I actually feel sorry for Britney Spears. The girl can't catch a break. Granted, she brings about 99.9% of it on herself, but still, it can't be easy falling apart in the public eye. She decided to "vent" at a paparazzi, and as fate would have it, it was caught on tape (the part that the media is running with is right at the beginning, the rest is her posing in a parking lot).
Is this another example of Spears staging some crazy, or an actual meltdown? It's hard to say. However, as a parent with two small boys myself, I do have some empathy for her. Days can become frustrating, and the last thing anyone wants, even attention needy trainwrecks, is someone in your face.
I hope Spears was able to go home and relax with some coffee and a couple packs of cigarettes and really let her hair down (off), before she went out for the evening. I don't want to find out she screamed at the kid working the window at Taco Bell.