I was in my local small supermarket earlier and there were a couple of young girls (estimate ages 6 & 8)standing at the front of the shop tearing up bits of paper and chucking them on the floor.
The security guard asked them who they were with at which point there (I assume) mother appeared. The security guard politely pointed out all the paper on the floor and suggested the girls should pick it up.
The mother's response? 'you've got cleaners to do that' and whisks the girls out of the shop muttering loudly to the children about how rude the guard was and how they didnt have to pick up the paper as thats what cleaners do blah blah.
It makes me sad. What sort of example is that to set to the kids?