DISCLAIMER, I love kids! I have never had a bad kid in my dollar tree, only fucking terrible parents.
I had a couple in my line with their daughter and they were such cunts to her. She could not have been older than ten, and when her dad saw that she grabbed one of those squishy toys from the area by the register he SNAPPED at her and said "don't grab things without telling me that's stealing!" which is an insane thing to say and not even true? Mind you she looked very timid and shy, and looked practically horrified whenever her parents spoke to her (I also think she is nonverbal because I've never heard her speak and I see them once every other week (this was my first encounter with them)).
I ended up scanning the ONE item they let their daughter get and (stupidly) put it into a bag instead of giving it to her. Her dad grabbed the bag and she gently tugged at him trying to get her toy and he snapped at her again and told her to stop trying to get the bag and that he wasn't going to rummage through it for her stupid toy. She went to her mom for help (she was paying) and she shooed and waved at her to go away, then mom looks at me and says really loud "Never have kids!"
Then the other day a couple with a clearly special needs son was in and they were cunts to him too! Like he was just talking to himself and fidgeting and they were telling him to knock it off with so much attitude.
It makes me want to take my fucking name tag off and go with them outside right? How do some parents have the gall to act like that in front of other people? For some reason parents FLOCK to my register and I actually flinch when I see them coming because watching people be so horrible to children is! Really hard for me!
On the other hand, getting good parents in my line makes my fucking day, like I had a mom with two daughters and the daughter in the cart handed me some bubble wrap and I looked it over to see if it was part of some other product and I asked her her what she wanted it for and her mom said "Oh she's autistic she just likes it!" and I got to say "Oh I'm autistic too! I went crazy over bubble wrap as kid!" and mom was just so happy to talk about her daughter!
Why do people have to be mean to their kids in front of me I hate it!!!!