Woman Calls Cops On 8-Year-Old Selling Water, So Internet Digs Up Some Interesting Facts About Her
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Remember ‘BBQ Becky‘? The internet thinks this woman could be her best friend. Recently, a video went viral, showing an angry woman allegedly calling the police on an 8-year-old girl who was “illegally” selling water on the street. Meet ‘Permit Patty.’
Her real name is Alison Ettel. Twitter user @_ethiopiangold and Instagram user @ladyesowavy shared the original video of Ettel appearing to report the girl, a relative of both. “This woman don’t want a little girl selling sell some water. She’s calling the police on an 8-year-old girl,” the child’s mother is heard saying. “You can hide all you want but the whole world is going to see you boo.”
Ettel told HuffPost that, “this has no racial component to it.” She also said she only “pretended” to call the police. Ettel added that the incident, which has left her feeling “horrible and heart-wrenched,” began because the girl’s mother was “screaming.” She asked the building’s security to intervene but said they could do nothing.
“They were screaming about what they were selling,” she said. “It was literally nonstop. It was every two seconds, ‘Come and buy my water.’ It was continuous and it wasn’t a soft voice, it was screaming.” She said she had been hearing the little girl and her mother from her open office window.
“I have no problem with enterprising young women,” Ettel added. “I want to support that little girl. It was all the mother and just about being quiet.”
“It was stupid,” she concluded. “I completely regret that I handled that so poorly. It was completely stress-related, and I should have never confronted her. That was a mistake, a complete mistake. Please don’t make me sound horrible.”
The internet, however, wasn’t convinced. Investigating the woman, it found something that suggests Ettel herself might be missing a permit. Her business, a company called TreatWell Health creates cannabis products for humans and animals alike. But the latter is a legal gray area.
Ettel was also supposed to appear in a documentary about women in the cannabis industry. Upon seeing the viral footage of the phone call, however, the director of the film has announced that Ettel will be no longer involved with the project. Critics were calling for a boycott of TreatWell, too. At least three Bay Area retailers, Magnolia Oakland, SPARC, and Barbary Coast have announced that they will no longer carry the company’s products because of the ‘Permit Patty’ incident.
This is Alison Ettel but the internet calls her ‘Permit Patty’
Her nickname was born after this video went viral
Soon, the girl’s cousin stepped in to better explain the situation
She also shared a pic of the “criminal”
People started investigating ‘Permit Patty’
Image credits: lwoodhouse
Because of the viral video, ‘Permit Patty’ is already losing customers
Ettel later said it was a “stress-related” mistake
But people weren’t buying it
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First, she was kind of a jerk. Second, why is it necessary to attempt to destroy someone's life because of a simple mistake? People make mistakes all the time. This could have been any one of us, when we're tired and stressed and do not want to hear someone yelling outside after hours and hours. We've all made mistakes in our lives. Perhaps we should be showing some compassion, rather than attempting to destroy this lady. I really do not like this new way of doing things, and think we all should perhaps reconsider our mob mentality when someone does something we do not like.
I don't know what you do when you're tired and stressed, but I sure don't act all racist and call the cops on a 8 year old... Meditation works better.
People are saying she may have been tired or stress, that may be true. But the simple fact is we live in a noisy world. You can't go calling the police in the middle of the day because the world is too noisy for you. When I was a child we played outside all day, we played kickball and tag and all sorts of "noisy" games, that's part of life. I can't imagine what would have happened if a neighbor had tried calling the police on is for being noisy in the middle of the day. Midnight, I would get the argument. Stop excusing this grown woman acting like a spoiled brat. Maybe she should invest in a white noise machine.
People are people. They act in different ways, and sometime not the best. Like you immediately see racism where others just see someone being a jerk. The world is not perfect, and rather than attempting to destroy someone, we should offer help or empathy. We chosen to start equating small transgressions with mass murder.
I'd like to ammend my statment to say that even if you did ask nicely for the woman to stop yelling, it was in the middle of the day so calling the cops is still taking things too far in my opinion. It's a trashy & inconsiderate thing to do & crap like this is why cops can't solve murders or find stolen property.
