Woman telling me to open my car windows

Any reason why it's ok for a child but not a dog?

That would say a hell of a lot more about you than anyone asking a simple question

That is in no way comparable to someone showing concern for a child.

The temperature in Cars with windows closed can go up by 19 degrees in 10 mins,

I simply wouldn't have dignified her with a reply. Just give her a dirty look, snigger and move on.

Snap.

The AC was not on.

The AC wasn't on.

When you see the ridiculous behaviour of mothers, mainly mothers, in cars on the school run, I can't get upset about a stranger worrying about a child left in a car. People ARE stupid and do stupid things.

You are miffed because she touched a nerve, otherwise a "thanks she's fine" was enough and you would have forgotten the whole thing by the time you drove away.

Who is going to take childcare advice from a random stranger? She comes in and tells you what to do and gets the hump when you don't do what she says.

What was she expecting?

Same.
There should be an episode of black mirror where we get a glimpse of what society would be like without 'Karens doing Karen things'. Or 'sensible women giving a shit' as it often turns out to be.

How ridiculous. It's cooler in an AC'd car for a couple of minutes than with the windows down. People are too quick to criticize.

You were fine in your decision but I don't get the outrage. We should be looking out for each other. People are all 'it takes a village' until anyone disagrees with them, however mildly. You owned your decision, now forget about it!;

Well, personally I'd rather someone worried unnecessarily and caused someone minor offence than didn't say anything and potentially ignored a dangerous situation.

Yep exactly. If DS was too hot in the car, he would open the window, or switch the air con back on. This is a complete non-issue.

OP, the words “thanks for your input”. whilst getting back in the car and driving off, are all you needed. No point in getting into an argument with a busybody.

People need to mind their own freaking business

yes and no to this! it depends on the circumstances... if the child was clearly in distress, then yes raise it with the forecourt staff who can put an announcement out on the tannoy..

how many of us with children have left them in the car while we pay for petrol or diesel, we are usually in and out within seconds.

again it would be different if you were doing an entire weeks shop and had been in there for hours and hours, but a couple of minutes..

the same with dogs.. if the dogs are clearly in distress... proper distress, then raise it, but most of the dogs in cars i've dealt with, when we've got there, there has been a window down and the dog is looking at us happy as larry..

hot cars do kill... but not in 2 or 3 minutes i dont think but i am sure someone will be able to give me a link to where this actually happened

I can't take anyone who uses the term "Karen" seriously.

Of course. But I think the question is whether it was reasonable to be worried in this case.

It's got to be proportionate. And this example was just a Karen doing Karen things. And vulnerable member of society, wind it in, this is the OPs daughter she had eye of sight on at all times and left for literally a couple of minutes.

People need to mind their own freaking business

No, they don't. People should always show concern if they're worried about a vulnerable member of society.

Someone showing concern, maybe knows of a child being ill in a car, or even a dog dying in one.

Has anyone mentioned the potential for the car exploding/being stolen while you were paying? That's usually a worry for the perpetually terrified concerned on these threads.

People need to mind their own freaking business. Like many, I wouldnt have taken kindly to it. I dare say dog types are even worse and if you'd left your pooch in there there'd be a baying mob with their cameras on.

Not the same scenario but I was at a self self serve in a supermarket recently and as I was scanning discovered a split packet of fresh pineapple I think. I alerted the staff member who offered to grab me a replacement but told her I'd go grab one myself as it wasn't far away and she was the only one on, so she kept half an eye on my partially scanned shopping. In the 30 seconds that it took me the queue had built up and as I returned to the till a man in the queue literally shouted at me in in the most nasty of tones "Oi, there's a queue here". It's fair to say he got a piece of my mind.

If there were child locks on the door, that may not be the case - I can't open the back seat doors in my car from the inside even when the engine is off and the car itself is unlocked.

I disagree. I think most of the SM stories are made up and that the people who do approach others to give (admittedly unsolicited) advice are not usually the sort to post on SM. The type of conversation the OP has described usually start with "an older woman/a woman in their 60s". This is because back then it wasn't considered weird to talk to strangers, especially older women chatting to young mothers. Thinking about maybe she wasn't even sure the child/car was your's and checking a parent was nearby.