley of stuff is a theif. Loved to see the store owners explaining that one.
  • crazybugger, on 04/03/2008, -6/+111Waterboard the kid!
  • theillest1, on 04/03/2008, -4/+58OFF WITH HER HEAD!!!
  • MasterChief4134, on 04/03/2008, -5/+45She was probably the one responsible for 9/11 also!!!
  • apothekari, on 04/03/2008, -3/+48"AND STAY OUT OF THE WOOLSWORTHS!!!"
    Where's the goddamn Paterfamilias?
  • diggduggDOOM, on 04/03/2008, -3/+17"And stay out of the Woolworths!"

    /bonafide
  • coffee200am, on 04/03/2008, -28/+16She is offensive to British Islam....She's not veiled or married!
    • SurrealDream, on 04/03/2008, -0/+21Aw come on, don't start that when it has nothing to do with the article.
      • coffee200am, on 04/03/2008, -13/+3Sorry...not British Islam but Islam in general.
  • daxsymbiont, on 04/03/2008, -3/+26if you're not with woolworths, you're with the thieves.
    • STKD, on 04/03/2008, -4/+3Bush just called. Apparently "thieves" are now called "terrorists", effective as of whenever the ***** he likes.
  • HonestAbe, on 04/03/2008, -2/+19I remember doing the same thing. I was young enough to not understand the concept of property, took a tiny gumball machine off of a low shelf in the supermarket, and tried to carry it out of the store. OMG THEFT
    • surKaz, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2I bet SWAT teams propelled from the roof...
      • jstone, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2You mean rappelled.
        • surKaz, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1oh shoot... yeah.... rapelled.. propelled might have been cooler tho,.. Yes STKD.. it woul'dve..
      • STKD, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3Although propelling would have been far more interesting to watch. Oh well, at least they weren't repelled.
  • ZeroIce, on 04/03/2008, -1/+4Justice for all!
  • Ellrick, on 04/03/2008, -3/+56That is crazy, there are still woolworth stores around!?
    • jiminizer, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3The story is from the UK where woolworths is still a big high street store
    • SillyDigger, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3Montgomery Ward is still alive too
    • smacksaw, on 04/03/2008, -1/+3Not for long with those practises, I assure you.

      They're big in Australia as well, if not bigger.
      • remlap, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3They are not the same

        US and UK Woolworths were connected, Aussie is not and never has been.
  • glucoseboy, on 04/03/2008, -9/+62As an American, I say she should sue Woolworth for putting the pick-and-pay candy at level where two-year olds can reach.
    • Mie42, on 04/03/2008, -1/+17Choking hazards
    • iticu, on 04/03/2008, -6/+16As a Briton, I say we shouldn't sue everyone for every ***** thing we can think of.
    • kahrn, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3iticu, I'm british too but in this case... revenge is... sweet?
    • Earlsports, on 04/03/2008, -0/+0The sad part is, with the right lawyer you'd probably have a case.
    • HeavySausage, on 04/03/2008, -1/+4What are the chances of seeing the words *sue*, and "as an American" in one sentence?
    • EtherGnat, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3There's plenty of blame to go around. It wasn't smart of the store to put open candy at child level. It sounds like the security guard was an ass about the situation. Finally the mom should have probably been watching her child better.
    • AnarchoGoth, on 04/04/2008, -0/+3Sarcasm aside, if you don't want kids grabbing the bright shiny candy, you should keep it out of reach.

      But then, that is why they place it there right?

      Retails stores spend a lot of money trying to maximize sales. That's why they put the candy and stuff where kids can reach it. They want the kids to grab it because they expect many of the parents will buy it rather than take it back or say no to their kids. Yes, it is good parenting to give your kids limits, but even the best of parents makes mistakes now and then.

      This situation is not just expected, but it is deliberately engineered by the stores.