Or you call the cops on the mom for her behavior (assuming you asked her to stop yelling in a nice way), not the child. Or...or...you close your effing window. My neighbor has a child who screams bloody murder all the time but it's a kid so that doesn't bother me as much as an adult who plays loud music. I can't fathom calling the cops on a child.
Where’s the racist part?
I agree with Crochet Lady. Too much from both sides. And, Meowton, my neighborhood is quite noisy, doesn't stop me from meditating. If you want a 100% quiet place, try living in an island in the middle of nowhere. Or in that one movie directed by John Krasinski. Whatever floats your boat.
She apologized to the 8 year old and her mother, they do not accept her apology.....I think they need meditation too
Of course it was racist she was racist she's white, she has white privilege, thinking she can make a black girl stop selling water. It waz nothing to do with the fact she was stressed and they were making allot of noise. Nope, she cant be just a jerk she must be racist. Yep this was about race alright.
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Only racist people see racism in everything.
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You can not meditate if people are screaming about water in front of your house.
My question is why she did not talk about noise when confronted. Most decent people do not take out their stress on a child.
Because what she did was not a simple mistake. Do you really not know the difference between a mistake and an intentional act. She chose to call the police on an 8 year old child for selling water. It was a fucked up, mean spirited, ugly, unkind intentional act!!! We the public know the difference between what she did and a mistake, so you can stop your sympathy campaign now.
I'm not excusing her behavior, but, we've all done things that we wished we hadn't, haven't we? Things that were more than just spur of the moment? The bigger point is that we need to calm down on the Online Destroy Mobs, because the next thing we know we ourselves could be on the destroy list.
Perfect. You are so right
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She (allegedly) called the Police on the Mother for disturbing the peace. The Mother pulled the race card, and went so far as to post this nonsense on the internet. Ettel just wanted them to be quieter, and claimed she only pretended to make the call. The Mother sounds aggressive and rude on the video. So now she wants to ruin this woman's business in retaliation. She needs to grow up. The Police probably wouldn't have even responded to such a situation, and it would not have "ruined the child's life." The Mother sounds like the racist here.
Agreed, yes she was being a pretentious jerk, but I don't like how they decided to try to ruin her life because of it. I am more disgusted by Raj's reaction than the lady's mistake honestly...
Mmmm NO, it could not have been anyone of us.I don't see who is destroying her life besides herself. Her partners decided they do not want to be in business with a person who acts racist against an 8-year old, and this is their rightful decision period.
I can't believe all of these people sticking up for an out of control mean bully. Bitch
I agree
agreed... allow her the opportunity to sincerely apologize and move on... this isn't about racism and shouldn't be made into a race issue... She could've, and should've, went about this in a different way... I am sure that the young lady selling water would've stopped yelling if she was asked.
The child wasn't yelling.
I don't know what this world is coming to when people call the cops on loud children. I have lived in two major U.S. cities for the past 25 years, and calling the cops on children is as cruel and inhumane as it gets. Learn how to be a freaking neighbor and a friend, for god's sake. Plus, where is the woman's proof that the family was noisy? I love how she claims "noisy!" and then provides zero evidence, yet everyone is quick to defend her.
That is the reality of social media. Calling the police on this little girl...doing something so many of us did when we were kids...is shameful...so she is shamed!
I agree we could all use of empathy, but I don't think being stressed out should be an excuse. It's unfair to those who get stressed and hold it back not to harm others. All in all, yeah, could've had a happy ending. Everyone deserves a second chance, right?
Yes, why is it necessary to attempt to destroy someone's life? Reasons?
Alison is a bully. She is getting what she deserves
We don't honestly know she called the cops on the little girl and I wouldnt want someone screaming doesnt matter what color they are
Oh shut yur naive pie hole. Defending racism is not being tolerated NO LONGER you Roseanne crazy bitch.
