The only time I've gotten dictatorial and uncompromising and strictly forbade my wife or kid from doing something is when they considered taking a job clerking at a convenience store.

A btown beat-down for a case of beer ( Budweiser, even), huh?

And, It was a school night too.

--virgil

Yup...mankind is definitely evolving BACKWARDS in some cases

Why would this store clerk risk his life over a case of beer?  Its not money out of his pocket.   Wow the stupidity of some people.  bet he don't get a raise, or even a thank you for trying to save that case of beer!

Enough is enough; again I say, where in the hell are the parents?

Lana, I don't know about the clerks at that store but it happened to me when I had a little neighborhood store ( one of my two biggest mistakes).  Two young men headed for the register each with a suitcase under each arm and when they got close they took off running out the door.  Without thinking I ran after them yelling "bring that back" like an idiot.  They ran around the corner of the building, jumped in a waiting car with a red grease rag over the plate and roared off.

I was so angry and insulted..how DARE they steal from me.  It took a little bit for me to realize what a stupid thing I did.  I guess it's instinct along with the outrage.   Looking back I shake my head at what a dangerous thing thing that was to do.

  " I guess it's instinct along with the outrage."

They call that acting without thinking first, I think.

Though it's easier for some to make that mistake than it is for others, it's more common than not.

--virgil

That's why I would never work in a store like that....I'd let them take as much as they wanted before the cops got there...my instinct is to stay alive.   Anymore the kids are more dangerous then some adults.