There are two types of people in this world, those who have a spoiled brat that throws a fit at the store and those who are at the store, watching the spoiled brat throwing a fit. It really doesn’t matter which side of the line you happen to be on, it can be a very frustrating and difficult situation. When one grandfather had his ‘spoiled brat’ at the store and he was giving him a hard time, it seemed as if he was handling it perfectly. That is when a stranger approached him to offer commendation but they learned more than what they expected.
A woman in a supermarket is following a grandfather and his badly behaved 3-year-old grandson.
It’s obvious to her that he has his hands full with the child screaming for sweets in the sweet aisle, biscuits in the biscuit aisle, and for fruit, cereal and pop in the other aisles.
Meanwhile, granddad is working his way around, saying in a controlled voice, “Easy, William, we won’t be long. Easy, boy.”
Another outburst and she hears the grandfather calmly say, “It’s okay William, just a couple more minutes and we’ll be out of here. Hang in there, boy.”
At the checkout, the little terror is throwing items out of the cart and granddad says again in a very controlled voice, “William, William, relax buddy, don’t get upset. We’ll be home in five short minutes; stay cool, William.”
Very impressed, the woman goes outside where the grandfather is loading his groceries and the boy into the car.
She said to the elderly gentleman, “It’s none of my business, but you were amazing in there. I don’t know how you did it. That whole time, you kept your composure and no matter how loud and disruptive he got, you just calmly kept saying things would be okay. William is very lucky to have you as his grandpa.”
“Thanks,” said the grandfather, “but I’m William. The little brat’s name is Kevin.”