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Dad shoots laptop over daughter's Facebook post

By Caitlin McCormack | Shine from Yahoo! Canada – Fri, 10 Feb, 2012 3:32 PM EST

A lesson to teenagers the world over. Never mess with a man in IT, especially when that man is your dad.

Tommy Jordan’s 15-year-old daughter Hannah wrote a post on Facebook, saying how upset she was and how unfair her life was, given all the unpaid chores her parents made her do like laundry and dishes, and how they just in general made her life difficult.

Jordan’s daughter thought she had blocked her parents from being able to view the post – but dad works in IT and was able to view the original message after upgrading his daughter’s computer for her. And he wasn’t too happy with what he read.

"As of the end of this video, she won't have to worry anymore about posting inappropriate things on Facebook...,” said Tommy Jordan.

“That right there is your laptop,” he says in the video, “This right here, is my .45.” He goes on to open up nine rounds on his daughter’s computer.

*Warning, video contains coarse language.

“Maybe a few kids can take something away from this...,” wrote Tommy Jordan. “If you're so disrespectful to your parents and yourself as to post this kind of thing on Facebook, you're deserving of some tough love.”

I’m sure his daughter will think twice before posting anything on the Internet.

Do you think dad was justified?

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3,337 comments

MarieS • Vancouver, British Columbia • 2 months ago
I think this is using intimidation and fear to enforce discipline. I'm surprised that people seem to be okay with this. Would you be okay if he pointed the gun AT her? He didn't but how far of a step is that? Even in a completely controlled environment, firing a weapon around other human beings is irresponsible. Even if your temper is completely under control... take the bloody computer away from her and password protect your router Mr. IT guy. Also as a side note, she might fall in line now, but she's going to hate you later in life.
tired of • 2 months ago
Quit gripping about this,HE paid for the laptop in the first place,so if he wants to shoot it,more power to him.As far as thr comments the daughter made on it to facebook,she is lucky she can even consider the idea of sitting down for the next 5 years,let alone not getting her lazy asz looking for a new home.I feel he was very lenient towards her disgusting actions and lack of manners.
Um Believable • 2 months ago
it's called venting, doh~
- Guy C 2 months ago
  Yes and isn't it a beautiful thing.
Carol • Richardson, United States • 2 months ago
Oh and by the way. The cigarette, has nothing to do with the point he well MADE.
Fema Batitin • Copenhagen, Denmark • 2 months ago
Well dad was right, giving disciplinary action right away.
bluemoca_1 • Winnipeg, Manitoba • 2 months ago
GO DAD!! Far to many parents are completely unaware, or unwilling to acknowledge what their kids are saying or doing online, or in reality. More parents should be keeping tabs on kids profiles. Maybe then there would be less school shootings. Parents might see what kids are doing, and planning. At 15 yrs old "privacy" rights should be quite limited. So for those of you griping about her privacy...get over it. the internet is NOT a private place.
A Yahoo! User • Toronto, Ontario • 2 months ago
Good show Dad. Next step boot camp......................
Johnc • Brampton, Ontario • 2 months ago
GeeeeeeeeHawwwwww Redneck Father!!
Harlem135 • 2 months ago
I love this story. Todays parents want so much more for their children than what they had growing up, and instead of being grateful they lash out at the ones who love them the most. They seem to think their parents owe them. Parents don't reward your kids for doing good in school...thats what they are suppose to do..go to school and get good grades. If you want to reward them for something let it be something they did out of the kindness of their own hearts. Even though they are kids their resentment for their parents when verbalized hurts to the bone, because as parents you want the best for them and the best they can do is give you their #$%$ to kiss. Hooray for Hannahs' dad..hearing what she said must have hurt him and his wife. To Kelly this was not a temper tantrum on the dads part....It was hurt....Learn the difference.
Emma • London, Ontario • 2 months ago
This guy has some good points, but he took it way too far. His daughter is going to hate and resent him, and though she may obey him, obedience doesn't foster love. Letting kids do whatever they want isn't good, but nor is ignoring their feelings and invading their privacy. All teenagers have issues with their parents. Instead of shooting holes in her computer, perhaps it might be more constructive to ask why his daughter is so angry and resentful? Because this, here, was done out of pure anger, not out of a desire to improve his daughter's behaviour. You have to reach a balance, otherwise your kids just grow up resenting you, they move out, and you never see them again. That's what's going to happen to him if he continues this way.
- Rick 2 months ago
  This was definitely an 'anger' issue on the dad's part. Yes the dad does have a point about some of the letter... but did you catch the parts of the letter he didn't address? And on the parts he did... we have her words against his. How do we know he is telling the straight truth when he addresses the letter. He already proves he has an overactive emotional situation. We don't know the whole story, but if that's how dad is for 'revenge for embarrassing him online' I wonder what she has to put up with that wasn't in the letter. And shooting the computer? Why not just give it away? Or sell it? It would amount to the same thing - no computer. I definitely think he went wayyy to far to prove a point., especially when his daughter will"probably never see it".
