Called Unsociable 10 year old a fat c*nt

I'm not disagreeing, per se, but if in cases like this you use 'nice' words like child, youngster etc.., it is painting a false narrative, a child wouldn't deliberately attempt to intimidate and cause distress to an adult. Yes I'm slightly playing devils advocate, but we see this constantly - yes, the two people who murdered that elderly gentleman, were children - now they are guilty of manslaughter.
Perhaps if we didn't use the kinder terms and used the correct language?
We all know of the little darlings who wouldn't harm a fly, but are in fact a complete nightmare.
If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck" is a colloquial way of identifying something based on its characteristics
The child in the OP case, was a yobbo, a young thug, a wrong un, a potential criminal in the making, a feral youngster which no idea how to act in the real world.

It’s nothing to do with “rose coloured spectacles “, the fact is that the individual in question is a child. A badly behaved child certainly, but still a child. It is ridiculous to say he is not a child. That was my entire point.

Oof, defo shouldn’t have said that but also YOU'RE MY HERO

Nope, still don't know what it is you're saying you'd do.

“Longtime poster. Naice ham, penis beaker, Sistine Chapel, Fat Cunt.”

right a minor or a child, or just a feral individual who needs help, a minor who was causing offense, and if they weren't the op would not have used the language.
They were in the wrong and would know that they were.
Even when you have a 4/5 year old playing too rough at the playground or a play date, people step in to stop this behaviour.
Use your rose coloured spectacles, but in this case it was a minor (who the press cant name due to the age) who knownlingy was out and about attempting to cause distress.
To me a child is a nice term, this 'child' does know better and was attempting to cause distress.

Yes a child. Very definitely, with no room for doubt whatsoever, a child. Above the age of criminal responsibility maybe, but still a child. Why on earth would you say not a child?

This sort of behaviour is a result of nobody ever telling this child their behaviour is fucking awful. If that was my child terrorising shoppers with his scooter, I’d have put it on the ground in the car park and reversed over it. Kids aren’t taught a lesson these days.

I’d not even give this situation another thought, op. The kid was indeed being a cunt.

I’m of an age where children used to ‘play out. When we were being too boisterous (although we didn’t intimidate anyone), we would be told off by the neighbours. We accepted it, our parents accepted it, our parents corrected other children etc. That sort of community oversight was a thing and children respected it.

No one was called a fat c**t and you went too far but addressing poor behaviour where it’s impacting you as it was in this case should happen more in my view. People don’t as they’re too scared of parents.

And then a lot of mumsnetters would be really angry.

Don't be silly. Even children who haven't been taught to behave at home are learning what is acceptable and not acceptable at school, in public, in general daily life.

This child knew what he was doing and he knew it was unacceptable, else why would he be doing it? You can't tell me an 11-12 year old doesn't know that intimidating adults in a shop isn't the done thing.

Sometimes, on very rare occasions, an adult standing up to them is just what they need. On this occasion though, it made him even worse. Again, he obviously knew exactly what he was doing.

😂😂

So concise.

Well yes, because if he wasn't overweight then OP would have been telling lies.

Is it unreasonable to call a child a fat cunt? Yes - no doubt about it.

Had I been there and saw what happened and then saw you calling him a fat cunt, would I have pissed myself laughing? Also yes.

So I'm on the fence.

Not sure that 'fat cunt' is the choice i'd use but as somebody who has also nearly been knocked down by a feral child on a scooter in a supermarket I can totally understand where its coming from!

Kids like this are not cute, adorable, precious little munchkins who must be protected at all costs, they are a public menace and often criminals (given that alot of this sort of behaviour is in fact illegal).

I disagree, kids need to be taught how to behave. If noone teaches them I'm not sure that's their fault. And obviously yes of course there needs to be consequences - how else do they eventually learn - but stooping to their level isnt it.

Don’t we all realise that the majority of us on this thread will be considered child hating monsters?

Haha, I’d have called him a fucking little shit probably, but fat cunt is quicker! I think it’s funny, he sounds horrible

😁 I hear you.

Presumably this kid behaves in an antisocial way because that is what he has been modelled by the adults around him. For example, I am horrified at the idea that an 11 year old would follow a woman around shouting obscene/ offensive slurs, but he presumably learned that language/ behaviour from somewhere. And OP just became another adult in his life who modelled that for him. The lesson? It's acceptable to call a stranger who pisses you off in a supermarket a "fat cunt"!

That cannot be true.

Though I have to concede that when stuck on stairs behind a toddler with a parent smiling indulgently and acting as if it’s my lucky day to have got caught witnessing their child’s incredible feats of physical prowess ( “Look!!! He’s tackling STAIRS!!!”) as the child’s takes twenty minutes to put both feet on every step and pause to recover, it has crossed my mind that a swift kick would launch the child with a quite spectacular trajectory. 😬

I often accidentally knock over little shits. I'm such a clumsy person.

Oh yes, where is the street fighter?

Has anyone name-changed to RockyBalboaHasEnteredTheChat yet?

😂😂😂

Fingers crossed. I could do with some excitement to get me in the Friday spirit.

OP!?