      For staff to have a hissy fit over it is bad customer service to say the least.
  • Llanowar, on 04/03/2008, -3/+7What an aweful crime. They should chop off her hands for that!
  • Splitter402, on 04/03/2008, -3/+8AND STAY OUT OF WOOLWORTHS!
  • daxsymbiont, on 04/03/2008, -6/+4***** woolworths. bunch of sub-par ***** anyway. the "whatever nobody else sells" shop. it's good as "what have I forgotten to get?" shop but still bs quality.
  • lnxfi, on 04/03/2008, -3/+21She ate a fake sugar tooth? Take one of her real ones! Eye for an eye!
  • Elliottx, on 04/03/2008, -6/+27Technically..that IS theft. But those guys at Woolworths are bunch of *****. TESCOS FTW!
    • SurrealDream, on 04/03/2008, -1/+5Yeah, their Pick N Mix is woefully unguarded...Bwahahaha *rubs sticky hands together menacingly*

      EDIT: Noticed afterwards just how creepy that sounds...
    • Eunonia, on 04/03/2008, -5/+3No, technically its not a theft because the child is too young to understand what that is. Tell me, can you explain theft to an animal such as a cat, or a dog? No, because they do not understand those ideas or how it works. Same thing for a child. You can't expect a child of 2 to know that, and even if u did explain it to them, they would still do it. So are they thieves, no of course not. Kids are curious, ask questions, but that is a bit too much fro them to try to explain the value of a dollar, and so on in economical sense. So back off with your useless facts in regards to a child.
      • nomadxx7, on 04/03/2008, -1/+5I don't completely agree. A dog or cat can understand not to rummage in the garbage either by positive reinforcement (i.e. a treat) or by negative reinforcement (a beating).

        A child can be taught by being reproved. I'm sure I'll get dugg down for having the belief that a spoon to the bottom helps correct negative behavior. Sure is a child to young to understand theft and property? Yes. But when you can convey a message with a spank, the child learns that "OMG. I did this and got a slap on the bottom. I shouldn't do it again."
        • BoneheadFarker, on 04/03/2008, -0/+5I won't bury you, but after the numerous wooden spoons my mother broke over my ass, I can assure you that it doesn't always work...
          • itsgotyou, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2oh it worked. I haven't read any article implicating BoneheadFarker in any criminal activity.
      • EtherGnat, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1The child may be too young to understand, but the parent is certainly responsible. That's no excuse to be a dick about it, but then we're really only getting one side of the story. The mom may have been a real shrew about the issue too.
    • BoneheadFarker, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6Technically...it's not stealing until you leave the store without paying. Nothing says that she wasn't going to pay for it when she got to the check out.
      • jserio, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2Don't digg this guy down. It's true. Chances are the parents would have just paid for the candy at checkout. It's not uncommon to see someone in grocery store open a soda or some cookies and munch on them while shopping only to pay for the items at the checkout.

        Of course, the scumbags who eat the stuff and leave the empty containers on a shelf should be punished.
        • STKD, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2In UK land we call them "students", not scumbags.
          Mostly.
        • dille, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1Wow, finally at least two sane persons! (boneheadfarker and jserio) Thank you :).

          I thought the whole world has gone mad or are retarded after reading many of these comments.

          I don't know how exactly all of this happened in the store, but if I was working at the store and somehow felt the need to bother someone over one small candy I would go over to the mother and tell her kindly that her kid just ate a candy and she should pay for it without making a scene about it. How do you English speaking people say it: "a little bit of courtesy goes a long way." Something like that.

          But even more importantly, how the hell can you tell if she wasn't going to pay for the candy? It's not theft before you exit the store without paying. At least that's what my common sense tells me huh.
      • mattyk123, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6I hate those people that eat the stuff and pay for the packaging at the tills, I mean ffs can you seriously not wait until you get home?
    • kahrn, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1They're 2 totally different stores...
    • herrferret, on 04/03/2008, -2/+0/me pats back pocket to a jangling noise

      You probably have to be English to get that. I hate those adverts.
      • Frostek, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2That's ASDA, not Woolworths. And I don't even watch TV these days!
        • herrferret, on 04/06/2008, -0/+0Hahha oops

