I don't hate on the cameraman. He laughed a lot, but also said, "what can you do?" All of security was trying to find the parents. This brat was pushing kids and spitting on people and jumping up on everything. You just don't want to get sued. So you can't physically punish the boy, but you don't want to let him fall off a machine either. If you hold him, he will bite, spit, and scream. Do you put him in a rear naked choke hold? There's just no good solution other than trying to find the parents and calling the CPS. The instant he picks up something dangerous or gets too high up, you put him in a choke hold and deal with the biting, spitting, and screaming. But before that, you just try to contain the situation I guess. I'm really not sure what Security should do, let alone a bystander.
Sad how security is just standing around watching the kid terrorize the whole place. I guess they're afraid of lawsuits. Elsewhere in the world, that kid would have been taken out back in a minute and introduced to a major can of butt whooping by the nearest adult. And then they'd take him to his parents and tell them what happened so he could receive round 2.
The guy filming the video kept it real..."If this kid goes anywhere near my daughter, he's gonna get knocked out and Im gonna go to jail...Where's security at?" Kids really learn what they see...Selfish self-centered parents who havent taught kids his age how to act. True justice is if a bigger fat kid, gets mad and takes a swing...
The problem is that the kid WANTS attention and being bad is the only way he knows how to get it. His parents probably ignore him at home and only give him attention when he acts up. They obviously didn't pay any attention to him a Chuck E Cheese. The really sad part is that if someone actually took the initiative and punished this kid..his parents are probably the type that would get mad, try to defend their indefensible kid and threaten to sue. Without a change in parenting - this kid will end up in Juvenile hall and later, prison.
Way back in the day at Pistol Pete's Pizza, my 8 year old cousin was climbing on the ski-ball machines and being an overall menace, much like this kid. The manager got on the PA and said if he continued he would be spanked. My cousin stopped immediately because the threat was real. Those were the good days where "the whole village raised a child." Without fear of repercussions (from parents, teachers, neighbors), the child will run wild.