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Jerk is the niggard making the video...calling cops in my area on Mexicans mowing lawn at 4 am yelling in Spanish does shite since police maybe gets there 2 hours later if they show up at all... thanks SB county sheriff
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EXACTLY! People made mistake, and its not our right to make mistake and ruin someone else's life just because of that mistake. So, next time there is a robber robbing a convenience store, do not punish him in any way. Because People made mistake sometimes. If there is a school shooting, please do not punish the culprit, because people made mistake, and we dont have a right to ruin their life by a mistake they made by jailing them. And I think we did hear her side of the story, she said she was acting out of stress. Those criminals in jail maybe also acted out of stress, so we have to freed them. ALL OF THEM! right now! Enough sarcasm. You said what she did is a simple mistake. Racism is never a simple mistake. It makes adult feels like shit, LET ALONE A FU*KIN 8-YEAR-OLD. You dont know if she will gonna get identity crisis, not being proud of being herself, low self confidence, or any mental problem.
Did she say anything racist here, or are we just assuming that because the little girl and her mom are black that her motive was race?
We are just assuming that because the little girl and her mom are black that her motive was race.
Read the full story, not just the hyper-inflated version where she comes off as a crazy bigot. The girl had been selling water bottles outside of her window for several hours, apparently yelling almost constantly, before Sarah came out to ask her to stop. The girl's mother escalated the situation by demanding that Sarah call the police if she wanted them to go away. When Sarah called her bluff and actually did call the police mom started recording it and calling her a racist. This is a non-issue that has been blown up by a woman who wanted her 15 minutes of fame and knew that becoming the latest victim of racism was the only way she'd get it. I repeat - this was not a race issue until the girls mom decided it was one. Side note - she had set her daughter up for failure by telling her to sell the water bottles in the first place. She had cancelled a family vacation for money reasons, and told her 8 year old daughter they could go if she raised enough money.
To clarify - she shouldn't have called the police over something so petty. But this kind of race bating drives me crazy.
It isn't race-baiting. White kids do the same sort of thing all over the US over summer, and I've never yet heard of any of them being "challenged" about it like that.
Of course it was racist she was racist she's white, she has white privilege, thinking she can make a black girl stop selling water. It waz nothing to do with the fact she was stressed and they were making allot of noise. Nope, she cant be just a jerk she must be racist. Yep this was about race alright.
Moms no black
The mom said there was a white men selling t-shirts. And she didnt call the cops for that white men. Maybe try to fully read the article Next time, and not just jump to the comment section to post a comment.
Actually it was the cousin, Raj, who said it. Go back and read the article.
The woman was bothered by the mom and the girl yelling all day, not because they were selling stuff. The man must have been quiet.
She didn't bother white people who were yelling & selling.
People, can we just not? Firstly. its a non story that happened in San Fran one afternoon. there is supposed racist undertones and apparent mistreatment of the 8 yr old girl and her mother. we know nothing of the truth or facts or circumstances except tweets and google searches, which are of course bound to the highest level of ethical, factual reporting. Secondly. stop the trial by social media. Over the course of 23 hours a company and careers were severely damaged because of one incident that was biased in its reporting (as we have tweets from one side only) which had severe REAL WORLD consquences. Do we not see that this high handed, judgemental reactionary society is one of the prime causes behind adult and teenage suicide and mental health issues? Everyone is human. Everyone makes mistakes. You have made mistakes and will again in the future. i understand this #ladyesowavy being upset about it and raging on the internet. but thats where the emotional investment must end.
Yes. Thank you again. When things like this show up on the internet, it hurts race relations. Sometimes people just over react.
Finally some one says it.
First, she was kind of a jerk. Second, why is it necessary to attempt to destroy someone's life because of a simple mistake? People make mistakes all the time. This could have been any one of us, when we're tired and stressed and do not want to hear someone yelling outside after hours and hours. We've all made mistakes in our lives. Perhaps we should be showing some compassion, rather than attempting to destroy this lady. I really do not like this new way of doing things, and think we all should perhaps reconsider our mob mentality when someone does something we do not like.
I don't know what you do when you're tired and stressed, but I sure don't act all racist and call the cops on a 8 year old... Meditation works better.
