Circum Spective

C'mon! Don't Kid Yourself

We've all wished we could do this at one time or another. 
 
I recommend hiring a guy like this to walk the floor at every Walmart store and do this full-time.

STONE MOUNTAIN, Ga. (AP) -- Police say a 61-year-old man annoyed with a crying 2-year-old girl at a suburban Atlanta Walmart slapped the child several times after warning the toddler's mother to keep her quiet. A police report says after the stranger hit the girl at least four times, he said: "See, I told you I would shut her up."

Authorities say the girl and her mother were shopping Monday when the toddler began crying. The police report says Stephens approached the mother and said, "If you don't shut that baby up, I will shut her up for you." Authorities say a short time later Stephens slapped the child, who then began screaming [so he slapped her a few more times and she, apparently, shut up]. Police say an examination showed the girl's face was slightly red.

A call to the girl's mother was answered by a woman who identified herself as Sabrina Mathis, the victim's aunt. [Her mother was out on the front porch sitting in the detached front seat of an '83 Chevy drinking a 40oz. malt liquor -- just to "calm her nerves" after the incident at Walmart]. Mathis said that the girl is doing fine. "As of today, she has really forgotten about it," Mathis said. "She's been playing."