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I was out on a trading estate today and was just getting into the car ready to leave when a toddler, no older that 2yrs I would say, walked out of Argos and straight into the carpark. There were cars driving around but it was quiet. The toddler started to walk further away from the doors of Argos and nobody came out behind her. As the toddler was about to start walking between the parked cars I decided to pick her up. There was a woman on her phone in a parked car so I got her attention and gestured that I was taking the toddler into Argos. I stood at the doors of Argos for a minute or so when a woman, looking very scared, came up to me and, with a sound of relief in her voice, thanked me. She said that she thought her mother in law was watching the toddler.
Now, I can understand the appreciation by the mother but, what I did like about the situation was that another woman who was just leaving the store said "Well done you".
It's nice to know that there are still people who will voice their appreciaiton, even though they are just passers by.
maviczap
31-10-11, 12:56 PM
Well done FG1 we wouldn't want a repeat of what happened to that poor Chinese toddler who was about the same age as the one you helped.
Bravo!
Owenski
31-10-11, 01:05 PM
Good deed indeed,
when you started that post I was worried that it was going to end with a massive bloke beating you to death assuming you'd tried to kidknap his kiddy.
Did you acknowlage the woman on the phone in order to give yourself a alibi incase your good deed was misconstrude as something much darker.
Owenski, that was indeed why I acknowledged the woman on the phone. In this world it is a hell of a lot harder to prove your innocence than it is to be assumed guilty.
And lets face it, picking up a toddler in a public place could take one hell of a lot of explaining.
Specialone
31-10-11, 01:36 PM
Fair play to you FG1, best to grab a witness just in case, the mothers won't always be as grateful, might try and blame someone else to hide the fact they wasn't watching their kids properly ( not saying the mother in this case was doing this)
A toddler at work the other day got its arm trapped inside an escalator, where the handrail disappears back inside! 18 month year old was trapped up to the elbow! Luckily the safety switch inside stopped it. Parents were no where to be seen at the time! In my opinion they should be arrested for neglect.
wyrdness
31-10-11, 02:20 PM
The thing about toddlers is that they're self-propelled. Whilst this has its advantages, it also makes keeping an eye on them a lot more difficult than you might think. You only have to look elsewhere for a moment and they can have toddled off somewhere.
Well done to FG1 for rescuing this one.
Like dogs though, kids need to be kept on a tight leash.
SoulKiss
31-10-11, 02:29 PM
Like dogs though, kids need to be kept on a tight leash.
Although remember that the RSPCC does frown on choke-chains. :p
Nobbylad
31-10-11, 02:55 PM
Just wait for the kidnap claim to be made against you...
Well done you. A friend of mine, who has been a single dad in his time, didn't stop to help a young lad who had a puncture of his bicycle, just in case someone thought he was up to no good. He felt bad about not helping for ages.
Small kids do run off very quickly but a tight leash is taking it a bit far!
-Ralph-
31-10-11, 05:24 PM
Well done. The fact you even had to worry about doing it means the world has gone to sh!t. I was a terror for 'getting lost' AKA making a dash for it as soon as my mother wasn't looking. I don't know how many times I ended up riding round the shopping centre on a strangers shoulders, trying to pick out and point out my Mum in the crowd. In those days it was normal to help a lost child.
well done.
as people have said it's a sad state of affairs when you have to 'think' about rescuing a toddler. personally i would not think twice about it even if i did get a kicking as i know i would have done the right thing at the end of the day.
maviczap
31-10-11, 08:45 PM
Well done you. A friend of mine, who has been a single dad in his time, didn't stop to help a young lad who had a puncture of his bicycle, just in case someone thought he was up to no good. He felt bad about not helping for ages.
Small kids do run off very quickly but a tight leash is taking it a bit far!
Well done. The fact you even had to worry about doing it means the world has gone to sh!t. I was a terror for 'getting lost' AKA making a dash for it as soon as my mother wasn't looking. I don't know how many times I ended up riding round the shopping centre on a strangers shoulders, trying to pick out and point out my Mum in the crowd. In those days it was normal to help a lost child.
well done.
as people have said it's a sad state of affairs when you have to 'think' about rescuing a toddler. personally i would not think twice about it even if i did get a kicking as i know i would have done the right thing at the end of the day.
Unfortunately being the male of the species, we're automatically tagged.
Even when I take my little one to swimming or go to her school, I get that 'look'. Perhaps I'm just over sensitive
I accept that this is the reality of our modern world. :(
However I'd still do what FG1 did
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