I just got back from a drive thru to get a take-out breakfast. The cars were backed up in the line, the parking lot full, and while sitting there, waiting to move forward, an older couple came out with three little kids. They were carrying two of them, and one little girl, about age 4, skinny and frail, was walking to the car with them. The woman was bustling around giving orders about getting into the car, and the little girl touched the door handle, at which the woman hit her very loudly on the arm...a loud whack which resonated thru the parking lot. I was parked right beside them, and it really bothered me. I said, loudly, "You shouldn't be hitting her like that!" The fat woman ignored me, but the man turned around and said, "She's okay." To which I replied, "No, she's NOT!" The little girl stood there holding her arm as my car advanced away from them.
I'm very disturbed by this. In confronting them, I actually feared getting into an altercation, or beaten up myself. I wonder, if this woman will do this in public, what does she do in private?
Sad,
Patty