I'm amazed that the mother was only charged with misdemeanor neglect! Something similar happened in the Wal-Mart I used to work for. Our cart pushers were in the parking lot and noticed that a car, which looked empty, had the door hanging open. They walked over and discovered that a baby was sitting in the seat, barefooted, barehanded, bareheaded. It was maybe 25 or 30 degrees out, if I remember (I was bundled tightly on my cigarette break!)
They immediately notified management, who located the mother. She was simply browsing through the store! The state police were called, and they arrested the mother and took the child away (she'd since been brought inside, of course, to warm up.) The mother was charged, among other things, with attempted murder! Leaving a child that young exposed in such a way is just that: an attempt on their life, unless you're simply too stupid to not realize that an infant needs more heat than even an adult does!
Anyway, I'm just glad now that I've never shopped at Babies 'R' Us. OUR associates were commended for their actions, by the police officers and by store management (I'm now engaged to one of the young men responsible, as a matter of fact, and we're expecting our second child, my third, any day now....)
Babies 'R' Us? Yes They Are - Comments
I'm amazed that the mother was only charged with misdemeanor neglect! Something similar happened in the Wal-Mart I used to work for. Our cart pushers were in the parking lot and noticed that a car, which looked empty, had the door hanging open. They walked over and discovered that a baby was sitting in the seat, barefooted, barehanded, bareheaded. It was maybe 25 or 30 degrees out, if I remember (I was bundled tightly on my cigarette break!)
They immediately notified management, who located the mother. She was simply browsing through the store! The state police were called, and they arrested the mother and took the child away (she'd since been brought inside, of course, to warm up.) The mother was charged, among other things, with attempted murder! Leaving a child that young exposed in such a way is just that: an attempt on their life, unless you're simply too stupid to not realize that an infant needs more heat than even an adult does!
Anyway, I'm just glad now that I've never shopped at Babies 'R' Us. OUR associates were commended for their actions, by the police officers and by store management (I'm now engaged to one of the young men responsible, as a matter of fact, and we're expecting our second child, my third, any day now....)
Posted by: Anne, Troy, New York | August 6, 2007 2:33 PM
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