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Cry-Baby of the Week

This week, a couple of guys set fire to a store because they didn't stock the brand of beer they wanted.

It's time, once again, to despair at some idiots who don't know how to handle the world:

 Cry-Baby #1: Salt Lake City School District

Salt Lake Tribune via Gawker

The incident: A school realized that about 40 students were about to eat a lunch that hadn't been paid for.

The appropriate response: Sorting it out after.

The actual response: They took the lunches off the kids and threw them away.

On Monday, Salt Lake City School District's child-nutrition department discovered that the families of about 40 students at Uintah Elementary had outstanding balances on their lunch accounts.

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As a result of this, a representative from the child nutrition department went to the school to tell them to withhold lunches from the children with unpaid balances. However, the representative arrived at the school on Tuesday morning shortly after the lunch had been served.

So, deciding it was better to to have nobody eat the food than let the poor children eat it, cafeteria workers took the lunches off the kids and threw them away.

Erica Lukes, whose 11-year old daughter was one of the children to have their lunch seized, told the Salt Lake Tribune, "It was pretty traumatic and humiliating."

She said that she was unaware that her child's balance hadn't been paid off. "I think it's despicable," she told the paper. "These are young children that shouldn't be punished or humiliated for something the parents obviously need to clear up."

A spokesman for the school district said that they'd tried to contact the parents to let them know that their accounts needed to be paid off, but hadn't been able to reach them all by phone. "Something’s not working, and that’s what the school and child-nutrition department are going to work on together," he told the Salt Lake Tribune.

The children who had their lunches taken away were given milk and fruit instead.

Once the story hit the local paper and a backlash started, the school district posted an apology to their Facebook account. The post read, in part, "This situation could have and should have been handled in a different manner. We apologize."

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Cry-Baby #2: Two unidentified men in Western Germany

Ruhr Nachrichten via The Local

The incident: Two men tried to buy some beer, but the store didn't have the brand they wanted.

The appropriate response: Choosing a different kind.

The actual response: They set the store on fire.

Last Sunday, two men went into a liquor store in Dortmund, Western Germany and tried to buy a case of Beck's Gold.

The guy working there told them that they did not stock Beck's Gold.

All seemed to be going fine, until 20 minutes later when the two men returned holding a gas can.

According to police, they briefly spoke with the shopkeeper before pouring fuel over the entrance to the store. They then set it on fire and ran away.

The fire, which was put out by the shopkeeper, caused a small amount of damage to the front of the store.

Police are still looking for the men, who they described as being around 30 years old and speaking in Polish.

Which one of these fools is the bigger cry-baby? Let us know in this poll down here:

Who is the bigger cry-baby?

Previously: A woman who thought her randomly generated password was racist Vs. A school that called the cops because a kid threw up a three point sign

Winner: It's a draw!!!

@JLCT