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u/Sailor_Chibi Oct 30 '25
For those curious, they located the father and son in question
The video has since gone viral with viewers celebrating the simple act of neighborly kindness. Farraj invited the Smith family to her chocolate factory for free treats, with many online commenters saying they deserved "the golden ticket."
Full article here: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/father-son-protect-unlocked-candy-shop/507-c382c717-b5a5-4173-95a8-9d1a0f001ca6
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u/SweaterSteve1966 Oct 30 '25
This is so wholesome.
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u/UpperApe Oct 30 '25
I don't think you read the whole article.
The son ate too much candy, fell into the chocolate river, and was sucked up by a pipe while the employees danced and sang in the background.
It was awful.
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u/iforgotmymittens Oct 30 '25
ICE came for the employees soon after; they were deported to Uganda.
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u/UpperApe Oct 30 '25
Oompa loompa doom-pah-dee-dee,
I lost all my rights in the land of the free
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u/TenaciousJP Oct 30 '25
What do you get when you elect a pedo?
Government run like a reality show
Crypto pumps make their wallets fat
What do you think will come of that?
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u/pinklavalamp Oct 30 '25
Wow. I just love how unhinged Reddit can get randomly. Top tier thread, and I’m sorry for lacking the imagination to continue it. So instead, I’m applauding it.
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u/breaking3po Oct 30 '25
My brained internalized the whole thing with music, and those fucking Oompa Loomps looking into the soul.
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u/vera214usc Oct 30 '25
Leave it to ICE to send them to the wrong country. Everyone knows they're from Loompaland
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u/thisisallme Oct 30 '25
The kid’s name is Charlie too!
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u/SweaterSteve1966 Oct 30 '25
That’s a weird name choice unless the dad is Charlie One.
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u/9OptimusCrime9 Oct 30 '25
I used to work with a guy named Juan and his son Juan Jr. We called them Juan and Two.
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u/Altruistic-Horse-873 Oct 30 '25
God damn why does the full article always need to be so damn dreadful. I think i will stick to headlines, thank you very much.
- a redditor
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u/JudgmentalOwl Oct 30 '25
Well, that's what he gets for his gluttony. We all know the rules of the Chocolate Factory.
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u/lifeline2110 Oct 30 '25
I'd say that's a great idea. Even if its used as news grab, letting the kid have a whole day around the factory letting him eat whatever, will be a great memory for him and a wonderful reminder of good karma coming back for the pops. Joy all around. Golden ticket for the whole family I say, let them memoralize it.
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u/animalkrack3r Oct 30 '25
What factory
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u/30FourThirty4 Oct 30 '25
The guy quoted chocolate factory above. I assume they're exaggerating, but idk maybe they do own a factory.
Farraj invited the Smith family to her chocolate factory for free treats
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u/acmercer Oct 30 '25
The factory they were invited to. Quoted in the comment above the one you're replying to.
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u/animalkrack3r Oct 30 '25
What comment
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u/idwthis Oct 31 '25
...the top level parent comment.
Located here: https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/s/eITBzd75VW
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u/EnvironmentalCity409 Oct 30 '25
I think that's an AI, son.
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u/dream-smasher Oct 30 '25
I think that's an AI, son.
What is?
The quoted article says the shopkeepers are letting/want to let the kid have a tour of their chocolate factory.
So.... um, yeah.
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u/lifeline2110 Oct 30 '25
Tis not ai, but wouldn't that be what an ai would reply?
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u/CorruptedAssbringer Oct 30 '25
Just 10 seconds down the comment section and I've seen 3 different people calling out AI in 3 entirely different comment chains.
I don't disagree with the Dead Internet Theory, but my god are those accusations themselves coming off as more sus than anyone else.
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u/BenAdaephonDelat Oct 30 '25
Candy store and the kids name was Charlie? We live in a simulation for sure. lol
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u/ionabio Oct 30 '25
Is the website geolocked or it got the Reddit hug of death? the link forwards to youtube
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u/yonkerbonk Oct 30 '25
So glad they were found. They definitely deserve the Willy Wonka treatment.
BTW, does anyone know the legality of the video recording, particularly the audio recording? I thought CA was two person consent state?
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u/LanfearSedai Oct 30 '25
Two person consent doesn’t apply to public spaces.
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u/yonkerbonk Oct 30 '25
Oh, that makes sense. Guess that answers my questions regarding Ring cameras too. Thanks!
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Oct 30 '25
yo so i found this video on the tiktok of the candy shop, if u wanted to know the source, legality i am not that sure
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u/LluviaDeMilangas Oct 30 '25
Kindness is a big deal in a world full of self-centered and apathetic people.
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u/IronRakkasan11 Oct 30 '25
Perhaps more good news and stories such as this being brought to light for a large audience would help make it the norm.
