Chide Should Go Before The Fall

(A kid is running around with a toy gun until he falls down and breaks it. His mother grabs it and approaches me.)

Mother: “I would like another one of this.”

Me: “No problem, but I need you to pay for the one you broke.”

Mother: “That’s insane! He broke it in your store! That means it’s your responsibility!”

(I point to a huge sign behind me that says, ‘You Break It, You Buy It.’ I have never seen anyone run that fast!)