WeLoveLilo05
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So last night I went to a few stores as I am looking for a booster seat for DD. I left after dinner and left DD with daddy. I didn't have much luck and by 9:30 I was at my last stop; Target.
So I go straight towards the baby section and I am looking at the different boosters when all of the sudden I hear a big BOOOOOM! I turn around, I have my back towards another display shelf that has carriages, exersaucers, swings, etc all on the top and then on the bottom the boxes to the items as well as safety gates and bars to different cribs. There are 2 little kids running through the bottom shelf with these boxes and gates! They were knocking boxes off and gates were falling down left and right. I am standing there, saying to myself should I keep quiet and mind my business, or tell these kids to get out as they are surely going to get hurt? Luckily, a Target associate heard all this noise and came running over. First he turned to me and said "Are these your kids?" I said NO! He was VERY nice and asked the kids to please get out from there as they were going to get hurt. I hear the two little voices say they were fine and that mommy told the older one to look after the younger one and they were looking for a ball that they threw. Finally, these 2 kids come out and one could not be any older than 8 and the other could have only been 4 or 5...the mother was no where to be found! And on top of this these kids were running wild around Target barefoot!
Seriously, anyone could have taken those kids! OR they could have walked out the door. Or slipped....the list goes on and on actually.
I go back to looking at boosters when about a minute later I hear them under the shelf again!!! Another lady who was a shopper asked them sweetly to come out b/c they had already been spoken to and were going to get hurt. Again, gates are crashing, then the Target associate comes back and he has another female associate with him. They both ask the 2 to come out, they are not coming out. Finally the female asks "Where is your mother or father?" The kids have no idea. The female associate tells them they have to come out and they were going to look for their parents. As this is all going down I start walking towards bedding, I mumble to myself what parent allows their young children to do this? They were so young; babies!!! I don't think my mom allowed me to walk around a store w/o her til I was 12 or 13 and even at that I had my brother who was older with me or a friend . As I am walking towards bedding the associate and the kids come from another aisle and I hear the kids saying "There she is" the mother was looking at shoes
. The associate kindly explained the situation, saying she just did not want the kids to get hurt. The mother did not even look at the associate she just told the kids to come look at the shoes with her and to stop being sassy. That was it.
I was just annoyed with this parent so much! If something would have happened to these kids, like a gate falling on them, she would have sued Target probably.
I know kids are mischievous, I understand, I have a 5 year old and I just finished up working with kindergarten and 1st graders. But I would NEVER allow my 5 year old out of my sight for one second at a store! And if she acted that way then I am sorry, but I'd have to leave the store.
Just had to gripe about it, as it ruined my shopping experience last night and I knew you DISers would understand.
So I go straight towards the baby section and I am looking at the different boosters when all of the sudden I hear a big BOOOOOM! I turn around, I have my back towards another display shelf that has carriages, exersaucers, swings, etc all on the top and then on the bottom the boxes to the items as well as safety gates and bars to different cribs. There are 2 little kids running through the bottom shelf with these boxes and gates! They were knocking boxes off and gates were falling down left and right. I am standing there, saying to myself should I keep quiet and mind my business, or tell these kids to get out as they are surely going to get hurt? Luckily, a Target associate heard all this noise and came running over. First he turned to me and said "Are these your kids?" I said NO! He was VERY nice and asked the kids to please get out from there as they were going to get hurt. I hear the two little voices say they were fine and that mommy told the older one to look after the younger one and they were looking for a ball that they threw. Finally, these 2 kids come out and one could not be any older than 8 and the other could have only been 4 or 5...the mother was no where to be found! And on top of this these kids were running wild around Target barefoot!
Seriously, anyone could have taken those kids! OR they could have walked out the door. Or slipped....the list goes on and on actually.I go back to looking at boosters when about a minute later I hear them under the shelf again!!! Another lady who was a shopper asked them sweetly to come out b/c they had already been spoken to and were going to get hurt. Again, gates are crashing, then the Target associate comes back and he has another female associate with him. They both ask the 2 to come out, they are not coming out. Finally the female asks "Where is your mother or father?" The kids have no idea. The female associate tells them they have to come out and they were going to look for their parents. As this is all going down I start walking towards bedding, I mumble to myself what parent allows their young children to do this? They were so young; babies!!! I don't think my mom allowed me to walk around a store w/o her til I was 12 or 13 and even at that I had my brother who was older with me or a friend . As I am walking towards bedding the associate and the kids come from another aisle and I hear the kids saying "There she is" the mother was looking at shoes
. The associate kindly explained the situation, saying she just did not want the kids to get hurt. The mother did not even look at the associate she just told the kids to come look at the shoes with her and to stop being sassy. That was it. I was just annoyed with this parent so much! If something would have happened to these kids, like a gate falling on them, she would have sued Target probably.
I know kids are mischievous, I understand, I have a 5 year old and I just finished up working with kindergarten and 1st graders. But I would NEVER allow my 5 year old out of my sight for one second at a store! And if she acted that way then I am sorry, but I'd have to leave the store.
Just had to gripe about it, as it ruined my shopping experience last night and I knew you DISers would understand.