People are saying she may have been tired or stress, that may be true. But the simple fact is we live in a noisy world. You can't go calling the police in the middle of the day because the world is too noisy for you. When I was a child we played outside all day, we played kickball and tag and all sorts of "noisy" games, that's part of life. I can't imagine what would have happened if a neighbor had tried calling the police on is for being noisy in the middle of the day. Midnight, I would get the argument. Stop excusing this grown woman acting like a spoiled brat. Maybe she should invest in a white noise machine.
People are people. They act in different ways, and sometime not the best. Like you immediately see racism where others just see someone being a jerk. The world is not perfect, and rather than attempting to destroy someone, we should offer help or empathy. We chosen to start equating small transgressions with mass murder.
I'd like to ammend my statment to say that even if you did ask nicely for the woman to stop yelling, it was in the middle of the day so calling the cops is still taking things too far in my opinion. It's a trashy & inconsiderate thing to do & crap like this is why cops can't solve murders or find stolen property.
Or you call the cops on the mom for her behavior (assuming you asked her to stop yelling in a nice way), not the child. Or...or...you close your effing window. My neighbor has a child who screams bloody murder all the time but it's a kid so that doesn't bother me as much as an adult who plays loud music. I can't fathom calling the cops on a child.
Where’s the racist part?
I agree with Crochet Lady. Too much from both sides. And, Meowton, my neighborhood is quite noisy, doesn't stop me from meditating. If you want a 100% quiet place, try living in an island in the middle of nowhere. Or in that one movie directed by John Krasinski. Whatever floats your boat.
She apologized to the 8 year old and her mother, they do not accept her apology.....I think they need meditation too
Of course it was racist she was racist she's white, she has white privilege, thinking she can make a black girl stop selling water. It waz nothing to do with the fact she was stressed and they were making allot of noise. Nope, she cant be just a jerk she must be racist. Yep this was about race alright.
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Only racist people see racism in everything.
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You can not meditate if people are screaming about water in front of your house.
My question is why she did not talk about noise when confronted. Most decent people do not take out their stress on a child.
Because what she did was not a simple mistake. Do you really not know the difference between a mistake and an intentional act. She chose to call the police on an 8 year old child for selling water. It was a fucked up, mean spirited, ugly, unkind intentional act!!! We the public know the difference between what she did and a mistake, so you can stop your sympathy campaign now.
I'm not excusing her behavior, but, we've all done things that we wished we hadn't, haven't we? Things that were more than just spur of the moment? The bigger point is that we need to calm down on the Online Destroy Mobs, because the next thing we know we ourselves could be on the destroy list.
Perfect. You are so right
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She (allegedly) called the Police on the Mother for disturbing the peace. The Mother pulled the race card, and went so far as to post this nonsense on the internet. Ettel just wanted them to be quieter, and claimed she only pretended to make the call. The Mother sounds aggressive and rude on the video. So now she wants to ruin this woman's business in retaliation. She needs to grow up. The Police probably wouldn't have even responded to such a situation, and it would not have "ruined the child's life." The Mother sounds like the racist here.
Agreed, yes she was being a pretentious jerk, but I don't like how they decided to try to ruin her life because of it. I am more disgusted by Raj's reaction than the lady's mistake honestly...
Mmmm NO, it could not have been anyone of us.I don't see who is destroying her life besides herself. Her partners decided they do not want to be in business with a person who acts racist against an 8-year old, and this is their rightful decision period.
I can't believe all of these people sticking up for an out of control mean bully. Bitch
I agree
agreed... allow her the opportunity to sincerely apologize and move on... this isn't about racism and shouldn't be made into a race issue... She could've, and should've, went about this in a different way... I am sure that the young lady selling water would've stopped yelling if she was asked.
The child wasn't yelling.
I don't know what this world is coming to when people call the cops on loud children. I have lived in two major U.S. cities for the past 25 years, and calling the cops on children is as cruel and inhumane as it gets. Learn how to be a freaking neighbor and a friend, for god's sake. Plus, where is the woman's proof that the family was noisy? I love how she claims "noisy!" and then provides zero evidence, yet everyone is quick to defend her.
That is the reality of social media. Calling the police on this little girl...doing something so many of us did when we were kids...is shameful...so she is shamed!
