‘Permit Patty,’ Who Called Cops on Girl Selling Water: ‘I Tried to Be Polite’

The woman being dubbed "Permit Patty" is speaking out after video of her complaining about a little girl selling water bottles went viral. "I tried to be polite but I was stern,” Alison Ettel said on the ‘Today’ show Monday. In the now-viral video, someone said, "This woman don't want a little girl to sell some water. She's calling police on an 8-year-old little girl. You can hide all you want. The whole world is going to see you, boo."

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