And the on-base Mother of the year award goes to...

[MoonCat]

and as i told my bf later, it was a good thing i remained in the car. cos if i hadn't i'm sure our windows would have been broken too. but not only was i still there, but we left the car running for the AC.


tho, keep in mind the woman could have been either the spouse or the officer herself.

I hope she wasn't the officer. I'd like to think people in our military have more brains and better judgement than she demonstrated.

[AnaKhouri]

I feel sory for people who ACCIDENTALLY leave their children in the car. This bitch can burn in Hell forever, though.

[PepperElf]

I hope she wasn't the officer. I'd like to think people in our military have more brains and better judgement than she demonstrated.

I wish it wasn't true but we have our own share of morons who think rules are just suggestions. (and some who think rank means rules don't apply to them period)

or as my bf says "It's just a guideline!" (jk)

[AccountingDrone]

I hope she wasn't the officer. I'd like to think people in our military have more brains and better judgement than she demonstrated.

Well, Rob had a CO nicknamed WingNut <surname> who may have been 'book smart' but had absolutely no common sense, and he was a bit of a pratt, hence the 'wingnut'. There was another junior officer on the same boat nicknamed 'Fast Flood Floyd' because he was a push the button to figure out what it did type and managed to fast flood one of the ballast tanks. And yet a third officer sort of derailed his entire career because while acting as officer of the day in a location that is very cold all year around that was known for a high population of the Red Banner Fleet back in 1984ish caused the entire crew of Rob's boat to discover first hand what blocks of wood sonar sounds like from the inside of the target vessel. [MGK-100 Kerch active sonar (NATO designation Blocks of Wood).]

Enlisted are also frequently jackasses, the COB on this boar recommended that Rob get me on welfare and move in with me when he ran the marriage chit up the ladder to get permission to get hitched just before we moved to CT - and WingNut had the balls to ask him if I was black or white Thankfully for both of them Rob was more interested in getting off the boat with a good fitness report he basically ignored them. [his new command here in CT was much better. I have the sneaking suspicion that his old command had been some sort of leper colony he accidentally got sent to for his first boat.]

[Merriweather]

We have had more than one complete moron leave their baby in the car with no A/C in our 100 degree heat.

I never left my babies in the car. I got so use to getting them out of the car that even when I was out alone I would open the back door of the car to get them and then remember they didn't come with me.

The only time I left my baby daughter in the car was at a self-service car wash while I washed it. New mum, new baby, I pull into the bay to give the car a quick wash while baby stays in car (nice cool spring day, no probs with windows up during wash), get out of my car, exact change in hand for machine, leaving purse & everything else in the car - and automatically lock the door out of habit as I close it.

Cue instant panic, as I realize immediately I've just locked my keys, as well as my baby daughter, in my car. I'm standing there freaking out (this was pre-cell phone days, and also then-hubby was halfway round the world on a deployment). Luckily, the guy in the next bay saw, heard, and took pity ( I probably hit every "damsel in distress" nerve, as I was 22 but looked all of 17 at most). I honestly don't recall how he did it, but he managed to get the thing open in just a few minutes, without even causing any damage (not that I'd have minded damage at that moment).

Learned my lesson, keys come out of the ignition immediately upon stopping, and do not leave my hand til I'm out of the car. Have never locked my keys in my car since (though I've had to go rescue my current hubby at least 3 times when he locked his in his truck, that's why we both keep each other's keys on our keychains).

[drunkenwildmage]

My BF heard her claim, "I have a remote start. I don't know why it wasn't working!" As if that's justification for leaving the infant in the car.

The remote started could've had a timer on it.. Mine does. After about 10 or 15 mins or so, if the key isn't in the car, then it will shut off. Regardless, that still a stupid way to think.

Hell, I'm amazed by the number of people around here who go in carry outs with their cars still running, windows down, radios blaring.

[LillFilly]

Didn't someone say that insanity was doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results? Each year we are warned not to leave children and pets in cars in the heat, and year after year children and animals die. Every time there is a major storm coming our way we are warned to not drive through flood waters, and not to let children play in the stormwater drains, and yet time and time again some idiot thinks they can make it through the flooded roads, which then gets pushed off into the flooded rivers, or children once again get washed away on their boogie boards in the flooded drains. Seems to be a case of darwinism at work, survival of the fittest, though you have to feel sorry for the poor children and animals who through no fault of their own are left to die.

Hope that poor excuse for a mother is thrown to the wolves over this.

I agree with you COMPLETELY! I didn't think of it that way.

Not to the wolves, you'll make them sick! Maybe honeybadgers

[bunnyboy]

I agree with you COMPLETELY! I didn't think of it that way.

Not to the wolves, you'll make them sick! Maybe honeybadgers

Really now, there's no need for that. Why would you even think about that. You should feel ashamed for even thinking about subjecting a noble and intelligent creature to something so attrocious.

I am of course refering to the honeybadger. I honestly think we should launch her into the sun.

[PepperElf]

The remote started could've had a timer on it.. Mine does. After about 10 or 15 mins or so, if the key isn't in the car, then it will shut off. Regardless, that still a stupid way to think.

Hell, I'm amazed by the number of people around here who go in carry outs with their cars still running, windows down, radios blaring.

That's a good point too. Although where she was parked was far enough away from the stores that a remote key wouldn't work either. So I doubt she'd get the remote start to work.

I honestly don't recall how he did it, but he managed to get the thing open in just a few minutes, without even causing any damage (not that I'd have minded damage at that moment).

I did that on my old Taurus with a wire hanger. My car would open from the inside even if the doors were locked so as long as I could get something to pull on the handle I could get back in. It did kinda fuck up the door seal a little though.


and i'm going to be in a letter-to-the-editor section. I'm a bit nervous about it though. cos part of me wonders if the base would try to take action against me for doing it.

[IvorTangrean]

Learned my lesson, keys come out of the ignition immediately upon stopping, and do not leave my hand til I'm out of the car. Have never locked my keys in my car since (though I've had to go rescue my current hubby at least 3 times when he locked his in his truck, that's why we both keep each other's keys on our keychains).

My wife and I have a hide-a-key on the bottom of our car that opens the door but won't start the engine just for this reason ( except when she leaves the hide-a-key in the glovebox, like this morning ).

[dragon_wings]

My wife and I have a hide-a-key on the bottom of our car that opens the door but won't start the engine just for this reason ( except when she leaves the hide-a-key in the glovebox, like this morning ).

I have a hide a key for both cause I'm just a generally forgetful person. I've been back in Tennessee 2.5 months and locked my keys in my car twice. :P (when I lived in Baltimore I rode the bus or walked.)

[Ironclad Alibi]

or as my bf says "It's just a guideline!" (jk)

I thought it was the Pirate Code that was a guideline.

[Jay 2K Winger]

I thought it was the Pirate Code that was a guideline.

You might want to be careful about saying that around Captain Teague. He takes the Code seriously.

[raudf]

Now that the car has to deal with two separate keys, my hubby has a spare door key in his wallet for when he locks the keys in the car. It's an hour drive for me to bring the other spare, so we just had him put one where he'd likely find it.

And he'll still call me in a panic if the day has been horrible wondering if I could bring the spare. Poor guy.

[Aethian]

My Mom once had me drive from KZoo to Lansing cause she locked her keys in the car. She was sitting inside the store watching the truck when I pulled up. Out of habit I tried opening the passenger door before unlocking it...the door had been unlocked the whole time. Cue Mom buying me a steak dinner for my drive.