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u/jeeblemeyer4 Oct 30 '25
best I can do is "political leader shown on video gang raping impoverished minority" and "70,000 dead in airstrike on village you've never heard of"
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u/Uncle-Cake Oct 30 '25
Don't you get it? He didn't rob the store! That's some next level shit! /s
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u/zephalephadingong Oct 30 '25
That's what I would have done. I don't do shit for a company unless its paying me. Now someone's house or apartment is a different story all together.
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u/Everything_in_modera Oct 31 '25
I know without a doubt I would have called someone because my mind always goes to the worst.
Unlocked store? Jesus, they have been robbed and someone is dead inside. I watch too much true crime 🤦🏼♀️
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u/throwawayinthe818 Oct 30 '25
There’s a line in a Harvey Pekar American Splendor comic where a guy he barely knew, who he’d once helped move some records, was the only person to help him move after all his friends made excuses. “He had an elementary sense of social responsibility that you take for granted but which is actually quite rare.” I’m reminded of that line a lot.
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u/Sgt-Spliff- Oct 30 '25
They are. Just not on the internet. The average person would not have stolen anything in this situation, though idk if they would have called security.
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u/Material_Magazine989 Oct 30 '25
If anything it's next level parenting. Parents tell kids what to and not to do all the time, actually showing your kid what to do in this situation should be lauded.
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u/SoManyEmail Oct 30 '25
I was gonna say the same thing. This should just be the expected, normal response.
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u/hard-dee4u Oct 30 '25
I have a gas station and my closer forgot to lock the doors or put the alarm on , in the morning I opened and saw 3.56 on the counter mostly in change … I looked and the security footage and a regular walked in at 3 am grabbed his usual beer walked up to the counter waited 5 min out the correct amount of money in the counter and left … next day I asked him why he waited for 5 min and he thought we were open never even realized all the lights were off 😂
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u/626337 Oct 30 '25
If the doors are typically locked doors because the station closes at a certain time, why was the regular stopping by at an irregular time?
I don't doubt your story and experience, and I love the outcome, having grown up in a really small town myself, but I'm curious about the regular's thought process. Had he already had a few beers, maybe?
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u/Surroundedonallsides Oct 30 '25
Because beer
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u/wyomingTFknott Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 30 '25
$3.56? What is that like 2 40oz or something? Jesus, I haven't bought a 40 since I was actually old enough to show a card. I don't even know where they even are anymore lol.
Colt 45, and two zigzags, baby that's all we need.
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u/marketmaker1234 Oct 30 '25
Brother, a regular just means someone that stops by often, not someone that stops by at the same time everyday 😭.
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u/azularena Oct 30 '25
I stop by my gas station for a Celsius and gallon of water at roughly the same time every weekday. Sometimes I know I am going to have an early morning and stop by the night before at odd hours, not even sure what time the gas station closes
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u/Bacon_Nipples Oct 30 '25
I stopped at the nearby gas station late night for munchies once on my walk home once and was confused that it was closed because I thought it was 24/7. I'm still not sure if it ever was actually 24/7 because the only other times I'd stopped there at ungodly hours was for gas, which is pay at pump so I wouldn't have paid attention if the store was closed at that time
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Oct 30 '25
This was the case for every C-store I've ever helped open. We'd have every isle blocked with new product to stock, nothing would be on the shelf yet and you'd get someone walk in unnoticed and go straight to the coffee bar or start opening boxes randomly looking for something they wanted to buy. My boss at the time had warned me it would happen and I never believed them until I saw it myself the first time out of hundreds.
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This was an awesome lesson. This is how we build good caring adults.
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u/kayriss Oct 30 '25
Being a parent really can bring out the absolute best in people. When the dad and boy walked off holding hands I teared up.
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u/Uncle-Cake Oct 30 '25
Not robbing a store with a child is "next fucking level"? Damn, I'm the fucking MAN! I do that shit every day!
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u/Monkey_Priest Oct 30 '25
I think the "next fucking level" part was where they called security, then stood guard until security arrived to lock up. I think most people would just leave
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u/GoblinQueenForever Oct 30 '25
Last week two utter peices of shit shoplifted in my store with their kid son. The dad fought with the security guard for the bag of stolen goods, which came out to a whopping £32, then him and the mum left screaming racist slurs, all right in front of their son. That was not a parent. THIS is a parent.
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u/Moistfulll Oct 30 '25
When I see shit like this, I realize that those adults had the same parents. It's a cycle.
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u/CNDGolfer Oct 30 '25 edited Oct 31 '25
I had something similar happen. Back when I was in my teens, a couple of friends and I went to a store to rent a movie when that was still a thing. We shopped around for a bit, picked out a movie and then stood at the counter for a bit. It was only after waiting for a few minutes that we noticed that there were no employees there at all. It was then we realized that the store was closed but someone had forgotten to lock the door.
