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Woman Calls Cops On 8-Year-Old Selling Water, So Internet Digs Up Some Interesting Facts About Her
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 toldHuffPost 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.
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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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William Teach 7 years ago
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.
Zanthe 7 years ago
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.
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SeamusRGN 7 years ago
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.
BusLady 7 years ago
Yes. Thank you again. When things like this show up on the internet, it hurts race relations. Sometimes people just over react.
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Ani Davis 7 years ago
Stop. You're part of the problem, Bored Panda. And you are basically saying you and every person "investigating" this woman and posting tweets are fair game for the same treatment. And in the end, she didn't even call the police, the police aren't involved either against the girl selling water or against this woman -- in all seriousness, WTF ARE YOU DOING.
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
This woman was listening to these girls yell non-stop for hours...yes, she should have talked to them politely and ask before calling or "pretending " to call the cops, all the while buying some of that water. And, yes, that Mother shouldn't just immediately claim 'racism' from this woman toward an 8 year old girl without even knowing the full story. If we want to talk about compassion and treating each other with respect, we should act on that, practice what we preach
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
....(continuing from previous) This woman who 'pretended' to call, has formally apologized to them, and they have not accepted the apology. What does that say about her? Both parties need to re-think their actions
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BusLady 7 years ago
The incident was not racial. Why are people assuming that? Just because the woman is white and the child is black? Sounds like the Mother is just trying to get some internet fame.
BusLady 7 years ago
And, the irony here is that the Mom is mixed-race (So am I, BTW). Why divide people like this? It just creates hate. It all boils down to 2 women who got in an argument, and one went way too far to get revenge.
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Jana Renner 7 years ago
If someone is loud beyond reason I'd call the local police. I would worry much more about the state of my country if making a complaint because of noise would mean I deserve death threats because "calling the police is evil and means she wants to harm the child because there is real danger the cops will kill a black kid". o.O And no, I would not call the police if children are just shouting because they are playing etc. But I called the police when they were on the street in the night shooting firecrackers at people walking by.
why not 7 years ago
ya all need to get a grip. if you need to feel valid by destroying someones life you will never feel valid because you aren't. get a hobby or find a real cause to get behind. become the person you want to be.
BusLady 7 years ago
Right, Mom is not setting a good example for the girl.
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Kostas 7 years ago
step 1 - be black. step 2 - do something annoying. step 3 - cry "racism" after someone tries to stop your annoying s**t. step 4 - profit.
orenji 7 years ago
Alib - You obviously did not even bother to read the article above if you don't even know WHY the woman took this action.
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Rebecca Baldwin Smith 7 years ago
She DID NOT call the police. Even the mom had to admit that no police showed up because they were never called. The people attacking her are no better than the gang that killed the 15 year old. Oops he did not do anything!! Stop! Think! Get all the information! Verify! If we start attacking people for being a jerk, at some point we will all be under attack!!!!!!!!!!!
Valerie Lessard 7 years ago
i think the bigger piece of shits in this story are the many people attempting to ruin a person's life. they were screaming for hours, i'd call the cops too, i don't care what race are, dont sound like an animal.
William Teach 7 years ago
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.
Zanthe 7 years ago
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.
Load More Replies... SeamusRGN 7 years ago
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.
BusLady 7 years ago
Yes. Thank you again. When things like this show up on the internet, it hurts race relations. Sometimes people just over react.
Load More Replies... Ani Davis 7 years ago
Stop. You're part of the problem, Bored Panda. And you are basically saying you and every person "investigating" this woman and posting tweets are fair game for the same treatment. And in the end, she didn't even call the police, the police aren't involved either against the girl selling water or against this woman -- in all seriousness, WTF ARE YOU DOING.
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
This woman was listening to these girls yell non-stop for hours...yes, she should have talked to them politely and ask before calling or "pretending " to call the cops, all the while buying some of that water. And, yes, that Mother shouldn't just immediately claim 'racism' from this woman toward an 8 year old girl without even knowing the full story. If we want to talk about compassion and treating each other with respect, we should act on that, practice what we preach
Jessica Gunn 7 years ago
....(continuing from previous) This woman who 'pretended' to call, has formally apologized to them, and they have not accepted the apology. What does that say about her? Both parties need to re-think their actions
Load More Replies... BusLady 7 years ago
The incident was not racial. Why are people assuming that? Just because the woman is white and the child is black? Sounds like the Mother is just trying to get some internet fame.
BusLady 7 years ago
And, the irony here is that the Mom is mixed-race (So am I, BTW). Why divide people like this? It just creates hate. It all boils down to 2 women who got in an argument, and one went way too far to get revenge.
Load More Replies... Jana Renner 7 years ago
If someone is loud beyond reason I'd call the local police. I would worry much more about the state of my country if making a complaint because of noise would mean I deserve death threats because "calling the police is evil and means she wants to harm the child because there is real danger the cops will kill a black kid". o.O And no, I would not call the police if children are just shouting because they are playing etc. But I called the police when they were on the street in the night shooting firecrackers at people walking by.
why not 7 years ago
ya all need to get a grip. if you need to feel valid by destroying someones life you will never feel valid because you aren't. get a hobby or find a real cause to get behind. become the person you want to be.
BusLady 7 years ago
Right, Mom is not setting a good example for the girl.
Load More Replies... Kostas 7 years ago
step 1 - be black. step 2 - do something annoying. step 3 - cry "racism" after someone tries to stop your annoying s**t. step 4 - profit.
orenji 7 years ago
Alib - You obviously did not even bother to read the article above if you don't even know WHY the woman took this action.
Load More Replies... Rebecca Baldwin Smith 7 years ago
She DID NOT call the police. Even the mom had to admit that no police showed up because they were never called. The people attacking her are no better than the gang that killed the 15 year old. Oops he did not do anything!! Stop! Think! Get all the information! Verify! If we start attacking people for being a jerk, at some point we will all be under attack!!!!!!!!!!!
Valerie Lessard 7 years ago
i think the bigger piece of shits in this story are the many people attempting to ruin a person's life. they were screaming for hours, i'd call the cops too, i don't care what race are, dont sound like an animal.
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