          Seems I watch even less tv than you!
  • repins, on 04/03/2008, -1/+36In the US it is not theft until you leave the store, so as long as the mother paid for the candy no foul.
    • cambob76, on 04/03/2008, -2/+13Same here in Canada. It is not unsual for people to open a package of food, for example, and start munching before they pay. When I go to 7-11, sometimes my slurpee is 1/4 gone by the time I leave. How can you demonstrate intent to steal if the person hasn't even left the store yet? Nevermind that the person is two years old. Some people are ***** retarded.
      • bingobongony, on 04/03/2008, -5/+2People who do that are trash. Not theieves, but there is nothing more white trashy than eating in a store. Notice the ones who do that are always the ones who can't POSSIBLY be that hungry. People that can't even go 30 minutes without stuffing that fat ***** faces with sugar.
    • buadach, on 04/03/2008, -0/+14It's the same in the UK as well, but this story is from the Daily Mail so it was probably just invented for the sake of sensationalism.
    • RetepNamenots, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1But you don't often see people doing that sort of thing in the UK, and even when you do, it's usually just when parents open a milkybar or something for their kids...
    • ukblacknight, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1I've been in tesco before, drank and ate food before i even got to the checkout. Paid for it at the end, didn't have any trouble.
  • kingmustard, on 04/03/2008, -26/+21I am FOR this. Her mother should have been watching her. My parents would never let me do that and I certainly won't let my kids.
    • sampanc, on 04/03/2008, -1/+8She didn't "let" her, she was just out of the mother's sight for a second. She did not condone her daughter's action either. She simply thinks a scolding was not deserved for a 2yr old stealing a single piece of candy and eating it, which her mother then paid for after the employee rushed the thief (her daughter).
    • surKaz, on 04/03/2008, -2/+4ok, I've younger siblings... hard to do anything without them grabbing/wanting something...
      I'm gonna say even though my mother watched me, I'm pretty sure I've picked stuff up and ate them at stores or toys and she paid...

      BTW.. you are FOR what?... the yelling and everything?.. The mom did pay for everything.. she agreed that, obviously, she had to pay...
      • kingmustard, on 04/03/2008, -6/+7I'm for the mother getting into a little trouble, even if simply paying for it counts. A lot of places wouldn't care but I commend the staff for the vigilance in this case. If they didn't do anything, there is always a possibility of the kid starting to think she can do it more and more. This way, the mother would be more careful in the future - of which the kid will benefit.
        • qber, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6Of course she should pay for it. The issue is how the staff created a scene. A simple "Your daughter ate a piece of candy, you'll have to pay for that" would have sufficed. Nowhere in this article does it suggest that the mother or anyone else condones the actions of the kid, or that the mother should have gotten away without paying.
    • surKaz, on 04/03/2008, -0/+5oh.. I also realize the employee was making sure they weren't trying to stuff from the store and tried to be safe..but the yelling and stuff..
      Then again, we may not be getting the full story.. Either way, the employee could have approached her, told her what happened, got paid.. and moved on.. (maybe kept an eye to be sure).. that's understandable.. but to cause a scene?.. was he trying to teach that little girl a lesson... the kids mother would do that for her..
    • citizen782, on 04/03/2008, -1/+4Well you are far superior to the rest of us. Chastising young children and their parents must make you that way.
    • takamalak, on 04/03/2008, -1/+4Most likely your children already hate you. You will be a parent that your kids will have little contact with when they go out on their own. All the while you'll be patting yourself on the back that you were a GREAT parent and your kids are just ungrateful. :)
      • bingobongony, on 04/03/2008, -4/+1Wow...you don't know much about raising kids, do you?
    • Belgarion, on 04/04/2008, -1/+1Agreed, I work in a department store and I gotta tell you, kids are a pain the ass. Parents should be watching their kids, it's not a god damn playground.
  • Ksg89, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1120p? rip off
    • AbsurdParadox, on 04/03/2008, -1/+8I know... 20 platinum coins is way too much for a piece of candy.
    • gfnw, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2I noticed that too. I used to pay 2p for those teeth sweets as a kid, surely inflation isn't that bad?
    • STKD, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3Well if it was Rare Candy... you know those kids and their Pokemon.
  • saxreturns, on 04/03/2008, -2/+441. Woolworths' staff are often submental monkeys, I know this from experience. There will always be retail employees looking for an excuse to impose whatever tiny amount of power they have in their lives on others. Sad but true.

