00:00What's the worst example of spoiled behavior you've seen from a kid?
00:03I was working my shift at the grocery store when this kid, maybe 8 years old,
00:06started throwing the most insane tantrum I'd ever seen.
00:09He was screaming at his mom in the cereal aisle,
00:11demanding she buy him some expensive organic granola.
00:14I want the good cereal, the kind that doesn't make me sick!
00:16He was yelling at the top of his lungs.
00:17His mom looked exhausted, like she hadn't slept in weeks.
00:20She kept trying to calm him down while other customers stared and whispered,
00:23Honey, we talked about this. We have cereal at home, she said softly.
00:26But the kid wasn't having it.
00:27He knocked a whole display of cereal boxes onto the floor, sending them flying everywhere.
00:31Then he started kicking the fallen boxes while screaming,
00:33You never buy me anything good! You hate me!
00:36All my friends get better food than me!
00:38Other customers were backing away, giving them dirty looks.
00:40I could hear people muttering about bratty kids and bad parenting.
00:43One old lady actually walked over to the mom.
00:45Ma'am, you need to control your child. This is disturbing other shoppers.
00:48The mom's face turned red with embarrassment.
00:50I'm so sorry, he's just having a hard day.
00:52The kid overheard and got even louder.
00:54It's not a hard day! You just won't buy me the cereal that doesn't hurt my stomach!
00:57At this point, he was rolling around on the floor between the knocked over boxes,
01:01wailing like someone was torturing him.
01:03The mom looked like she was about to cry.
01:04My manager came over, clearly annoyed.
01:06Ma'am, if you can't get your son under control, I'm going to have to ask you to leave.
01:09That made the kid scream even harder.
01:11He started hitting the floor with his fists and kicking his legs like he was having a seizure.
01:14I hate this place! I hate this food!
01:16Why can't we just get the cereal that doesn't make me throw up?
01:18The mom knelt down next to him, trying to pick him up, but he went completely limp and heavy, making it impossible.
01:23Please, baby, let's just go home. I'll make you something you like.
01:26No, I'm hungry now, and everything at home makes me sick. I want food that won't hurt me!
01:29By now, half the store was watching this disaster unfold.
01:32People were taking videos with their phones, probably planning to post it online as another spoiled brat video.
01:37The manager crossed his arms.
01:38Ma'am, I'm serious. This needs to stop now.
01:40The mom looked up at him with tears in her eyes.
01:42I'm trying. He has a condition that makes eating really difficult.
01:45Most foods cause him severe stomach pain, and he hasn't eaten anything in two days because everything I have at home triggers his symptoms.
01:50She pulled out her phone and showed my manager something on the screen.
01:53This is his medical chart.
01:54He has a rare digestive disorder that makes him violently ill from most foods.
01:58The cereal he's asking for is one of the only things he can keep down, but it costs $18 a box, and I just lost my job last week.
02:04My manager's expression completely changed as he looked at the phone.
02:07The mom continued, her voice breaking.
02:09He's not being spoiled. He's literally starving because I can't afford the special food he needs to survive.
02:14He's lost 12 pounds in the past month.
02:16I looked down at the kid, who had stopped screaming and was now just quietly crying on the floor.
02:20His clothes were way too big for him, hanging off his tiny frame.
02:22The free samples at the organic section are the only food he's had today.
02:25The mom whispered, that's why we're here.
02:27I was hoping maybe I could buy just one box if I returned some things, but my card got declined.
02:31The whole store had gone silent.
02:32People who'd been filming put their phones away, looking ashamed.
02:35My manager quietly walked over to the organic cereal section and grabbed two boxes of the expensive granola.
02:40Then he helped the kid stand up and handed them to him.
02:43Here you go, buddy. On the house, the kid looked up at him with huge, sunken eyes.
02:46Really? I can have the cereal that won't make me sick? Really?
02:49And your mom doesn't have to pay?
02:50Standing there watching that little boy smile for the first time since they'd walked in,
02:54I realized we'd all been watching a starving child beg for food, not a spoiled kid throwing a tantrum.
02:59I mean, I mean, I didn't have to.
03:00I mean, I just, I want to ask you some people who are lying.
03:01I felt lonely. I don't have to have to.
03:02I'm not trying to.
03:02I don't have to handle them.
03:03I'm starting to see something.
03:03I don't have to.
03:05I'm not trying to know that the kid is like a waste of time.
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