Corn Maze Sighting

[JambaBamba]

So this weekend I went to an awesome corn maze (http://www.pumpkinmaze.com/maze_2011.html). My first time to a maze and it was awesome...well, except for one thing...

Dear Parents of children under 10. Please do not drag your tired, cranky, whiny child through a maze of corn in the middle of the night. They will not enjoy it; you will not enjoy it; this is not what a "precious family memory" is about. Take them during the day, understand what "reasonable bedtime" means and hire a freaking babysitter if you want a night out.

Also, parents: if you have a 6 year old who is afraid of the dark don't go and get yer butt lost in a corn maze and then start freaking out yourself. A grown adult crying about being lost in a maze (while having a map, a phone with GPS and hundreds of people nearby) is bad enough but you're making it even worse for your kid who is looking to you for comfort. Your Parental Failure badge is showing.

I think next year I'll go on a school night...

[Amadan]

I think next year I'll go on a school night...

You think that will stop them?

I was out fishing last Tuesday night and drove through town to drop someone off. When I stopped at the 24hr supermarket (about 1230 or 1am) there were parents dragging school aged kids round with them.

[Food Lady]

A couple weeks ago I heard about a couple that got lost in a maze and called 911. o_o

[Aethian]

A couple weeks ago I heard about a couple that got lost in a maze and called 911. o_o

In there defense it was a MASSIVE corn maze.

[Raveni]

It was CORN.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nati...g-bonanza.html

"They were only 25 feet from the exit when they called the police," he said. "Maybe they didn't want to ruin it for us, but in an emergency situation, it is perfectly acceptable to cut through the corn."

[Aethian]

It was CORN.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nati...g-bonanza.html

They may have been 25 ft from the enterence but it was dark and they had a three week old infant with them. You do NOT push through healthy corn stalks with a infant that young. Specially when you don't know which way to go.

[PepperElf]

damn cell gps.

i guess that parent never heard of Geocaching

[Draco]

It was a couple. Have the guy push through until he finds someone for help. I'm sure the staff would have been able to "rescue" them from the evil corn in 5 minutes tops.

You also shouldn't be bringing an infant to an outing like that. >.<

As for the OP, yeah. I work at a supermarket chain. I see kids that young out late all the time. Annoys me beyond words.

[Aethian]

damn cell gps.

i guess that parent never heard of Geocaching

My Mom doesn't have GPS on her phone, maybe they dont other?

[PepperElf]

well technically it's on all modern phones these days IIRC.

however actually being able to access it yourself is a different matter. although i figured the lost person had it since the OP mentioned it.

[Kitten in the box]

I HATE it when parents bring toddlers to a hauted attraction designed for kids aged 13 and over. Yeah its fine if your toddler likes things like that and can handle scare actors chasing people around. what i can't stand is the parents who bring their terrifed kids with them to said event and then yell at the actors for scaring people.

Hint: Drop the kid off at the sitters and quit your bitching at the actors and let them do their job!

[fireheart]

Corn mazes sound like fun. Unfortunately they're rare around here *pouts*

[blas]

The yearly haunted amusement park is set up and going on during the weekends here right now, I can only imagine how many Teen Mom contenders are bringing their babies and toddlers there only to have to deal with nightmares and sleepless nights with the kids for months to come.

[bankworking]

We took our 4 year old to a corn maze. A small one. With signs to look for and mark off things on a little map,so she had something to do besides wander through coin. We got a map of the maze before we went in so we could find our way out quickly if we needed to. And we did the maze just after lunch and it was the first thing we did when we got to the farm, since we knew she'd get grumpy walking around a maze if she got tired.

A little forethought over what she could handle and how to time it for her made it a wonderful trip. People who don't think ruin their own fun times. Too bad they have to ruin it for other people also.

[LillFilly]

I feel so bad for the half-awake kids in their pjs I see getting dragged through super *al *art at 3am. That must mess with their systems something awful!