    2. Yet again, I have to mention that the Daily Mail is a shoddy rag written by morons, and rarely tells the whole story (that's if they didn't make the whole thing up in the first place).
  • Penn, on 04/03/2008, -21/+14I've worked in retail for years and thieves use their kids all the time to take stock. They tell their kids to pick up items and then push them out the shop in the pushchair, if they get caught they use the "She is only 2" excuse.

    I give credit to the member of staff for being so vigilant.
    • CrackyJSquirrel, on 04/03/2008, -1/+3yeah because that is exactly what happened here..
    • huckabee, on 04/03/2008, -3/+4Yeah, the mom was gonna get that candy out of the kid somehow after they left the store and save it for her birthday. She would've saved 40 cents!
    • citizen782, on 04/03/2008, -3/+8"I give credit to the member of staff for being so vigilant."
      Then you're an anal dick.
    • rolf, on 04/03/2008, -2/+2You're being dugg down, but I have agree. I also worked in retail for years and children tend to be the most common thieves - they see something and they just grab it - and not just cheap candy. I also seen a lot of kids break (expensive) things their parents just flat-out refused to pay for even though it could only happen through sheer negligence. Maybe this kid was too young (I'd say that around 4-5 years of age they clearly comprehend what they are doing is wrong perfectly well) but it's a common attitude these days from parents that they are not responsible for their children.... well, if they aren't, please leave them at home because the business isn't responsible for them either.
  • BadseedJR, on 04/03/2008, -1/+39I'm tired of these 2 year old hooligans and their organized crime syndicate. We need to take them down at the source!
    • fearlessfx, on 04/03/2008, -0/+12Wombs?
      • BadseedJR, on 04/03/2008, -0/+8Exactly... without wombs, there would be no crime!
      • Zipko, on 04/03/2008, -0/+6I can't support abortion, it's immoral in my eyes. But we can always kill all the one-year-olds, that should solve our two-year-old problem.
  • theneb29, on 04/03/2008, -4/+8we really need to do something about the heightened state of paranoia. I mean when your just 2, what do u expect? That they do responsible shopping? Hell i have sometimes started drinking my soda as i walked up to pay for it at the counter, was i stealing? wtf? We are going to be bringing up a great of a frightened kids in the future. Thanks "war of terrorism".
  • supreme514, on 04/03/2008, -5/+1Court's adjourned.
  • badjokes, on 04/03/2008, -1/+10omg future pirate.
    • STKD, on 04/03/2008, -0/+4Somewhere, her name just got added to an ever growing list in RIAA HQ.
  • Commodore84, on 04/03/2008, -4/+21Front page material? Really? Was this even worth an article? Slow news day at the Daily Mail.
    • Synn, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1Because "Male Rock Fans likely to Vote Republican" is front page material or "Fractal Broccoflower"?
  • akkibaba, on 04/03/2008, -1/+6Grand theft candy! See what happens when you outlaw waterboarding?
  • WocCixelsyd, on 04/03/2008, -4/+21Buried for Daily Mail.
  • NeoCortex, on 04/03/2008, -2/+10She was sentenced to life imprisonment on Ceti Alpha V.
    After the trial, her mother was quoted as lamenting: "Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
  • itsgotyou, on 04/03/2008, -3/+4social skills should start by the time people are able to walk. they should beat her to death; that'll teach her a lesson.
  • DucoNihilum, on 04/03/2008, -5/+7Kids need to learn now that stealing is wrong. Maybe the guy was a bit of a dick, but I don't know about giving her all this attention saying what he did was wrong. I mean, she /DID/ steal, she should be taught that she can't simply just steal what she wants.
    • Monk22, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2its actually not stealing until they try to leave the store without paying for it.
      • snugglebear, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2Um. Yeah right. Because she could just puke up the candy and put it back.
        • Monk22, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2actually jackass if she paid for it before leaving the store its not stealing. no said anything about puking it up.
  • zaptoman, on 04/03/2008, -4/+14How the frick did this make it to the front page?? Buried for being retarded and un-newsworthy.
  • gambyt13, on 04/03/2008, -1/+15Now I don't feel so bad about shoplifting that TV set from those bastards.
    • cyclades, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1Impressive, most impressive. But you are not a Chavvie yet...
  • Pinkertinkle, on 04/03/2008, -12/+8Parents need to rein in their little brats. Whether it's stealing in a store or crying in a restaurant, it's still a public nuisance.
    • Gadianton, on 04/03/2008, -1/+7You obviously don't have any children.
    • CrackyJSquirrel, on 04/03/2008, -1/+5Said the person without a child..
    • smacksaw, on 04/03/2008, -3/+4Believe me, I am sure that one as ignorant as you is a far greater public nuisance than children. I bet you say and do all sorts of ***** in public that you are oblivious to doing. Like making an ignorant public comment calling kids a nuisance because they're being kids.

