[hehheh]

I'm also surprised at the amount of overly sensitive people defending Garadget here. Their basis -- that this customer was likely brought up wrong -- is a bit amusing. It suggests that the defenders were brought up to judge others based a single interaction, without any thought of context, or anything but the barest of social awareness.

'course, here I am doing the judging now.

[hellofunk]

Welcome to American culture. If you think this is bad, look at how parents judge other parents' parenting skills. Mom-shaming is one of the great American past-times. There are few cultures in the developed world with such a strong affinity for judging others. It's the root of the political climate, too: two people who might otherwise get along will, for example, often never have a second date once they discover they are from different political parties.

[otterley]

Shaming others is one of the basic acts of culture reinforcement. It's everywhere in one form of another, not just America. You might notice it here if you're a foreigner because what we shame might be different than where you come from.

[hellofunk]

Yes it is everywhere, but it definitely exists in different degrees among different cultures. Some societies show much greater preoccupation with other people's lives than other societies. Which is why some cultures are known as more "tolerant" than others.

[incongruity]

Indeed. Isn't that what much of this thread is about, aimed at the developer/company in question here as well?

[CaptainZapp]

Mom-shaming is one thing.

Calling child protection services because other parents allow their kids to roam outdside without constant supervision is a whole different kettle of fish.

[hellofunk]

And yet roaming outside without supervision is perfectly accepted and safe in most regions of the U.S. (certainly not all), and the world. I can't tell if you are justifying a call to child protection services in such a case, or not.

[CaptainZapp]

  I can't tell if you are justifying a call to child protection services in such a case, or not. 

No. Absolutely not! I'm horrified to read stories where that actually happened.

[mizzao]

Sounds like a case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fundamental_attribution_error