It never horrified me but it would disgust me and I would be angry to have to explain it to my children in this situation. So is it the use of the word “Horrified” or the reaction at all? Because it definitely merited a reaction.
I think I’d have just turned the kids around and said that was not appropriate behavior in public. Still, you gotta fire the guy. Don’t think they should have charged him with a crime though. But that is my libertarian streak showing through.