Out shopping this afternoon with DD(5). In a high street shop, at the till paying, when completely out of nowhere the shop assistant starts saying to DD - "ooh, you look like you want a McDonalds. I can see it in your eyes. You want a McDonalds, don't you?"
I was quite taken aback. There was nothing to pre-empt the comment whatsoever, it was totally random. Fortunately for me DD isn't bothered by McDonalds the way she might be by, say, an ice cream so it didn't cause an issue for us. But this is the sort of thing that could cause real problems for a parent, surely? I said to him (kind of laughing but serious) you can't say that to children, you'll cause tantrums! To which he replied along the lines of "I know, I'm evil hahaha".
I work customer facing and I would never say anything to a child that could be potential ammunition to cause problems. AIBU?
AIBU?
To think that a shop assistant shouldn't say this to a child?
pristinechristine · 14/05/2016 16:14
He's a youngster working in a shop on a Saturday! He probably has no idea that it could have potentially caused an issue and probably thought he was being funny.
Give him a break 
Oh look, more ageism. We all know older people just say whatever the hell they want, don't we? 
Don't worry, OP. You're not unreasonable to be pissed off with the comment. He sounds like a complete jerk. From his answer he knows exactly what he was doing and I would have went through him for a short cut.
Ah he was killing time/trying to be amusing but YANBU. Or he's working for Mucky D's as an undercover promoter.
Could be worse, you could have been in the zoo whilst Apprentice contestants run up to your kid, saying You want a chocolate lolly, don't you? while thrusting it into their hand then say to you, who is open-mouthed in 
, "That'll be five pounds please!!!"
Not U to think this was an unhelpful thing to say to a child, but VU indeed to suggest that only people without children say stupid things occasionally.
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I think that it was an ill-judged attempt at trying to be nice and engage with the DS. I also think the shop assistant probably wanted a McD's himself and that's why it popped into his head. 
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