'A look of horror crossed his face': Woman's demands go wrong after she orders another mother to share ginger 'candy' with her kid

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Sienna Varady
Jan 9, 2024 10:00 AM EST

The account that follows is the story of an extremely entitled mother who finally learned valuable life lessons such as never accepting candy from strangers, setting boundaries, and being cautious around strangers. 

The story starts when OP invites her kids to the water park. Unfortunately, OP's severe motion sickness prevents her from enjoying the rides with her children. However, because being a mom requires sacrifice, OP arrived on site prepared, clutching a bag full of ginger candies that would help her survive the day. 

The situation, however, turns into chaos when OP is forced by an entitled mother to hand over one of her 'candies' to a crying boy'. I guess you can imagine what happened next, but let's just say that the child will never take candy from a stranger again. Regarding the mother, it is highly probable she will require a day or two to recover from her son's absurd response. So, check out the story below to see what ultimately caused OP to give in and give the youngster the ginger candy! After you've finished scrolling, check out the story of a waitress who humbles entitled customers here!

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    "I don't think your kid will like my candy, lady, but whatever..."
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    I don't think your kid will like my candy, lady, but whatever.
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    Since there's only a week left of summer, I decided to take the kids to the local amusement/water park today. As I've gotten older, the rides have gotten a little tougher on me. In addition, my daughter tends to get motion sick rather easily. I don't like the way motion sickness pills
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    make me feel. So, I always take a ziplock baggie full of ginger candy along to prevent and soothe nausea. Today, I had chewy mango ginger candies, hard plain ginger candies, and hard lemon ginger candies. For
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    those who've never had ginger candy, it is SPICY. The lemon ginger is probably the mildest. The plain ginger is just plain hot. The mango ginger are sweet and spicy but they also stick to your teeth like crazy. They're definitely an acquired taste.
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    As we are standing in line for the log ride, I pull out my baggie. I choose a lemon one as does my son (13). My daughter (12) asks for a mango one. While I'm fishing a mango one out, I hear the kid in front of us tell his mom that he
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    (around 7ish) wants some candy. His mom distractedly says she doesn't have any candy. The boy says, “But she does." He turns to me and asks for one. I tell him I don't really think he'd like my candy. By this time, his mom has
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    focused in on the interaction. As the kids starts to whine that, of course, he'd like my candy, his mom just huffs and says, "You've got a whole baggie. Can't you give him just one. Com'n, don't be greedy." (Oh, you said the magic word there lady.)
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    say, "Alright," and dig out a lemon one. (I'm not completely heartless.) That's when the kid whines that he wants mango, mango is his favorite. I tell him lemon is better but he insists on mango. I tell him it's kinda sticky as I hang it over.
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    The kid rips it open, shoves it in his mouth, gets in three quick chews while my kids stare at him. Then, he actually starts to taste it and a look of horror comes over his face. He screams and tries to spit it out. He's jumping around and flapping his
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    arms. His mom is panicking and asking what's wrong. He's screaming that it's bad and it's hot and he wants it out. His mom tells him to spit it out. That's when I pipe up with the very helpful, "It's really sticky. What's left
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    is probably stuck in his teeth. He'll have to wait for it to melt off if he doesn't want to chew." The mom looks at me in disbelief and a shrug. Then she asks what in the h III gave her son. (Probably should have asked that sooner, lady.) I answer, "Ginger candy. It's good for nausea."
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    I'm pretty sure I'd be d d if looks really could k 1. We got to move up in line two spaces though because she whisked her kid off to a water fountain. I'd like to think the kid will think twice about demanding things from strangers. Plus it was entertaining. Overall, the kids and I counted it as a win.
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    Spritemaster33 - 5 mo. ago It's amazing that some parents can be so entitled that they expect complete strangers to placate their kids. On the plus side, I bet that kid won't be accepting candy from strangers again.
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    punklinux 5 mo. ago · My mother used to teach junior high decades ago, and she tells the story of some kid who stole "chocolate candy" from some teacher's
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    purse. Only it wasn't candy, but a very chocolatey laxative. The kid had several pantaloon blowouts before an ambulance was called. Because of
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    this, even teachers had to have any and all personal medication, other the counter or not, locked with the school nurse.
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    Diasies_inMyHair · 5 mo. ago That's what you get for demanding that other people not be "greedy" with their own stuff. I hope the kid learned a valuable lesson about entitlement mentality.
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    ChiTownBob 5 mo. ago You did warn her he wouldn't like the candy. You warned them that the candy is sticky. Her giant ego didn't register the warning.
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    Let's see if two people drop their entitlement mentality toward other people's candy. I'm not holding my breath :)
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    KSknitter · 5 mo. ago I am just remembering about how I was taught to never take candy from strangers in the 80s and 90s and now parents are demanding candy from strangers for their kids?
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    FineSeries2626 · 5 mo. ago Literally the first thing I thought of was never take (anything) candy from strangers. What the h I was that mother thinking? Not to insult you or anything, clearly you didn't intend to harm the kid.
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