Some people shouldn't breed

[Mouse]

I'm pretty sure one of my managers at the we r toys i once worked at stuck cps on someone.

I was at the far registers and nearly off so i never got the full story, but aparently the kid came up alone to buy something and the cashier questioned where the parent was, only to find out they'd dumped the kid and made a run to costco O-o

If i can't emediately figure out who a childs parents are in the video rental store i work at I'll loudly ask "and who's are you?" which gets the parents atention

[bainsidhe]

I think what this parent did was disgusting (the nerve of people! ), but I appreciate how employees have to play nice with "customers" and follow policy. No doubt calling CPS or the police is frowned upon by store policy.

Regardless, it should be appropriate to tell sucky parents that unattended children will result in a call to security. Let security handle calling CPS or the cops, they're duty is to ensure the safety of mall patrons. Plus you're still being polite but in a threatening sort of way.

[XCashier]

Five minutes before the store closed, the child finally bought the cheapest item in the store. He then asked to borrow my cell phone so he could call his dad to come back to the mall to pick him up.

The man had not only left the store, he'd left the mall and had gone all the way to the far side of town. The store's manager took the kid to the security office to wait for his father. I got a call from my friend after I went home informing me that it took an hour before anyone came to get the kid.

Security should've called CPS on that dad. You do not just abandon your child in a store, I don't care how many errands you have to run, if you are a parent, you have a responsibility to your child. Either hire a babysitter or take him with you.

Worse, if the kid went missing from your store, Daddy Dearest could've sued you for everything you have. You might want to talk to your manager and coworkers and see if you can come to a solution about abandoned children, when to call the police, etc.

[Chromatix]

And then there are people like Jon Venables.

[WageSlaveofDoom]

guess who else was in the mall that day?
Jeff Dahmer.

I need to make copies of that story and staple them to the children I see being dragged around the city. Maybe I should leave them on the busses like Chick tracks...

If I illustrate the story, maybe that will get people to be less douchy when it comes to abandoning their kids...

Seriously? I don't babysit. If a child is left for more than ten minutes, I'm calling the cops. Kids need strong role models, and who's stronger than the policeman telling daddy he's a jerk? *^_^*

[Kristev]

9 years old for me, Riverside California. But it was only around our neighborhood, and I always proved myself to be reliable. We lived three blocks away from a rather nice shopping center.

But this person needs to have the cops called on them. When I was a kid in 1988, it was a different world (I know it really wasn't, but it seems like it) than it is today. Today, any jackass could snatch a kid.

If a kid's on his own a in mall 30 minutes, okay. More than that, ring up child services.

[RebeccaOTool]

My mother never left me in a store by myself until I was at least 12 or 13. I don't understand how parents can just leave their kids alone somewhere and go.

[underemployeed]

Last night, when I was running around filling stuff off the truck, I noticed a little girl running around with no parents seemingly in sight, until somebody called out to her from the optical department.

Then the girl was screwing around in makeup, opening up tubes of lipstick and putting it on her mouth. We had to go round up all the tubes she had opened and applied to her face and have them marked defective. Of course, no word about this from the parents in optical.

Then later on I noticed this girl wandering around the back of the store, with the parents no place to be found AGAIN. Somebody could've grabbed the kid and been out the door and mommy and daddy would never have known.

no they would have made a plea on the news and gotten free stuff. and just made another

[Lots42]

Yes, because it is perfectly ok to abandon your kid in a regular toy store.

[CrazedClerkthe2nd]

uh, yeah, that's a clear case of needing to call the police for child abandonment. He left the building, all bets are off.

QFT. That father needs to be taught a SERIOUS lesson.

I will be the first one to admit that children can, at times, be a burden, but that in NO WAY excuses parents from their responsibilities. You can't just get rid of them when you want to, sometimes you have to suck it up.

[cinema guy]

How do you forget your fucking kid? Home Alone was a damn movie.

Yeah, a documentary!

[blas]

I figured I might try to surprise you guys, but my attempt is probably in vein.

One of my best girlfriends works at the local YMCA in the daycare section. It closes at 6.

If no one picks up their kid by 6:30, they have to call Child Services, per policy.

My friend has said that it's becoming alarming how many times one of them has to call CPS, then the parents, then end up staying late until SOMEONE gets the kid.

How do you forget your fucking kid? Home Alone was a damn movie.

[tollbaby]

uh, yeah, that's a clear case of needing to call the police for child abandonment. He left the building, all bets are off.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Put up a sign

Unattended children will be given a bag of pixie stix, a double espresso, a puppy, and the loudest toy we can find.

[MaseMan]

What's scary is how Adam Walsh's abduction and murder occurred in state. I'd haul ass if I ever saw Jeffrey Dahmer...that guy is beyond evil.

Was evil. He was murdered in prison quite a few years ago.

And yeah, the dad in the story is an irresponsible ass hat.