By now, the hours stuck at home to slow the spread of coronavirus are affecting most people, but teens seem to be really struggling. It's already a challenging time in the life of a teenager and being forced to spend so much of it with their family and not at school with friends makes them even more emotionally volatile.
That was pretty evident in a recent video that showed one teen and his friend in England head to Asda, their local grocery store, and scream threats and abuse at the workers there. They also offended onlookers. When a woman chided the boys and asked their age, one yelled at her, "F***, how old are you? You look about 80."
Since supermarket workers are already dealing with a lot, working in the time of a pandemic and potentially exposing themselves to COVID-19, people were outraged with the video. Among those made furious by the footage was the father of one of the boys in it.
He marched his son back to the store and demanded his boy give them an apology. The dad filmed the whole thing and posted it to Facebook.
***WARNING: This video includes some harsh language.***
In the caption accompanying the video, the man called it a "public apology to all the members of staff and public at Asda yesterday" and wrote:
"For everyone who has seen a video of this boy threatening members of staff at Asda yesterday. As a dad I have never been more disgusted and mortified with my son in my life. He has not been brought up to behave in this manner and I do not condone his behavior at all. Just to let you all know, the police have been notified and evidence has been sent – it is now over to them to decide what they wish to do.
Also the police were notified at the first point of call when he was not back from his daily exercise. Both myself and my wife take the Covid-19 pandemic very seriously. I just want to point out for those who blame the parents this is not, and I repeat not, how we have brought him up. He will be thoroughly punished and this will not happen again."
Local police did confirm they they received a report of an assault at the Asda store and they are investigating.
As for the dad, he is being hailed for his parenting by commenters, with people writing things like, "Now that’s a proper Dad I wish more parents could be like that," and, "He's lucky to have the father he has, there's hope for him yet. Respect sir."
Photo: YouTube/CHASA