Tween guest wasted all the food we bought him. Would you be offended by his mom's pretentious remark?

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Anonymous wrote:I can't imagine anyone saying "they're more of a Shake Shack family" with any level of pretension, SS is disgusting. I think the lady was trying to be funny maybe and it fell sort of flat with you.

This, OP. I think it was sarcasm. Kids can be so weird. Sometimes parents just try to make a joke of it

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Anonymous wrote:I find your attitude so offensive, OP.

Maybe he wasn't hungry. Maybe the food wasn't great. Maybe he felt off that day (maybe he gets carsick or something). But regardless, he know how it was going to come across and made a social effort to hide the food you had bought, so you wouldn't be surprised, offended or disappointed.

And yet here you are, being all three. Don't. He's a child. His mother made a totally innocuous remark that you, operating on a hair-trigger, chose to take the wrong way.

Just stop.

Omg, drama queen lmfao. It's weird of an 11yo to ball up food TWICE. Jesus. Just don't order anything the second time if you're not hungry.

This is why I think the tween was rude. It wasn’t once, but twice. It’s weird that some of you think opening a bag is “rummaging”.

Maybe the situation made him anxious, maybe he has an issue with food and didn’t want to bring attention to it. Have some empathy.

Empathy might be the most over used word this year. And it’s always uttered by people who aren’t being that empathetic in their response.

The child is the one person in this scenario who deserves empathy. Yet OP is harping on the fact that he wasted her hard-earned money, on the cheap junk food she provided him.

Ever heard "no good deed goes unpunished"? OP drove another kid and fed them and all DCUMers will say is that it's junk food and she shoulda taken him to the steakhouse...

All she had to do was not freak out about the consequences of her own choices.

This. Or maybe ask the poor kid what kind of food he likes?

Options road tripping are limited. Step up and parent. Teach your kids to be good guests. OP doesn’t need to take each child to their preferred restaurant. Get over yourselves.

He was a perfectly good guest. He tried the food and did not complain. […]

+1. OP is an insecure control freak.

This, my goodness.