Observation and rant about the observed.

So, on my way home from work I stopped at a gas station to get a snack for my ride home. There was 3 or 4 ppl ahead of me. The lady that I was directly behind had her daughter with her, whom was not just over weight or obese for her age, but morbidly obese at the ripe ol' age of 8 or 9. The girl had a bag of chips in her hand and picked up one of the red-hot sausages and said, "Mama, can I get this, too?" The lady replied with a yes. Then the girl asked what all she was allowed to have. And I shit you not that the mother said, "Girl you got ten dollars, just spend it." So now the girl could have had a lesson in money management and savings but mom taught her instead to blow the wad. 

So, the girl is going around the convenient store just picking up shit from the shelves (a yoohoo, chips, two redhots,) and makes her way to the 3-day-old cold sandwich/lunchable section and the mother turns around to me and tells me to go ahead of her and in the same breath tells her daughter not to get any of the stuff from there because they're really expensive. So great, the most healthy choice the child was gonna make (albeit, not too healthy b/c we are at a Cirle K) and mom discourages it b/c it's to expensive to get and tells her to get a whole bunch of cheap stuff vs a few cheap items and one more expensive more quality item. 

FANTASTIC! Way to go lady! You had a chance to educate your child in finances and health (kind of--a ham and cheese sandwich is better than two Snickers) and help her to not be as broke as you are but instead you helped ensure she'll continue to be broke like you, and be on welfare all her life, and you've helped her to get diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol in her future so she can come in to the hospital once a month and be disabled by the time she's 40 y/o and be a complete drain on our society. I give you mad props...not. SMH.