Are you for real???
"He came over to me and asked me for a dollar. I told him to just take a cookie,"
So you told your SON to just go ahead and STEAL one-all because your precious brat wanted one and you with your claimed $80,000 income was too bigoted to make a donation. But there's more....
"At this time my son started crying because he wanted to try all three cookies and she would not let him. Finally she let him try all three, which made no differnce because I would have asked him to ignore the lady and take one cookie anyway."
Great life lessons you're teaching your child!!! Take one anyway!!! Oh, but there is more yet....
"I am a registered nurse. I make 80k a year. However it is the principal of the matter and I think my son should be given a $25 giftcard for the grief and embarassment you made him feel."
What hypocracy!!!! "It's the principle of the matter" you say! If anyone caused your precious any embarassment it was you-you set the stage for this unfortunate chain of events.
If the store should give your son a gift card for $25 I think YOU owe the person at the cookie/donation stand $1000 for the turmoil that ensued under YOUR DIRECTION.
This person is doing what whe was hired/volunteered to do and along comes Ms. Pompous Ass RN telling her son to steal!
And your bigotry is equally appalling. Another fine lesson you're teaching your son. Perhaps folks as I will think your some "white momma" who didn't plan for her child. After all, if you must resort to telling your child to STEAL THREE COOKIES because you can't buy him any, that sure looks like "poor planning" to me.
Do us a favor and tell us WHERE YOU WORK so we can be sure to avoid the establishment that unwittingly allowings someone as you to remain on the payroll.