I received a call from Mum a few hours ago - she works in a department store at the local mall. There was an elderly man in the store who didn't know who he was or where he lived. She'd called the police but said it had been an hour and they hadn't come. So she called me and Dad, at home.
She wanted to know the name of a nearby nursing home. Dad knew where it was, I provided Mum with the streets it was on the corner of, and she remembered the name. That's what I call team work.
Anyway, she called back a while later. Turns out that it was the correct nursing home. They'd taken a busload of seniors to the mall and left several hours later. Without the guy who was wandering around Mum's store. The mall's courtesy bus took the guy back to the nursing home.
And just so we're clear, this was not a new low in humanity for me. As soon as she asked what the name of the nursing home was, I knew there was a confused old person in her store. I just knew it. Thank you, fellow posters, for desensitising me to craziness and idiocy.
This may or may not top the time she found a random kid in the store, in which it turned out that a lady with like 8 kids had left one behind.
She wanted to know the name of a nearby nursing home. Dad knew where it was, I provided Mum with the streets it was on the corner of, and she remembered the name. That's what I call team work.
Anyway, she called back a while later. Turns out that it was the correct nursing home. They'd taken a busload of seniors to the mall and left several hours later. Without the guy who was wandering around Mum's store. The mall's courtesy bus took the guy back to the nursing home.
And just so we're clear, this was not a new low in humanity for me. As soon as she asked what the name of the nursing home was, I knew there was a confused old person in her store. I just knew it. Thank you, fellow posters, for desensitising me to craziness and idiocy.
This may or may not top the time she found a random kid in the store, in which it turned out that a lady with like 8 kids had left one behind.
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