I've just popped to the cash point at my local petrol station (11.45pm) and I noticed 2 kids aged around 10 and maybe 4 left alone in a car. I did not go inside the shop to see who was inside but I got the distinct feeling that perhaps their parent was the shop cashier and that they had been left there for some time, The older child had the front window open and seemed to be making eye contact with the cashier who looked a little wary when I approached the car and asked the children if their parent was inside.
I am planning to drive past again tomorrow night and see if they are there again. If they are what would you do? My instinctive response is to report it either to the petrol station operator (big name supermarket) or to social services but I can only imagine what dire straits a parent would need to be in to do this and I am reluctant to make things worse for a family that is already struggling.
This isn't AIBU but for those who think I am BU I don't intend to do anything on a hunch alone and would only report if the children are there on another occasion.