PISSED OFF!

I thought this story was hilarious and most of my friends who are parents out there will be able to relate to this. What would you do if your child had to go to the bathroom while you were shopping? You would either take them to the bathroom or tell them to hold it, right? Well, what if the store that you were shopping in said that you couldn't use their bathroom? You would probably tell your child to hold it or find a place for them to go. Here's one last question; would you tell them to just pee outside on the street? That's what Philadelphian Caroline Robboy did and she received a $50 citation for it. That's right! Her 2-year-old's bathroom break on a Philadelphia street prompted police to give her a ticket for public urination and a lecture on how to be a parent, which left her pretty 'pissed' off!

Caroline told the news that she was shopping on South Street in Philly with her three children when her youngest, Nathaniel, felt the need to go pee. The clothing store refused to allow the boy to use their bathroom, which by the way, how can you do that to a 2-year-old boy? I can see if it was an adult that you refused lavatory rights to, but a little boy? People in Philly have some balls on them, huh? Anyway, the family darted out of the store and found the nearest light pole because apparently Nathaniel had to go that bad. Caroline remembers telling her son, "Go over to the grassy patch and make pee!" The next thing she knew, she had an officer giving her a summons for public urination. The officer, who apparently witnessed the whole incident, noted that Caroline told the boy to pee on the street and never acknowledged it was an accident. Um, Mr. Philadelphia police officer, that's because it wasn't an accident! The boy had to go and a store refused him the chance to go in a toilet, so this was no accident. No need to acknowledge that there was one. Caroline was given a $50 ticket and she claims a life lesson from the officer. 

 According to Caroline, the officer told her, "I'm doing this for your own protection because God forbid there might have been a pervert out there looking at your son." That statement didn't relieve the enraged mom, who plans on fighting the ticket and insists it's really not about the money. She went on to state that she wants to live in a place that she feels friendly to her and where her children are safe and have positive experiences with police officers. Yeah, well, then you’re in the wrong city, honey! A Philadelphia Police Department spokesperson said that officers can exercise their own discretion when writing tickets. That's nice to know! I know a bunch of Philadelphia's finest and they seem pretty cool to me! Then again, how can you trust any city whose Mayor's last name is Nutter!