A Santa who might well have been slightly misanthropic is fired by a mall in Portland, Maine after parents plague the Mall’s Facebook page with whining.
The Santa in question.
(Credit: WGME-TV Screenshot by Chris Matyszczyk/CNET)
If you thought that Santa was immune from social media’s self-righteous stare, then you must still believe he’s real.
This has been conclusively proved at the Maine Mall in Portland, where Santa didn’t seem to be having a great day.
Well, if you’ve got snotty, self-centered kids crawling all over you, shrieking like circus parakeets, wouldn’t you get your baggy pants in a twist occasionally?
As the Daily Dot has it, this Santa (yes, there really are more than one) might have taken the “n” out of the middle and placed it at the end. For he endeared himself very little.
So distressed and disturbed moms did what any responsible modern mother would do: they went to the Maine Mall Facebook page and vented.
Mom Jess Mailhiot offered the frightful accusation that Santa refused to have his picture taken with her daughter unless mom bought the $20 photo package — which the mall had clearly labeled as optional.
Those with a keen commercial nose might regard Santa’s attitude as no different from Apple, Microsoft, or anyone else who wants to subtly operate a closed garden.
But then Mailhiot and her 6-year-old daughter, Chantel, went on WGME-TV to express their pain.
“He put his hands on his lap so that I couldn’t go on,” little Chantel told WGME-TV. Well, perhaps Santa was cold or had sudden digestional problems.
“He didn’t even ask if she was good,” complained her mom. Perhaps he’s that unusual gentleman who doesn’t like to pry.
Complaints on Facebook get mall Santa fired
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