cijay
mentally confused and prone to wandering
- Joined
- Aug 24, 2014
Having no kids of my own...please explain the reasoning...
Child, approx. 6 left in our toys area while "mummy is going to do some shopping." Half an hour later, 6year old is wandering around in tears. I told her to come up to the front with me and we'll page her. (We don't take children's hands unless they take ours first, we have a special bench we have them sit on at thye front.) 6year old ran up to the front, I walked behind. By the time we got to the front other was doing the magpie (that's what I call the honey Boo Boo's mother type of mannerisms) calling the kid's name. She ran to her mother, I followed to make sure she's in her mother's care again. Mother said to thee kid "I told you never take anyone else's hand!" I just jokingly said "do you think I can keep up with her?" Kid said "she works here." (apron, vest and nametag). Motther said "It doesn't matter, people are crazy, they work everywhere." (In my head I said "yes and some abandon their kids for 1/2hr. Does the name Adam Walsh mean anything to you?")
A few months back, a little boy (not yet 3) came riding down the escalator, sitting on the step until it got too low then he stood up, jumped off and ran to the up one and did it again. I asked the lady at the coffee shop I was at if she might call security, there was so many things wrong with this picture. Security came to me and said "oh, it's okay, his parents are actually at the top watching him." Do they want to watch him get a part of his body or clothing trapped in mechanical equipment? Or would thy rather watch as someone grabs him and pulls him out that door right next to the escalator out onto the busy city sidewalk? Why bother watching him at all. There's a Starbucks right there, why not just go for a coffee and tell him to come find you after he is finished playing on a mechanical beast that can eat your child for breakfast if something malfunctions?
Third, mother left 5 year old at a food court table while she went WAAAY (about as far as she could get) to McDonalds. They had been shopping and the little girl pulled a toy out of the bag, I asked "what'd you get?" She showed me a little fishing pond game. Mother came over "I told you never to talk to strangers!" Little girl said (kids are SO smart!) "I didn't I just showed her . "It doesn't matter. You don't KNOW her!" Yes, lady, you were the one who left your kid out to these wolves you fear. The food court is in an area where it's pretty easy to buy anything from a joint to a gun. While I know the kid is no more at risk than anywhere else (as a matter of fact I have no doubt if there WAS a predator who tried to make off with her, all the "freaks" there would make mincemeat out of them) but what could have gone on around her? A bad deal over drugs or a gun. As i left, I said to her "you know, people who kidnap children freak when the children talk to other people for fear they'll talk."
Child, approx. 6 left in our toys area while "mummy is going to do some shopping." Half an hour later, 6year old is wandering around in tears. I told her to come up to the front with me and we'll page her. (We don't take children's hands unless they take ours first, we have a special bench we have them sit on at thye front.) 6year old ran up to the front, I walked behind. By the time we got to the front other was doing the magpie (that's what I call the honey Boo Boo's mother type of mannerisms) calling the kid's name. She ran to her mother, I followed to make sure she's in her mother's care again. Mother said to thee kid "I told you never take anyone else's hand!" I just jokingly said "do you think I can keep up with her?" Kid said "she works here." (apron, vest and nametag). Motther said "It doesn't matter, people are crazy, they work everywhere." (In my head I said "yes and some abandon their kids for 1/2hr. Does the name Adam Walsh mean anything to you?")
A few months back, a little boy (not yet 3) came riding down the escalator, sitting on the step until it got too low then he stood up, jumped off and ran to the up one and did it again. I asked the lady at the coffee shop I was at if she might call security, there was so many things wrong with this picture. Security came to me and said "oh, it's okay, his parents are actually at the top watching him." Do they want to watch him get a part of his body or clothing trapped in mechanical equipment? Or would thy rather watch as someone grabs him and pulls him out that door right next to the escalator out onto the busy city sidewalk? Why bother watching him at all. There's a Starbucks right there, why not just go for a coffee and tell him to come find you after he is finished playing on a mechanical beast that can eat your child for breakfast if something malfunctions?
Third, mother left 5 year old at a food court table while she went WAAAY (about as far as she could get) to McDonalds. They had been shopping and the little girl pulled a toy out of the bag, I asked "what'd you get?" She showed me a little fishing pond game. Mother came over "I told you never to talk to strangers!" Little girl said (kids are SO smart!) "I didn't I just showed her . "It doesn't matter. You don't KNOW her!" Yes, lady, you were the one who left your kid out to these wolves you fear. The food court is in an area where it's pretty easy to buy anything from a joint to a gun. While I know the kid is no more at risk than anywhere else (as a matter of fact I have no doubt if there WAS a predator who tried to make off with her, all the "freaks" there would make mincemeat out of them) but what could have gone on around her? A bad deal over drugs or a gun. As i left, I said to her "you know, people who kidnap children freak when the children talk to other people for fear they'll talk."