      You can't watch a child every second of every day, and if you do overlord them like that you will end up with a kid that can't think for itself and clings to the parent's leg. It's called "helicopter parenting" and on Digg we've already established that these people are ruining society and are far more than any nuisance you are referring to.

      Your analogy is like saying bathrooms that smell like sweaty ass and ***** are a public nuisance. No, it's just the natural smell of a bathroom, a place where people take their sweaty ass to *****. That isn't a nuisance, it's a natural part of life and society. Kids outgrow crying in a restaurant and they eventually learn not to grab things on impulse, but your brand of stupid seems to have lasted long into your adulthood. I ask you, when are you going to outgrow that? When are your parents going to teach you tolerance and what is normal behaviour for a child? Why do you still need basic parenting for tolerance and how life works at this late stage of the game?

      Either you were the same as the little kids you decry, or your parents really did rein you in which proves my case, because you're an asshole now.
    • neio, on 04/03/2008, -2/+2The other day I saw 2 boy's in an Apple store throwing tantrums at the top of their lungs while their dad was getting service from a genius. I walked past and nearly stepped on one little ***** who was rolling around on the floor. In hindsight I wish I had stepped on the little bastard or at least had given it a good kick in the ribs.
      • CrackyJSquirrel, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2Hopefully you get a swift crack in the jaw for even trying..
      • boladefuego, on 04/04/2008, -0/+0You wish you had assaulted a child. How mature of you. That wouldn't exactly quiet down their tantrums, either.
  • musashihazmat84, on 04/03/2008, -4/+1"For $1 a day....."
  • fani, on 04/03/2008, -1/+10Damn, its really much better here in America then.... I was shopping with my wife and kid at Sears. We had a phone in the shopping cart when my daughter (who's 20months) decided to run to the other store because it was KBToys.
    In our anxiety my wife and I ran out with the shopping cart to the next store. A few mins later, we realized that we didn't pay for that phone in the cart and we were out of the store. I went back and paid for it and explained to store guy what happened and that I mistakenly walked out with their phone.

    I don't know about the rest of America, but that actually made me feel nice since he didn't brand me a thief and check all my cart items or call the manager. He just shrugged and didn't even give a *****. He just took the money and it was all over.
    • surKaz, on 04/03/2008, -1/+2well, you are a good man ... Most people realize when somebody is doing the right thing, and he probably understood that you'd realized that and came back to pay, so why would you be a thief?.
      BTW.. you let your 20 month year old kid run away like that??
      • celotil, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3Those little "hooligans" can duck and weave through crowds much better than a parent who's pushing a shopping trolley. :)

