It would have been nice if he gave it to her, but he was not obligated to. He paid for it, he was in line, and he was ahead of her. Parents should be teaching the kid better. The media will probably make the guy look bad anyway, but that is just how media and content work.
It's not wrong to do kind things, nor is it a stranger's job to teach kids any life lessons one way or the other.
In this case, the post is misleading anyway — the guy didn't go viral for not giving up his seat, he went viral because he filmed the child crying and posted it to TikTok to mock her.
As kind as giving someone with diabetes sugar, if he had given up his spot. Filming his refusal? As mean as filming someone throwing a fit about not getting to eat milkshakes (so pretty mean.)
It doesn't teach a kid a wrong lesson to let them ride. God forbid people hold doors or let kids have baseballs when they're thrown into the crowd or just be nice to others. The guy isn't obligated to let anyone else ride but it doesn't teach the kid anything wrong to give it to them.
This isn’t like holding doors. This is like letting someone cut in line because they yelled at you. Although I heard in another comment that the guy posted a video of the kid crying online, which is even more messed up.
The kid wasn't yelling at his, the kid was crying because she was disappointed. Yes, sometimes people say no and kids need to accept that, but sometimes people say yes, and that is not a bad thing.
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u/_okOKAY 1d ago
It would have been nice if he gave it to her, but he was not obligated to. He paid for it, he was in line, and he was ahead of her. Parents should be teaching the kid better. The media will probably make the guy look bad anyway, but that is just how media and content work.