Man gets slammed by social media users for buying child a toy

Man gets slammed by social media users for buying child a toy

A man recently learnt that a good deed is only as good as the intention. He took to social media to share how he bought a stranger's child a toy after the mother refused to buy it. Mzansi social media users were not impressed by the fact that he went against the mom's instructions. They were also upset at the fact that he posted a picture of the young boy online.

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Twitter user Shangaan Prince has been slammed by Mzansi for using a child to get social media attention. He posted a picture of a child holding the toy he bought for him, captioned:

"Was @PEPstores_SA in sunny Park moment ago, queuing behind a lady with her son, he really wanted a toy so bad he begged his mom and said " you can even stop buying me the pizza I asked for please buy me this" . Mom didn't have enough money.I couldn't help but buy it for him"

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Twitter user OwameeM said:

"Mina I’d punch you in the face if you bought my child a toy after I deliberately declined"

While Motumi_Tk said:

"When you give to the needy,do not let your left hand know what your right is doing. Matthew 6:3"

LueTheFiddler said:

"Take his pic and prove to Twitter that you did "something good" for the needy? No this is just a proof of how ugly you are. You're not kind sweety. You used this kid, you wanna shine nje!!"

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KhetseloZ said:

"There was really no need to post as if you were doing it for Twitter"

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Sibusisiwe Lwandle (Head of Entertainment) Sibusisiwe Lwandle is the Head of Entertainment at Briefly News (joined in 2019). She holds one Bachelor of Arts (BA) and one Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree from the University of Cape Town and the University of KZN respectively. She has over 10 years of experience in journalism, having worked in print, online and broadcast media. She has worked at Independent Media and 1KZNTV and has contributed columns to the Washington Post. Passed set of trainings by Google News Initiative. Email: sibusisiwe.lwandle@briefly.co.za