Words are not enough for me to express how angry I am at what I witnessed this morning. It could very possibly be the stupidest, dumbest, asinine thing I have ever seen in my life. I still cannot believe it.
My son and I were stopping at a pharmacy in town to get a get well card and small gift for one of his friends who just had surgery a few days ago. We parked and proceeded to walk inside, when, while in the entrance I noticed that the car (which was a Toyota by the way) parked right in front of the store was running and, get this, had two kids in the back seat! Nobody else was in the vehicle. One was in a booster and the other was younger and in a regular child seat. Being just a little concerned, I looked around the parking lot, looked in the front of the store, but found nobody around at all.
At this point I could not believe that somebody actually would leave their children in a running car and go inside a store, no matter how long the kids would be by themselves. What the hell are people thinking?!
I stayed with my son right at the entrance keeping an eye on the car and watching the front of the store for, I don't know, a parent or something. I told my son, who is almost four, why we were standing there, he not only understood, but was quite excited that we were helping somebody (he loves to help people like he is Spiderman). I wish I would have gotten somebody's attention to call the police, but I was more concerned that somebody might really try to take the car, and I was pretty pissed off. A good three or four minutes went by before a woman in her early 30's walked up the aisle to pay for whatever she picked up.
She paid and started to walk out. She kind of gave me a look like, why are you just standing there, but I waited to see if she walked over to the Toyota. When she did, I said to her "you know if somebody stole your car, they would get your kids too". She replied, "I was only in the store for a minute...". I cut her off and said "whatever", gave her my famous wave off and walked inside.
The store manager heard the exchange and asked what was going on and I told her. She was as amazed as I was.
Now, unless you literally live under a rock and have been there for 50 years, you have all heard about these idiots who leave their kids in the car and the car gets stolen, no need to re-tell those stories. The question is, are we really so lazy, that we cannot just take our kids into a store for a quick stop? We are actually willing to put their safety and security on the line just for convenience? WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG PEOPLE???!!!
We may all have different political ideologies, beliefs, and on and on and on. But, when it comes to the safety of our kids, we must all be on the same page, period!
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