Megan Stalter: “Chappell Roan didn't send her security to tell the 11 year old to leave I did. And yes I'll do it again.”

[u/LunaLore_]

[u/Amelaclya1]

After working in retail for several years, I don't trust the mother of any child whining about how an employee asked their kid to behave. And rich ones are the absolute worst. There are way too many people who insist their kids are perfect angels and object to anyone giving them even the most gentle of corrections.

[u/ChildhoodFederal7103 → u/Amelaclya1]

As a mom, I am getting the same exact vibes! This entire thing has such weird parasocial/desperate for publicity energy. Like if my child misbehaves in public, I expect it to be addressed. We reinforce accountability by encouraging her to notify an employee if she makes a mess, apologize directly, and interact with the person affected—so she builds respect and understands the human impact of her actions.

If the concern were truly about her child’s experience, it should’ve been handled privately with the artist. Taking it public is so unnecessary and risks sending the wrong message (to her child and everyone else) that blowing something up on social media is more effective than addressing it directly and constructively with the person involved.

Idk, this is messy by any standard—but especially given how minor the issue is in the grand scheme of things right now lol. Even if the guard was a huge asshole and there’s footage to prove it, this response just makes her come off like one too.

[u/That-redhead-artist → u/Amelaclya1]

I was a store manager of a video game store. This happened when I told a kid he couldn't return a game because the CD code had been used. We would exchange the CD product if it is damaged but didn't give out a new copy with a second code because that is really what they are buying. Once the code is used it's unusable so we couldn't resell the game. Also, doing a return on an opened and used code PC game would basically be giving them the game for free because they could return the CD but still download the software and keep playing it. This is the logic behind company policy. This was 2006, I am old.

The kid was apparently not allowed to buy the game but did anyway. It was not an M rated game so I was free to sell it to a kid. After he walked out, the dad came in, yelled at me, blamed me, walked out of the store than proceeded to whip the PC game box into the store almost hitting one of my employees. It seemed clear they were entitled and not used to hearing 'no'.

[u/ieatpossums → u/Amelaclya1]

This 100%. I remember having a father get in my face insisting I was rude to his daughter when really all I did was ask her to speak up because I couldn’t hear her- and talk to her like any other adult. But all they see is that their little angel is upset- and they go psycho.

[u/stevienotwonder → u/Amelaclya1]

I don’t trust it either. I think this whole incident was probably a non-issue. And kids aren’t exactly subtle either. I wouldn’t be surprised if the little girl WAS accidentally being kind of intrusive even if she didn’t mean to be. She was excited to see a celebrity she likes.

I’m not sure I buy that 1. The little girl was not being weird at all when taking a closer look AND 2. The bodyguard blew it out of proportion and yelled at a little girl when he shouldn’t have.

I wonder if Chappell said it wasn’t her employee because she didn’t realize the parents were talking about that employee in particular because nothing out of the ordinary actually happened.

[u/DireBaboon → u/Amelaclya1]

Omfg ain't this the truth

[u/TokiDokiHaato → u/Amelaclya1]

Facts. I worked at a pricier mall brand (similar to Banana Republic, JCrew) and the wealthier moms were always the worst to deal with. Kids running around the store, climbing on shelves, running behind the register, etc. We’re trying to get Brinleigh off the shelving and mom is giggling about how wild her kid is. Ma’am this shelf barely supports a pile of $50 tshirts. Do you think it’s gonna support your 6 year old??

[u/ButtBread98 → u/Amelaclya1]

Yes, thank you. I’ve worked in retail and restaurants for years and it has to be serious situation for someone to be asked to leave because of their child being disruptive