Guess you missed the part where he was trying to force the door open to the employee area after they told him to leave? |
| A good parent would not take their kid with a peanut allergy to Robek’s. If a good parent did take their kid with a peanut allergy to Robek’s, he would watch the preparation of the smoothie like a hawk. If the good parent was unsure of the safety, he would address his concerns as a rational adult because remaining calm is the best way to get answers and models appropriate behavior to his child. |
Answered above. His son may not have had any incidents at that place prior to this and maybe likes the drinks there, and they do offer smoothies for those with allergies and ask them to mention allergy or if they don't want something. |
What hell do you inhabit where "I want to speak to the f-ing person that made this drink" is calm? What is not calm? |
Agree! I thought he was out of line using the f bomb… before he threw the drink like a toddler having a tantrum. Who speaks to waitstaff like that ever?! |
That's fair enough, but any allergy parent knows that each time you do something like this is a gamble. You cannot rely on any fast food place to be completely safe for a highly allergic child. And it's ridiculous to expect a bunch of teenagers to be more responsible than the parent. |
Still doesn't take away the risk. The world is not responsible for your child, you are. |
Right?!?!? They had to block the door to keep him from coming in and presumably attacking them! How is this calm and rational? |
Can you all share the link to the longer video with the rest of the class? |
| What's done is done. Not an expert in PR but how about an apology. Some peace offering or donation to allergy organization make and conflict resolution organization. Or just one that advocates for treating smoothie workers and everyone else with a modicum of respect and decency. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyNS2yAAEos |
Sure you are. You are the dad of a three year old? Someone who believes men have the right to threaten women? This guy comes in a rage - an adult vs. a child - and you expect these girls to have the skills to de-escalate the situation. If this happened to my DD, you can bet my husband wouldn’t be worried about his daughter being flippant. He’d be at the police station. |
| I mean he tries to come through the employee door to get where the girls are standing. Not ok. |
| His behavior is outrageous and inexcusable. No matter the reaction of the girls. He should not have behaved that way. |
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Even if he didn’t make the immigrant comment, he launched the smoothie at that girl not even a second after asking for the number. He should have known doing that would end any chance that they would be willing to help them. This is even after he said “stupid f—ng high school kids,” which would not be useful in getting their help. Don’t be abusive if you want people to help you. I wouldn’t have helped him, either.
He was trying to get into the back to take the phone away from the girl recording. He wasn’t trying to use their phone to call corporate. I have no doubt he would have been even more physically abusive to get it away from her. He knew he was in trouble when he saw her recording. |