Would you leave your child unattended?

Dublinstiofán

Was in Dundrum earlier this afternoon and was sitting in the car for about 40 minutes
waiting for a seller from Adverts. The car parked beside me had a young child strapped
into their child seat in the back. About two minutes before i was about to leave the
mother came back got into the car with shopping and went on her merry way.

Personally i wouldn't even leave a dog in the car on a warm day such as today without
supervision. I think it's a disgrace this mother thinks she can leave her 2-3 year old in
the car alone for such an extended period of time.

What is your opinion on this?

TheZohanS

Should have called the cops after 10min.

The "mother" should be ashamed of herself.

admiralofthefleet

bet you it was an SUV and the mother was an OMG

Dravokivich

Speaking not as a parent...

I can't understand how a parent would do something as stupid as that...

chin_grin

Lawl at parents' reactions! :pac:

Biggins

Would I do it?
Absolutely not. No unequivocally.

ibarelycare

Jaysus...I wouldn't do that, and I don't even like kids.

Was the kid in the car for nearly the whole 40 minutes?? Was it asleep? If it was awake surely it was distressed. Either way that's disgraceful. I definitely would have taken the reg number, called the police and had words with the woman when she got back to the car.

Fukuyama

Should have pushed the car to the other side of the carpark for the Lolz :pac:

bronte

Didn't someone's kid die from being stuck in a hot car in a similar situation?

Idiotic anyway.

ShamoBuc

I reularly leave the kids in the car when I go into a petrol station - buy the paper and come back out.
Doing your weekly shop while a child is in the car for that length of time is a fúcking joke - add in the 'heat' factor..... a pure muppet.

KeithM89_old

Nothing wrong with leaving a child in the car, just make sure to keep all the windows closed to stop any animals/insects getting in.

stovelid

The only time I can remember leaving them in a locked car is to dash in to pay for petrol. The car was locked and in sight the whole time. Until I had kids, I never realized just how hard it can be sometimes just to perform a lot of simple tasks when you're out by youirself with the kids.

40 minutes is madness though.

Aoifey!

For 40 minutes? Anything could have happened in that length of time. I;m sure the shop had trolleys she could have put the child in.

landsleaving

You should have kidnapped the kid to teach her a lesson OP.

ibarelycare

landsleaving wrote: »

You should have kidnapped the kid to teach her a lesson OP.

And then sold it on adverts.

ejmaztec

landsleaving wrote: »

You should have kidnapped the kid to teach her a lesson OP.

Then they would have been left carrying the McCann for it

Johro

ibarelycare wrote: »

Jaysus...I wouldn't do that, and I don't even like kids.

phasers

40 minutes waiting on someone from Adverts? I'd have told them to go fcuk themselves

IngazZagni

While it's wrong for sure, it would have been a lot worse if it was on the side of the road on a public street. This however was an underground carpark with lots of security and cctv and auto plate readers. As I said though it's still wrong.

gent9662

I would do it if I could see them 100% for either the petrol station window or xtravision. No way would I do it for 40 mins!

RachaelVO

What a silly tart!!!!!! Ya shoulda called the cops, she how much of a yummy mummy she'd of been then!

hondasam

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

Was in Dundrum earlier this afternoon and was sitting in the car for about 40 minutes
waiting for a seller from Adverts. The car parked beside me had a young child strapped
into their child seat in the back. About two minutes before i was about to leave the
mother came back got into the car with shopping and went on her merry way.

Personally i wouldn't even leave a dog in the car on a warm day such as today without
supervision. I think it's a disgrace this mother thinks she can leave her 2-3 year old in
the car alone for such an extended period of time.

What is your opinion on this?

You should have reported her to the gardai.

Dublinstiofán

phasers wrote: »

40 minutes waiting on someone from Adverts? I'd have told them to go fcuk themselves

I was early

Dublinstiofán

IngazZagni wrote: »

While it's wrong for sure, it would have been a lot worse if it was on the side of the road on a public street. This however was an underground carpark with lots of security and cctv and auto plate readers. As I said though it's still wrong.

It was on the side of a road on a public street! Not in the centre itself!

Dublinstiofán

hondasam wrote: »

You should have reported her to the gardai.

I did. I called the gards and gave them the registration of the car and where it was located.

mikemac

Very warm weather and windows closed means a risk of suffocation :mad:

Dublinstiofán

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

bet you it was an SUV and the mother was an OMG

It wasn't, trust me!

chin_grin

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

I did. I called the gards and gave them the registration of the car and where it was located.

Ah you should've stayed and posted the hilarious results.

Dublinstiofán

feelingstressed wrote: »

Very warm weather and windows closed means a risk of suffocation :mad:

The window was open a crack

ejmaztec

chin_grin wrote: »

Ah you should've stayed and posted the hilarious results.

The kid's probably still in the car at the pound.

hondasam

Dublinstiofán wrote: »

I did. I called the gards and gave them the registration of the car and where it was located.

did the gardai speak to her or was she gone when they got there?