Called Unsociable 10 year old a fat c*nt

Good for you op. Not sure why you posted as you would know you’d get flamed but he’s a little shit and his parents shouldn’t be letting him run riot in shops abusing the public. . He’ll be called far worse .

Meh. You lost your temper. Not the best choice of language, but the country sure
needs more adults standing up to antisocial youths rather than backing away intimidated. Maybe he’ll think twice before trying to intimidate strangers in future.

Pity you don’t put this passionate intensity to good use and raise your children not to intimidate women and make throwing up noises around them.

Because this little shit wasn’t targeting men.

I can honestly say I would not lose one wink of sleep over it. Well done OP

Lol OP - not your finest moment but I'd just let it go and put it down to experience 🤣

Not a word I’ve ever used tbf but in this case I don’t think modelling good behaviour would have made any difference to the horrible dc.
I wouldn’t ruminate on it op, and go to M&S, don’t let a nasty dc put you off.

I get why people are saying ‘good for you’ because so often no-one says anything to kids behaving in an antisocial way. However, what has the OP achieved? Kids don’t behave better because strangers insult them. I’m sure the OP is not the devil and I think everyone has lost their temper at times but let’s not overstate this; blurting out an unpleasant insult at a child is not exactly a act of righteous protest.

I’d be pretty ashamed of myself I was you OP but it’s not the end of the world.

Fat cunt is a fair bit worse than feral little bastards in my humble opinion.

Don’t beat yourself up. I don’t know if he was fat but he certainly sounds like a cunt.

Love that his dad didn’t believe him 😂

This made me laugh - it’s up there with ‘I hope you like hospital food’. Oooooooh! The most middle class threat ever. Well ‘ard!

On a serious note though - YABU. You shouldn’t have said it.

Good for you. So many are feral these days and people are becoming terrified of them, and for good reason. According to any press outlets the amount of youths carrying weapons is out of control, and society is doomed in my opinion. Obviously he must be ND, or have some sort of traumatic background. Or perhaps the most simple answer is the right one. He was a c**t. Don't know about the fat bit though!

Actually, he totally deserved it.

He had thought acting the cunt on the scooter was OK. It was an arrogant display of power and what was anyone going to do about it. He needed to be brought down to size rapidly (pun not really intended).

Maybe I would have used Puffed Up Little Shit, rather than Fat Cunt, but either way both him and his useless Dad would know my opinion by the end of the conversation.

So glad to see I’m not the only one tht found this hilarious

It good to hear this perspective. I get tired of excuses for entitlement.

I’d be more embarrassed at my child’s behaviour. It’s parents like you who create these obnoxious little shits.

yeah we had some causing issues for local independent shop owners. I live in a nice area with lots of wealthy people. The kids were in designer gear being dropped off by parents in expensive cars or riding on expensive bikes.

They were just trying it on and trying to act up. Parents didn’t seem bothered until it came up on social media because the shop owners were at the end of their tether.

Not all kids that act up are abused, from bad homes, etc. I’ve worked with kids my whole 30 year career and behaviour and entitlement has gotten worse and worse. Parenting styles and technology/internet also play a part.

Purpose being a phishing exercise to flush out the meanies?

Am I the only one who thinks this didn't happen 🤔

I'm afraid I'm glad you called them this. I know exactly the kind of kid you're talking about and they get off on bullying and harassing.

You gave him a taste of his own medicine so YANBU.

At a guess i think it means that she would physically attack op so badly that she wouldn’t be able to return? That’s what I read into it anyway.

Clearly you lost your shit with the kid op, otherwise you wouldn’t have said what you did. Given his behaviour and reaction, I doubt he was mortally wounded by it. Maybe he’ll think about his behaviour in the future, although I doubt it.

Why? Why wouldn’t they go to that shop again? What would happen if they did? How would you stop them?

I know lol, it seems its OK to call a child a cunt but not fat. it's seems the word fat has become the most offensive insult there is these days.
Tbh I hate kids like that and probably would have called him an equally awful name but only In my head and not out loud.

That is what everyone would have been thinking about him (not necessarily those exact words).

He was deliberately winding you up though and you gave him the satisfaction of losing control. He won’t have been genuinely upset by the comment. He probably enjoyed your reaction. After all, a reaction was what he was looking for.

So many comments slating the OP’s behaviour but the voting is almost 50/50.

Interesting.