In attempts to substitute money for love, plenty of parents are spending top dollar this holiday season to ensure that their children have the latest, greatest gifts in this time of recession. Well, if one child’s actions are any indication, they’ve got it all wrong.
A four-year old Beaumont, Texas boy busted into a Family Dollar establishment at 3am on Monday morning to play with some cheap knick-knacks before setting off the store’s silent burglar alarm. The unaccompanied minor sneaked out of his parents home and crossed a multi-lane street in the dead of night to get to the store, but he didn’t need to use his elite nose or lock-picking skills to force entry into the establishment. One of store’s doors had been left unsealed, giving the toddler easy access to countless cheap curios, not to mention an unlimited supply of cheese balls.
Exactly what toy the boy broke in to get is still unknown, but the makers of Rub My Stomach Schmelmo are crossing their fingers the incident boosts their Christmas sales to astronomical levels. The thieving tyke is presently in the custody of other relatives as his parents have proven to be not so hot at the whole “ensuring the safety of your child” thing.
