Overheard a kid at the farmers market call my pork chops 'dead cow steaks' and it cracked me up more than it should have

I was working the booth at the Saturday market in Austin when this little boy, maybe 6 years old, points at my display case and yells that to his mom. She turned beet red but I just handed him a sample of my smoked bacon and asked if he wanted to see how a butcher cuts a chop. Kid ended up asking me like 10 questions about where meat comes from and I think he left with a new respect for the craft. Anyone else ever get roasted by a kid out of nowhere like that?

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jamie77025d ago

Kids have this way of cutting through all the BS adults build up around things. We spend so much time dressing up the truth with nice words and packaging, but a six year old just calls a pork chop a dead cow steak and suddenly everyone's laughing because yeah, that's exactly what it is if you strip away all the marketing. I notice this pattern everywhere now, at grocery stores with those fancy labels that try to hide what's in the food, or at car dealerships calling a basic sedan a "sport utility lifestyle vehicle." Kids don't buy into the spin, they just see the thing for what it is and say it out loud, which is both embarrassing and refreshing at the same time. That mom was probably horrified but deep down she was thinking the same thing her kid said, we just train ourselves to filter it out as we get older. Handing him bacon was perfect because you didn't get defensive, you just showed him the real deal and let him make his own mind up, which is probably why he walked away curious instead of just repeating a joke.

martinez.kim29d ago

Oh man, that kid is a legend already. Six years old and already dropping truth bombs like a tiny philosopher with zero filter. I love that you handed him bacon to win him over, that's a pro move right there. Honestly, kids are the best critics because they don't care about being polite, they just say what we're all thinking. That mom is probably still apologizing to her friends about it while you just gained a future customer for life.

matthewmartin28d ago

Nah, you just gotta let kids say their piece and roll with it, bacon's the great equalizer.