So the kid is running around the store, mother apathetic and oblivious, kid doing God-knows-what, clerk .calls boy "demon" ( which he is acting like), throws a cookie at the employee (probably not the worst thing he did in the store), and the clerk does what the parents should have done. 26 times? Maybe a bit too much.
[DU mode] Well, Jason, what if it was YOUR son? [Off DU mode]
Well, for one thing, I keep my kids within site at ALL TIMES. So many freaks out there, could be kidnapped and. Yes, I am paranoid about that, especially where I live.
And two, before we get out of the car, I put the feat of God into them. They know if they step over a certain boundary, there WILL be a spanking in the store.
Luckily, I don't have to resort to the second one as they get older.