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Grumpy Old Man Attacks Toddler for Crying in Elevator
NBC Miami ^ | Tue, Jun 1, 2010 | Todd Wright

Posted on 06/01/2010 11:48:38 AM PDT by nickcarraway

Someone else's crying kid can be annoying, but one man in Surfside took the matter into his own hands and now police are looking to get their hands on him.

The unidentified man allegedly grabbed, then slapped a 3-year-old girl for crying loudly while they were in a grocery store elevator earlier this month.

The grumpy old man then bolted out of the elevator and away from store employees as the mom frantically tried to explain what happened, surveillance video taken just after the incident shows. "He just went and grabbed at her face. And she says that her skin hurt from it. He just grabbed at her face, and he wouldn't take his hand off,"the child's mom told WSVN. The mom's other daughter, who was also in the elevator, was not attacked. The video doesn't show a good picture of the man's face, but police have put up flyers looking for the vigilante disciplinarian.

The suspect is described as a man in his 50s with a wrinkly, tanned face. He is around 6'3 and weighs about 180 pounds.

If you have information about the incident, call Miami-Dade Crime Stoppers at 305-471-TIPS.


TOPICS: Local News; Miscellaneous; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: antibreeder; assault; grumpyoldman
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To: Excellence

Sure she can. My mother did it with the three of us all the time. And on the single occasion I can recall that hushing my brother did not work, all of us left, with Mom apologizing profusely to all in her path.

As long as the parent is actively taking steps to solve the problem, most people are quite tolerant. It’s when the parent is letting the child wail, holler, whine, or otherwise carry on, and is clearly ignoring those bad behaviors, that people like me get snarky and are inspired to post about them on Websites.


21 posted on 06/01/2010 12:06:44 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Yes, Chef!)
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To: Xenalyte

You’re not a parent, are you?


22 posted on 06/01/2010 12:15:09 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain High
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To: Paladin2

Yeah and pompous donkeys are worse than crying kids. Pompous donkeys, go take a flying leap.

The little children are a blessing from the Lord. If I had a fussy little child I sure to heck am not going to shove my hand over his/her mouth to shut him/her up just so the “nice stranger” doesn’t have to hear a little fussing/crying from a baby for crying out loud! It is the nature of kids to cry and babies to fuss. People like this man need Get over it, and themselves.


23 posted on 06/01/2010 12:15:14 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: JRandomFreeper

That’s why they shouldn’t be inflicted on the general public. Children, small dogs, and liberals should be kept at home, where they can’t cause problems.

How are things over on Fantasyland Drive? Sasquatch still run the HOA?


24 posted on 06/01/2010 12:16:45 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain High
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To: ketelone

Oh, let me guess, you were never a little kid and YOU never cried. Or no wait, you did cry but mama beat the crap outta you when you did and that’s why you have an intolerant attitude to this day?


25 posted on 06/01/2010 12:18:00 PM PDT by kelly4c
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To: Xenalyte

One of my favorite restaurants is a place where the owner kicks people out if a kid starts misbehaving and the parents fail to remove the child and allow it to continue. He’s been known to get a round of applause from the other diners when he does this, too.


26 posted on 06/01/2010 12:22:03 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue
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To: kelly4c

Exactly! It’s amazing to see ANYONE actually excusing this old man’s behavior. This place is becoming a version of DU.


27 posted on 06/01/2010 12:22:15 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain High
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To: RedWhiteBlue

That’s a little different from some crazy old fart attacking a small child, isn’t it?


28 posted on 06/01/2010 12:23:47 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain High
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To: Rocky Mountain High

Did I equate the two?


29 posted on 06/01/2010 12:24:24 PM PDT by RedWhiteBlue
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To: Rocky Mountain High
Your average Freeper?


30 posted on 06/01/2010 12:27:23 PM PDT by Carpe Cerevisi
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To: Carpe Cerevisi

Evidently.


31 posted on 06/01/2010 12:28:42 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain High
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To: RedWhiteBlue

Well, this thread isn’t about snorkeling.


32 posted on 06/01/2010 12:29:30 PM PDT by Rocky Mountain High
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To: Paladin2
Fussy kids are worse than barking dogs. Parents, curb your kid.

While I agree somewhat - that gives no-one the right to manhandle my child - period!

33 posted on 06/01/2010 12:29:47 PM PDT by TheBattman (They exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature...)
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To: nickcarraway
Yikes! Since when is someone in their 50's considered a grumpy OLD man?! I thought 50 was the new 30 ... or at least that's what I told myself last year after hitting the big 5-0.

Seriously, how long does an elevator ride take that this guy would become so aggravated as to resort to striking a crying tot? If it's more than a few minutes in a place such as a restaurant, you say something to the parent(s).

On a brief elevator ride? C'mon!

Dollars to donuts, this guy is an entitled lib.

34 posted on 06/01/2010 12:33:00 PM PDT by mellow velo (Elect an adult; vote Conservative.)
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To: Rocky Mountain High

I’ve never had an abortion or cancer, either.

And I’m pretty sure I can speak to the heinousness of both without having to live them.

So seriously, don’t give me that “you don’t know my life” crap. My sister has three, and they’re all very well-behaved. Better than we three were, in fact.

So yes, I am well aware that it can be done. It’s what the parent chooses to do about it that’s the point.


35 posted on 06/01/2010 12:33:03 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Yes, Chef!)
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To: TheBattman

I agree. The issue is with poor parenting that takes fussy kids and trains them to be ‘rats.


36 posted on 06/01/2010 12:33:23 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Rocky Mountain High
Point me to a post in which I excused his behavior.

Oh, wait, you can't, because the first line of my post - which you had to read through to get to the part you find objectionable - is "Not excusing the grumpy old man, by any means."
37 posted on 06/01/2010 12:35:26 PM PDT by Xenalyte (Yes, Chef!)
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To: Xenalyte
And on the single occasion I can recall that hushing my brother did not work, all of us left, with Mom apologizing profusely to all in her path.

You know this happened on an elevator, right? Where should Mom have taken the kids, up the emergency hatch?

38 posted on 06/01/2010 12:38:40 PM PDT by whd23
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To: nickcarraway
Now that the chronically self-indulgent, narcissistic and often chemically altered demographic known as "the Boomers" are getting to 65, we will probably see a lot of bad behavior by senior hippies citizens.
39 posted on 06/01/2010 12:39:40 PM PDT by atomic conspiracy (Victory in Iraq: Worst defeat for activist media since Goebbels shot himself.)
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To: nickcarraway

Kid’s crying is supposed to be annoying. Otherwise a kid could die from hunger, sickness, or lack of ice cream. It’s just survival mechanism evolved over millions of years. The non-annoying ones died young.


40 posted on 06/01/2010 12:40:16 PM PDT by toast
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