Entitled kid lashed out at 7-Eleven staff for 'checking' his ID. It backfired the moment his dad stepped in

It is good for a child to be confident, but when confidence turns into entitlement, it starts to loosen their moral, social, and communication boundaries. In a Reddit post on May 19, 2026, a woman (u/pineappleforrent) shared an instance from the 90s when she encountered one such kid while working as a cashier at a 7-Eleven in Canada. Unlike indulgent parents who always take their kids’ side, the father of this "entitled" kid backed the cashier to teach his son a hard lesson. The post has received 11,000 upvotes to date on Reddit.  

The 'entitled' behavior

The instance dates back to the late 90s. At the time, the woman was a teenager and was working night shifts at a Canadian 7-Eleven. On one such shift, a kid stomped into the shop, bought various things, and paid with a credit card. During this time, when security codes didn't exist yet, customers needed to sign, and clerks were supposed to verify the signature against their ID. So while the kid was signing, the cashier flipped the card to verify. "He noticed that I was checking out his signature and said something flippant about it being his card. I replied that it was my job to check. He left," she explained. 

A parenting masterclass

Like every other customer, the cashier forgot the incident and moved on with her work. However, about half an hour later, the hot-headed kid barged into the store again, looking exasperated — but this time, he was accompanied by an older man. The boy pointed at the woman and told him that the cashier had checked his signature on the back of the card. The entitled kid, perhaps, thought the man, who was basically his father, would lash out at the cashier, but his response was totally unexpected. The father snapped at his son instead, saying, "Yeah, to protect you, you m***n!" The cashier, who had been silently observing the scene, couldn’t help but smile at their interaction.

Entitlement in children

Just as the father acted out in this situation, psychologists suggest that parents hold the reins of their child’s psychological health in their hands so their children don’t grow up as entitled adults. According to a poll by C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, 88% of parents use verbal reasoning as a primary disciplining strategy, while 70% discipline their kids by taking away a privilege or something their child likes, and only 59% react to such situations by grounding their kids. Meanwhile, fewer than 25% of parents confessed they would physically punish their kids for their inappropriate behavior. The poll results suggest that most parents, just like the dad in the Reddit story, understand the importance of disciplining children from an early age. 

Good job, say the netizens

Meanwhile, most Reddit readers sided with the cashier and the boy’s father, asserting that checking the ID was the best thing she could do for the child. For instance, u/commewendy commented, "I worked retail in the early 2000s, and we were literally trained to check signatures, had a whole script and everything, and customers still acted like you were accusing them of murder every time." Similarly, u/schmoozieq shared, "I learned this from a friend who had previously worked for a bank… don’t sign the card; instead write 'ask for ID.' It might not be necessary these days, but if you had a card stolen, it would put the liability on the person who didn’t check for a signature."

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