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Unfortunately, wpalmisano, times have changed since I was a kid. If I had done something like this, I would have gotten it from the owner AND my parents - and I would have been an indentured servant to the owner until they and my parents agreed the debt was paid. The world is a'changing. Sounds like you have a system that apparently works, however....
Decades ago, some I was with some buddies in a checkout line at a supermarket for sandwiches and chips on our way to go golfing. The woman in front of us had a 3 yr old in the cart who was raising bloody heck, to the annoyance of the folks all around. "I want this....I want that....mommy I said I WANT THAT NOW...." The mom was completely outclassed, but finally said "I said NO". The kid starts wailing at the top of his lungs. My buddy mumbled "smack him again!" The mom wheeled around, beet red in the face, and indignantly muttered "I would never strike my child" - to which a senior citizen behind us calmly said "maybe you should start" to a round of polite clapping from the crowd. The woman paid for her stuff and beat a hasty retreat out of the store.