Lol, I feel you here. My son was all about the escalators today! I would have loved the distraction of something else by the security guard. 😂
He's just trying to be nice, people try to by my kids candy all the time. He's being very thoughtful by giving the option to you instead of straight to your son. I had an old lady buy my 2 yo m+m's at Walmart a month ago. She bought them and handed them to me to choose if and when he can have them so sweet
that sounds like a really nice gesture.