One Big Tantrum

[BG45]

[url="http://www.us101country.com/cc-common/news/sections/newsarticle.html?feed=259236&article=5317355"]A kid got angry with his mother, so the obvious thing for him to do was burn down the store they were inside...[/url]

[quote]Authorities are deciding what to do with a nine year old who set fire to the Dollar General Store on Hixson Pike. The boy told firefighters that he was mad at his mother, so he walked to rear of the store and set rolls of bathroom tissue on fire. The store manager tried to put the fire out herself but it got too big and everyone had to evacuate. The store was a total loss.

Here's the entire account from the Chattanooga Fire Department:


Chattanooga fire investigators are trying to determine what charges will be filed against 9-year-old boy after he confessed to starting a fire that destroyed the Dollar General Store in Hixson. The boy told firefighters that he was mad at his mother, so he walked to rear of the store and set rolls of bathroom tissue on fire.[/quote]

More in the article itself...heh. The store btw, was a total loss because of this nine year old, and put seven people out of work in addition to destroying everything within. Fortunately at least, no one was hurt.

[IcePrincessKRS]

Wow.

[BG45]

Yeah...um, I take it no mom here would ever raise that much of a little...monster, for lack of a better word. I know in retail I've had kids throw things, leave stuff all over the place, but never had them try to burn down the store yet!

[MissyP89]

Unbelievable.

[Archaeology cat]

wow

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='BG45' post='1836145' date='Apr 15 2009, 01:04 PM']Yeah...um, I take it no mom here would ever raise that much of a little...monster, for lack of a better word. I know in retail I've had kids throw things, leave stuff all over the place, but never had them try to burn down the store yet![/quote]

Yeah, when I say "No, you're not getting that. Put it back." My kids put it back on the shelf. Now, they might be reluctant, or say "Maybe another day?" with hope shimmering in their little blue eyes, and they might even knock a few things over as they put it back and leave things a little messy for the poor guy who has to straighten out the shelves. But it gets put back. They do NOT throw screaming fits. And if they ever even thought about setting a store on fire... heaven help them.

[piano_freak184]

The mother should've been nicer to the kid. She saw it coming.

[CatherineM]

That's going to be expensive for that mom. When your kid accidentally throws a baseball through a window, it is negligence, and the home owner can only sue the kid. If a child intentionally throws the baseball, it isn't negligence, it is intentional, and then the homeowner is allowed to sue both the kid and the parents. Everyone out of work can file for lost wages, the city can sue for the cost of putting out the fire, and the store owners for the loss of the store and merchandise (less the amount their insurance pays, but then the insurance company can sue for that amount). Hope their homeowner's insurance was up to date.

[Nihil Obstat]

Let's not let those guys who made the condom commercial here about this.

[Moosey]

Little brat.

[WillT]

Wow. I didn't realise this story was getting national attention. I live here in Chattanooga, and my wife and I were taking the kids to walk around at the mall nearby (it was raining outside) and got caught in all the traffic mess created by the fire (we were driving on Hixson Pike). You could tell the store was a total loss. At any rate, it's been a big story here, but I wouldn't have thought that I would see it on PM!

[IcePrincessKRS]

[quote name='piano_freak184' post='1836175' date='Apr 15 2009, 01:59 PM']The mother should've been nicer to the kid. She saw it coming.[/quote]

She should have been nicer? You're kidding, right? The kid was throwing a fit, you don't cave in and give your child what he wants just because "no" upsets him. He needed something, but I don't think "nicer" was it.

[cmotherofpirl]

My oldest son had a tantrum in a store once - I picked him up and walked out the door and spanked him, then got in the car and went home. I dropped him off at the neighbors where he sat in the corner in time-out, while I went back with my other kids to finish the shopping and get ice cream. The lesson never had to be repeated for any of my kids again. And it wasn't the spanking -it was the embarrassment that did the trick.

[Brother Adam]

[quote name='cmotherofpirl' post='1836224' date='Apr 15 2009, 03:20 PM']My oldest son had a tantrum in a store once - I picked him up and walked out the door and spanked him, then got in the car and went home. I dropped him off at the neighbors where he sat in the corner in time-out, while I went back with my other kids to finish the shopping and get ice cream. The lesson never had to be repeated for any of my kids again. And it wasn't the spanking -it was the embarrassment that did the trick.[/quote]

Thank you.

[eagle_eye222001]

[quote name='Nihil Obstat' post='1836190' date='Apr 15 2009, 01:18 PM']Let's not let those guys who made the condom commercial here about this. [/quote]

I'm sure they have already cited it for complete proof they are right.


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[quote name='WillT' post='1836196' date='Apr 15 2009, 01:39 PM']Wow. I didn't realise this story was getting national attention. I live here in Chattanooga, and my wife and I were taking the kids to walk around at the mall nearby (it was raining outside) and got caught in all the traffic mess created by the fire (we were driving on Hixson Pike). You could tell the store was a total loss. At any rate, it's been a big story here, but I wouldn't have thought that I would see it on PM![/quote]

Well you did.





I almost didn't believe this story but I found it somewhere else and they are charging the kid.

[url="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=84631&catid=2"]http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?...631&catid=2[/url]

[i]A 9-year-old boy told investigators he set a fire that burned down a Dollar General Store in Chattanooga because he was mad at his mother.

No one was hurt in the Tuesday afternoon fire at the store on Hixson Pike.

Fire investigators have charged the boy with aggravated arson and reckless endangerment.

Fire Department spokesman Bruce Garner said in a statement that the boy told firefighters he was mad at his mother, so he walked to rear of the store and set rolls of bathroom tissue on fire.

Store Manager Tammy Laney said she tried unsuccessfully to put the flames out herself. She then got everyone out and called 911.

The Dollar General Store and its contents are a total loss. The store has seven employees.[/i]