        When I was a little kid my Mum used to take me shopping with a vinyl child restraint "leash" - basically it's a belt, shoulder straps, and thigh traps, like some sort of tiny rock climbing harness, with the clip and lead connection in the middle of the kids back where it's supposedly impossible to reach. She reckons it didn't take me long to figure out how to slip out of that thing and leg it to the toys section in Reids (a huge apartment store once in Ipswich).
      • fani, on 04/03/2008, -0/+4Have you tried restraining a toddler... its next to impossible. If you try to carry her, she turns herself into like a flopping jelly... bending left and right till you've no balance yourself and you have to put her down. You just can't carry her or restrain her against her wish..Belt her in the shopping cart and she'll be screaming and bending left and right that'll worry you. So you have no choice but to let them walk beside you where once in a while something catches their fancy and they run off.
        Parenting is hard....
      • surKaz, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3I see.. I've taken care of kids as well.. (Siblings..from birth till about 2 years old or so).. then I went away to school... *Sigh*..
        And fani.. I know exactly what you mean when you say the jelly-flop thing when you try to pick them up.. I'm always afraid I'll either hurt them (or they'll hurt them selves) or they will slip out and might hurt themselves...

        and celoti...
        I've seen those used on kids before... from your description they don't seem very effective..
        There's gotta be a better way.. (sit and talk to them before you go?.... Doubt that's going to work..)
  • W1LS0N, on 04/03/2008, -3/+9how does so much ***** from the daily mail get on digg?? it's absolute tripe, hardly news worthy.

    then again, most of the other stuff they print isn't either.
  • Harrison88, on 04/03/2008, -3/+9It's the parents fault. "I wasn't about to make her take it out." You're a good parent. Don't show your kids what's right and what's wrong and see what happens.
    Worst is when the parents are standing there watching the kids shovel it in their mouth.
    • FishHammer, on 04/03/2008, -2/+3we live in a society where it's wrong to punish our kids for anything because they're precious angels. I'm just glad I'll be dead before any of them are running the country.
      • takamalak, on 04/03/2008, -0/+2Agreed. These children of Republican parents with be the death of our country.
  • dalittle, on 04/03/2008, -5/+6The current lack of parental responsibility is terrible. For some reason a number of people think it is ok for their kids to run amock with little or no supervision and that somehow they will grow up to be good people. The parent was negligent, the child did steal, and the parent is responsible.
    • idreamwideyed, on 04/03/2008, -0/+3one, they were still in the store, so legally, there was no theft involved. two, there was nothing in the article about the children running amok, so i think it's completely unfair to call the mother negligent.
    • Ladymongoose, on 04/04/2008, -0/+1I agree that I see a lot of parents let their kids run amok in stores. But a baby that age doesn't understand the concept of stealing.
  • mastic, on 04/03/2008, -1/+15Under British law it isn't theft as children under 10 cannot commit a crime
  • Larlei, on 04/03/2008, -3/+1she should come to America and pop all the sweets she wants into her mouth, and have her get a job and pay for all those expenses.
  • triskele, on 04/03/2008, -1/+11No retail employee should be that hardcore about their job. Just tell the parent she'll have to pay for it and call it a day. No need to make a scene.
    • elfster, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1I had a grocery clerk here in Florida come up to me once and tell me to teach my kid to not touch/ man handle the store's produce. I gave my 5 year old an orange from a bag in our cart as something to play with.

      I knew immedietly the clerk had a screw missing or had drank too much coffee that day. And, simply chose to ignore the fool.

      It is called learning to ignore people and not getting your panties in a wad over the pety things in life. IMO this story isn't even news worthy. So the mother encountered a clerk with unpolished social skills get over it already for it happens.
    • coreyb, on 04/03/2008, -0/+1She's a Phony! A big fat Phony!
  • Gullop, on 04/03/2008, -5/+7Kid needs to be taught morals sometime :/
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  • mizatt, on 04/03/2008, -4/+3The most confusing thing about this story is that there's a little white kid who's mom is named Aishah
  • gergles, on 04/03/2008, -2/+2This is so misleading - where does it say that they branded her? Let the punishment fir the crime!
  • Extraneous, on 04/03/2008, -1/+11This infant is clearly a terrorist and should be shown no mercy.
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