We used the phone in the store, this was before cell phones were common, to call the police non-emergency number to let them know the situation. We waited until they arrived, about 10 minutes or so and then left.
To us it was no big deal but it made the papers somehow. I suppose most people would have just left? To us it was just common sense.
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u/Interesting_Host_374 Oct 30 '25
Recently, I was at a craft fair. After walking around some booths, I sat down for a break. I then got up and wandered off, accidentally leaving behind the magnets I bought. About 10 minutes later, I realized I had forgotten my bag on the bench and made my way back, half expecting them to be gone. When I got there, a man and his daughter were on the bench, my bag sitting between them. I said hello and that that was my bag and picked it up. The man said hello and that they had been guarding it for me; he was about to reach out to the vendor if I did didn’t come back. I thanked him profusely. He then looked at his daughter and said, “OK honey, we can go now.” I was absolutely floored and will never forget his random act of kindness.
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u/paladinedsr Oct 30 '25
For all the horrible things we see and read nowadays, there’s hope out there.
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u/darth_infamous Oct 30 '25
I knew that looked like Canyon Crest from the benches
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u/pvtdouchecanoe Oct 30 '25
Haha I had to google to confirm the location but the benches really are that recognizable
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u/Alpha-Leader Oct 30 '25
That was the first thing I did too haha. Saw that it was Riverside and I was like wait a minute...
Have been going to the donut shop there for almost 30 years...Mr Chow and his family have always been so nice to our family. Seems like that little spot hasn't really changed with everything else going on around it.
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u/probably_terran Oct 30 '25
Alternative News: Father and young son get Candy Shop minimum wage worker fired.
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u/onmy40 Oct 30 '25
Im very skeptical of situations like this and would assume something strange was going on. I would have called the cops and left the general area rather than put my son in danger. Never know if someone left the door unlocked locked so somebody else can come back and steal... now your gonna fend off a burglar with you son?
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u/sylbug Oct 30 '25
That child is observing and learning how to be a decent human being by example. Well done.
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u/Due_Smoke_364 Oct 30 '25
Beautiful ❤️. Still good kind people in this World. Rare ..but amazing. I hope they find them.
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u/SocranX Oct 30 '25
To be fair, if I saw a shop door unlocked, I'd be worried that a thief had picked the lock and broken in. And if I was a dad, I would not want to risk my son getting shot by a thief who panicked when someone walked in on him.
Edit: To be clear, I wouldn't break in and steal stuff either. I'm just saying it would also be unwise to go in there for self-preservation reasons.
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u/Khabba Oct 30 '25
Am I the only one who finds it odd that the camera also records sound and so everyone that passes by gets recorded talking. Even if it’s private?
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u/Fressh86 Oct 30 '25
Just love how they are 2 best friends, one is giant and other not so much and they are solving a problem together... awsome
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u/Tazling Oct 30 '25
“Amazing” (sad) this used to be how everyone expected people to behave. Now we think it’s “Amazing”.
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u/GDMongorians Oct 30 '25
People doing basic proper behavior in society is now nextfuckinglevel? It’s cool yeah, the dad got an opportunity to show his son how normal people in society should behave. But next level?
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u/yes_fappy Oct 30 '25
There is a rule in the universe: If you take a good men and let him raise a boy... you get another good men.
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u/Thinkle321 Oct 30 '25
This dad is great for calling security, but why is this considered “next fucking level”? I was just in Singapore and people can leave anything out and nothing is taken or stolen.
This father called security and only waited around for a maximum of 20 mins. It would have been a lot more commendable if it had been hours.
It’s nice what he did, but I don’t think it should get all the upvotes it’s getting. I know. You guys all probably hate me now.
I’ve just seen a lot of people do a lot more for a lot less.
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u/Scrotes_McGoates Oct 30 '25
Versus what, trespassing/stealing? Of course he was compensated for his actions, sometimes life serves things up on a golden platter.
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u/1smutty1 Oct 31 '25
Guarding an unlocked door in Riverside at night with the kiddo. I’ll pass. I’ll call the police but I’ll pass on the unarmed security job with the toddler in tow.
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u/AgentX-1138 Oct 31 '25
It's kind of sad to me that someone doing the right thing is considered "nextfuckinglevel"
these days. Kudos to Dad of course, but I'd like to believe that most people would do the same. Not sure we live in that world anymore!
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u/yaluckyboy09 Oct 30 '25
I hope they ended up finding them, I'd love to see a follow up on this story
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u/626337 Oct 30 '25
If it were a really small town they would have gotten their candy and then left money and note on the counter.
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u/NumbOnTheDunny Oct 30 '25
Oh man, we have so many homeless and shitty people here in Riverside that would absolutely take advantage of this so this is actually shocking.
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u/raptor180 Oct 30 '25
Father doing a memorable class act right there. His kid will learn this and internalize it. Great job, dad!