I'm hating the human race anymore...

[Hector]

I hate teens, don't like them, don't want them around me, and they are absolutely the last age group I'd save in an end of the world scenario.

[enyawd72]

I nominate Random Axe for the first Mego Museum "Real Super Hero Award".

You did good son.

[hedrap]

Interesting to see we're all circling around the same symptoms for the flaws. ADD, disregard for others, disposable value. Something went seriously wrong in the 90's and 2k's.

Has to be the physical disconnection of online communication combined with the watering down of text writing. Until we get to a point where all of it is Skype/Face Time, I don't know how you course correct.

[Random Axe]

I nominate Random Axe for the first Mego Museum "Real Super Hero Award".

You did good son.

I appreciate that, but it's unnecessary. I didn't give him CPR, just paid his nine dollar bill and made a young manager and server think a little bit. I was quite a bit more hostile than what I wrote. Half of what I really said, had it been accurately quoted, would have been eaten in the Museum word filter. I don't think they'll soon forget that conversation...

[PNGwynne]

I woulda Just Pay'ed if I were that Manager ****** .

Yeah, it's paltry, considering. A simple managerial comp/write-off.

And isn't the restaurant rule-of-thumb that, for every customer you drive away/tick offf, you lose six more from poor word-of-mouth.

That kind of PR isn't worth 9 bucks.

[Fuzzysnail]

I have to agree, the kids growing up for the most part have lousy communication skills when it comes to person on person skills. Kids are spending so much time on social media, they dont know how to relate in the real world. Common sense is gone out the window. Have you seen the 90's an 00's kids writing in cursive? This skill is a lost art. Kids dont have to write anything in school anymore, everything is completed on a computer. Half of them have a barely legible signature. Compare their writing to something our granparents wrote...night and freakin day.
My kids are both teens, I try to limit their time on the facebook, and x box, (which is where a large part of the socialization is occurring) I saw a statistic, that 55% of teen girls 12 and up are on Facebook 30% of every day. I know my daughter would be if I let her get away with it. You can say anything you want on the computer without fear of getting popped in the mouth. These kids say things they would never say in person, therefor they never learn to talk to people face to face. THey cant deal with adversity when it happens, which was the case with both your waitress and manager. When you get frustrated and dont know how to deal, you revert back to an aggressive nature, start yellin.
Its a sad route our youth are taking.
Good on you for your mature handling of the situation. Hopefully your example will stick with them next time they are faced with a similar situation.
Service is Non existent in todays American culture.....how far we have fallen.

[Duncan]

Yeah, it's paltry, considering. A simple managerial comp/write-off.

Yeah, I can see why the server didn't want to get stiffed and went to the manager, but the manager should be bright enough to write off a couple of bucks. Still, I think the bigger issue is why someone who can't function on his own was abandoned in the first place. Nice move by Random Axe to pick up the check.

[HardyGirl]

for Scott. Thank heavens you were there to help the man. If you guys think the teens and the early 20s are bad, you ain't seen nothing yet. I work w/ pre-school kids, and help out on occasion w/ the older after-school group. These kids are being raised by parents who have absolutely NO common sense, and no clue how to discipline their kids. They're in denial, and it's getting so we can't even talk to parents about the kids behavior w/o them threatening to pull their kids out of our school. And these are kids who have NO respect for adults, parents or otherwise. They ignore you, tell you no, and don't care about anyone but themselves. Every year, it's gets worse.

This is our future, folks. Scary, isn't it?

[Gorn Captain]

You did a great thing. Not just standing up for him and paying the bill, but also for just taking time to talk to him and break the wall of silence. A year ago, my wife was in and out of hospital. It always broke my heart when I saw elderly people in hospital. All alone, no companion to reassure them. They just sit there and stare, alone with their misery. Probably already lost their husband or wife.
We usually try and at least say hello, have a brief chat. Somebody who is defenseless needs a little help against that brutal world around him, where empathy is apparently pretty rare...

[domino]

I have much respect for you and what you did. You stood up for someone that needed it. It is my sincere hope that maybe the manager will remember this and try to handle things differently next time.

[Godzilla]

You did good Scott. It takes a great person to stand up for those who are hurting. It sounds like this guy has been for his entire life.

[alex]

A big clap from my end, people dont seem to have any compasion anymore and are simply ignorant.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I know you aren't looking for accolades, but good job Scott.

While the folks at BWW deserve some serious reprimands for the treatment of this person, and some counseling on how to treat EVERYONE, let alone someone with special needs, I have to question any kind of care provider who would drop a person with limited skills such as this ALONE in a mall. I find that more frightening than his treatment by a bunch of 20-somethings.

Chris

[Sideshow Spock]

How the heck did the guy order?

[sprytel]

Scott... you did good. I know you'll humbly say, "any one of you would have done the same"... but you are the one who actually did it. I'm glad you were there.

However, I am not ready to condemn an entire generation just based on this incident. So many "these kids today with their long hair and their crazy devil music" posts in this thread! I suspect the best and brightest are not working at BW3... they are off serving their country in Afghanistan, or working to save the environment, or creating the next great tech revolution. Let's not paint with too broad a brush here.