I was 4 and we were in a store. I wanted some peanuts. Mom said, no. I opened the damn bag and started eating them.
My mother was wearing cheapie flip flops. She took one off and beat my ass in the middle of the store (those cheap flip flops hurt like a mutha!)
This woman who was like 5'1 on a tall day rolled up to my mom and tried to call her out for what she did.
My mom stood up to her full height (she was about 5'10) still wielding the shoe and said, "unless you want some of this too, you better back off lady!"
Needless to say, since I embarrassed the family name in public, I got more when we got home