[Lakepilot]

Originally Posted by nj2nh

I have been monitoring this thread on and off since it started. I even posted something that I thought was quite restrained, but I have run out of restraint. I am a lawyer, but a criminal one so have nothing to offer on contracts.

However, I do have this to offer. OMG! Move on! Get over it! Grow up!

The kid didn't do anything wrong other than fail to check to see if her sisters had the books she went and bought. And what 13-year-old is going to do that?

The store didn't do anything wrong. Their policy was posted, period. Whether the clerks were rude will never be known since eyewitness testimony is the least reliable kind and there are two sides to every story, including this one. If you think they were rude, then don't shop there again. But to challenge the "contract?" I think not. Not everything is actionable and this is one of them. The is why lawyers have such a bad reputation - our litigious society drives us to it. Do you know why coffee cups now say, "Caution, contents may be hot!"? Because some idiot spilled coffee on herself and sued McDonald's because of the resulting burn. Are you kidding me?

At fault? Dad! Once he saw the sign or was told of the policy, that should have been the end of it. There is no point is showing your daughter how to be obnoxious and rude unless you want her to be that way, too. If my kids needed to return something and the clerk said that the policy is that they could only get a store credit, I would take it and get something else. These books weren't the only ones in the store.

So, get over it and move on!

nj2nh

Couldn't have said it better myself.