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Originally Posted by 12Amigos

Man or Woman...it doesn't matter. She called her a bad person. That was wrong. If she ment the bad behavior she should have said so. We can assume her meaning all we like, the fact is she said, "You're a bad person". In my opinion SHE'S the one that is a bad person for being so harsh to not only another person but a child. Yes the girl was wrong for using the pass, but that in no way excuses the CM from being rude. She did her job is taking the pass away. Unless Disney was going to press charges, that is where their interaction should have stopped. Her parting words were unnecessary and hurtful. Just like you can suspect that she ment "bad behavior" one can also suspect that she was tired from being in the heat and used this oppertunity to take our her frustration on someone else.

I completely disagree with some of your statements. Psychologists say by age twelve a person has set the "moral compass" of their life and, in some cases, only a strong intervention will change it.

(Of course, I don't know this girl, and I don't presume she is a "bad person.")

Also, we have no idea of the context of "bad person." The girl may have reinterpreted the statements made to her.

I once caught 2 girls shoplifters in the clothing store I worked at in college. The younger girl was 12. The older was 16 and commented that this was not going to look good to her probation officer. That's when I lit into the two of them about how they were throwing away there lives and that if the older didn't make some decisions about what kind of person she wanted to be, she's going to ruin her friend's life as well.

I think a 15 year old girl, made to feel humiliated and bad about herself for a comment made, is a small price to pay for opening her eyes to making right decisions.