I agree we could all use of empathy, but I don't think being stressed out should be an excuse. It's unfair to those who get stressed and hold it back not to harm others. All in all, yeah, could've had a happy ending. Everyone deserves a second chance, right?
Yes, why is it necessary to attempt to destroy someone's life? Reasons?
Alison is a bully. She is getting what she deserves
We don't honestly know she called the cops on the little girl and I wouldnt want someone screaming doesnt matter what color they are
Oh shut yur naive pie hole. Defending racism is not being tolerated NO LONGER you Roseanne crazy bitch.
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Jerk is the niggard making the video...calling cops in my area on Mexicans mowing lawn at 4 am yelling in Spanish does shite since police maybe gets there 2 hours later if they show up at all... thanks SB county sheriff
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EXACTLY! People made mistake, and its not our right to make mistake and ruin someone else's life just because of that mistake. So, next time there is a robber robbing a convenience store, do not punish him in any way. Because People made mistake sometimes. If there is a school shooting, please do not punish the culprit, because people made mistake, and we dont have a right to ruin their life by a mistake they made by jailing them. And I think we did hear her side of the story, she said she was acting out of stress. Those criminals in jail maybe also acted out of stress, so we have to freed them. ALL OF THEM! right now! Enough sarcasm. You said what she did is a simple mistake. Racism is never a simple mistake. It makes adult feels like shit, LET ALONE A FU*KIN 8-YEAR-OLD. You dont know if she will gonna get identity crisis, not being proud of being herself, low self confidence, or any mental problem.
Did she say anything racist here, or are we just assuming that because the little girl and her mom are black that her motive was race?
We are just assuming that because the little girl and her mom are black that her motive was race.
Read the full story, not just the hyper-inflated version where she comes off as a crazy bigot. The girl had been selling water bottles outside of her window for several hours, apparently yelling almost constantly, before Sarah came out to ask her to stop. The girl's mother escalated the situation by demanding that Sarah call the police if she wanted them to go away. When Sarah called her bluff and actually did call the police mom started recording it and calling her a racist. This is a non-issue that has been blown up by a woman who wanted her 15 minutes of fame and knew that becoming the latest victim of racism was the only way she'd get it. I repeat - this was not a race issue until the girls mom decided it was one. Side note - she had set her daughter up for failure by telling her to sell the water bottles in the first place. She had cancelled a family vacation for money reasons, and told her 8 year old daughter they could go if she raised enough money.
To clarify - she shouldn't have called the police over something so petty. But this kind of race bating drives me crazy.
It isn't race-baiting. White kids do the same sort of thing all over the US over summer, and I've never yet heard of any of them being "challenged" about it like that.
Of course it was racist she was racist she's white, she has white privilege, thinking she can make a black girl stop selling water. It waz nothing to do with the fact she was stressed and they were making allot of noise. Nope, she cant be just a jerk she must be racist. Yep this was about race alright.
Moms no black
The mom said there was a white men selling t-shirts. And she didnt call the cops for that white men. Maybe try to fully read the article Next time, and not just jump to the comment section to post a comment.
Actually it was the cousin, Raj, who said it. Go back and read the article.
The woman was bothered by the mom and the girl yelling all day, not because they were selling stuff. The man must have been quiet.
She didn't bother white people who were yelling & selling.
People, can we just not? Firstly. its a non story that happened in San Fran one afternoon. there is supposed racist undertones and apparent mistreatment of the 8 yr old girl and her mother. we know nothing of the truth or facts or circumstances except tweets and google searches, which are of course bound to the highest level of ethical, factual reporting. Secondly. stop the trial by social media. Over the course of 23 hours a company and careers were severely damaged because of one incident that was biased in its reporting (as we have tweets from one side only) which had severe REAL WORLD consquences. Do we not see that this high handed, judgemental reactionary society is one of the prime causes behind adult and teenage suicide and mental health issues? Everyone is human. Everyone makes mistakes. You have made mistakes and will again in the future. i understand this #ladyesowavy being upset about it and raging on the internet. but thats where the emotional investment must end.
Yes. Thank you again. When things like this show up on the internet, it hurts race relations. Sometimes people just over react.
Finally some one says it.