Yesterday at Aldi, there was a young intellectually disabled man buying some cola and a watermelon. I felt sorry for the checkout guy as when the young man came to pay he was short by nearly $4, and could not or would not understand that he had to put something back. He was getting more and more irate. It bought home to me, that when you let our kids into the world, it is our responsibility to train our kids in shopping and the value of money. If they have no idea like this young man obviously didn't, then it shouldn't be up to the poor shop assistant to have to explain and deal with a situation that he is neither trained or paid extra for. I ended up paying the $4 just to ease the situation, but I felt really angry towards the young man's parents. If he can't understand, then don't send the kid on his own!! Maybe this kid does this regularly..goes to the shop and gets some unsuspecting git to pay for his stuff.
It gives people with intellectual disability a bad name when shit like this happens.
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