Baby or Beauty?

[MadMike]

OK, this is the third baby-left-in-a-car story I've read on here tonight. What the hell?

And it's constantly happening on TV and in the papers. Don't these people learn anything by hearing these stories???

Just a couple years ago, some guy left his baby in the hot car while he was looking for fossils. Sadly, the kid did not make it.

[Seshat]

Yay for you and the people who backed you up.

I would consider that some of the people who backed you up but hadn't reported it themselves didn't see the kid - especially the cashier, who probably hadn't been out the front of her store since she opened.

As for the others - some naivety (it must be a doll - noone would leave a child in a car, right?), and the rest I put it down to Kitty Genovese syndrome aka bystander effect. Which is sucky and awful, but human.

My psych prof said that if you ever feel a heart attack or a fit or anything coming on while you're out and about, get into a shop if you possibly can. That makes it a specific person's problem*, and reduces bystander effect.

* store manager/cashier/etc. Which is kind of sucky for the CSR, but could save your life.