Bob • Sydney, Australia • 2 months ago
It happens.. This is a clash between two universes differentiated by fast changing TIME in social lifestyle! We are ultimately going back to 'free' days of the beginning! It's the stone age again with all sophistication evolved from stone i.e. silica. Circle of Life!
jamie • Glens Falls, United States • 2 months ago
Ok so let me get this straight for all ur dickheads who are defending this kid.....she has to do her own laundry and make her own damn bed and then bitch about it?? Her father did all work to her computer SOMETHING HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR!!! She wants all these electronics things but does not to work for them?? So what u assholes think he should buy it for her?? He is 100% right for what he did, since taking the computer away did not work before what makes u think it would work now, she is just another disrepesectful kid like many others these days are!!
- Emma 2 months ago
  Wow, what's with the anger? That's the dad's problem in the first place: his anger. He did this out of pure anger, not out of wanting to change his daughter's behaviour. That doesn't foster respect. Obedience doesn't mean respect.
- T. 2 months ago
  He's trying to solve a problem with his kid by pulling out a gun and shooting things.
- tired of 2 months ago
  emma you dumb cow,the kid was totally disrepectful,and you are dumb.
Tejay Bayhon • Toronto, Ontario • 3 months ago
ok i'm 24 years old now but when was 15 i start working my #$%$ off and no saving, i only realized it when i turn 19-20 that life is hard and u have to save money always think twice befor spending it coz u have to pay rent and everything..and this "kid" spoiled shit brat have everything, free everything, house room computer, and she only have to do some...and she is saying that to her parent shit brat...
- OldGrasshopper 2 months ago
  I hope you don't have kids until you learn something about them. It's normal for teens and kids to complain, no matter how good their lives are. They are still kids, they don't have the life experience to understand how relatively good they have it. We don't understand until we grow up, just as you said of yourself. Would you have appreciated someone calling you a "shit brat" when you were 15? I'm sure to some people you were. How is that helpful, though? Try to have more understanding and remember how it was at that age. I also have to laugh at yahoo's censorship, they censor the word a s s, but not what comes out of it, LOL. So it's ok to write "shit" on here now, I guess. Personally I find that word a little more offensive than a s s, which could also mean a horse-like creature. Just an example of why censorship is pretty stupid, really.
Kat Kool • Edmonton, Alberta • 3 months ago
way to go dad about time some of these folks started watching what the kids do on the web !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Catch Daddy 3 months ago
  REDNECKS!!
- Maki 3 months ago
  @CD, if you have or will have kids I can only imagine how they act, I've seen the ones raised by parents with your views, they are now on Ridolin because the parents can't put up with them any more. A little discipline earlier on and those kids wouldn't have o be drugged stupid to make them behave in a civilized manner
- AnneL 3 months ago
  I would agree with that but I am a very perfectly capable person who struggles with focus and has been on adderal (similar to ritalin) and as far as computer ruining my mind because I was on them from 1 forward (age 1 that is) I used them really for the first time in 5th grade and not consistently before 8th grade) Drug stuff like that isnt always just kids acting "up" 24-7. Alot of times kids are the exact opposite that their focus is very hard to contain and keep going well. I know that is the case of me. I work hard to get better but have struggled alot in life as a result.
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YesIDoHaveAnOpinion • Peterborough, Ontario • 3 months ago
Good for him !! Millions of kids in this world would be happy to do the dishes , knowing that it meant they were having a meal ! Ungrateful girl , YES I have a daughter and I let her know how fortunate she is to have a roof over her head and food in her belly . Millions of kids go out with both . Kids today think they should have everything handed to them and don't have to work for what they do get. These kids are in for a rude awakening when it is time to go out in the real world and get a JOB !!
paddlessadie • Toronto, Ontario • 3 months ago
Well wouldnt have shot the laptop, but would have taken it away for a long time. A lot of ungrateful kids out there. If you eat, sleep and wear clean cloths every day, and are old enough to do these household chores yourself, then you should be expected to do them without being paid for it. The real world is out there, so they might as well learn now what to expect when they get out on their own.
Nicholas • 3 months ago
Ive been reading some of the comments and most of them state that teens have it easy these days. Im a high school student with a 92% average. I do 2 h of homework every night, work 15h a week and do chores around the house. Most would agree, its not that easy. I do agree with the fathers reaction and action. Someone has to teach that 15yo. a little responsibility and discipline!
Heather S • Kitchener, Ontario • 3 months ago
Drastic times call for drastic measures!! That little brat got what she deserved! Kids are have NO idea what discipline IS these days! Way to go Dad!
Corinne • Montreal, Quebec • 3 months ago
Poor little princess, she*ll soon have to find out that life is not a firy tale after all...
secret • Edmonton, Alberta • 3 months ago
CHILDREN don't be ingrates!!!!! Those chores are teaching you how to handle responsibilities. A family is like a team, each member has to move & contribute for it to work.