Squished Bread And Four-Letter-Word Get Mother Arrested In Grocery Store, Receives Apology

A trip to a local grocery turned into a nightmare for one South Carolina mother. First, her bread was smashed, then she was arrested for saying the f-word over the first incident.

Danielle Wolf had just moved to South Carolina from Ohio when she was arrested for disorderly conduct in a local Kroger grocery store. Wolf said the incident has her wishing she had stayed in Ohio. According to WSAV News, Wolf was at the grocery store with her husband and children when Wolf’s husband tossed some frozen pizzas on top of her loaf of bread. Wolf said a four-letter-word to her spouse about the incident and kept on moving.

However, another customer didn’t like what she had just heard. Wolf said another female customer began following Wolf around the grocery store. The woman stopped and approached Wolf, letting her know that the f-word is not appropriate to say to children. According to Wolf,

“She’s like, ‘you said the f-word’, and I’m like, ‘when did I say this to my kids?”

The other customer was under the impression that Wolf was cursing at her children in the grocery store over the smashed bread. The other shopper who reported Wolf says she saw Wolf use the f-word repeatedly and Wolf started cursing at her after she approached Wolf. The woman says she wasn’t having a bad day, and that hearing Wolf use those words brought her back to her abusive childhood.

However, Wolf denies the allegations and says she said the word to her husband who was tossing pizzas willy nilly into the cart without regard for her bread. Regardless of which account is correct, under North Augusta law, disorderly conduct is defined as to “utter, while in a state of anger, in the presence of another, any bawdy, lewd or obscene words or epithets.”

Under that definition, it appears that Wolf is guilty. However, is the law a little extreme? Wolf thinks the situation was blown out of proportion by another woman who was simply having a bad day. The other shopper admits she didn’t want to see Wolf get arrested, but it was too late. You can read the entire police report here. (BEWARE: the report does contain obscene language)

WAGT obtained video of an apology call made by the other shopper to Wolf explaining she never meant for Wolf to be arrested.

This isn’t the first time someone has been cited for cursing in front of children. A Michigan teen was fined when he cursed near a playground.

What do you think of Wolf’s arrest? Was the arrest warranted or should a mother be allowed to curse in front of her children?