I was at a large farm / play barn place today with some friends and our children, it was warm when sunny, but pretty cold most of the time so when we saw a toddler with no shirt on he stuck out like a sore thumb and was wandering around looking lost...
After a few minutes of keeping an eye on him (our children were playing in the same bit.) he started calling out mummy and so my friend asked him if he knew where his mummy was and he said no.
I found an employee and told him there was a lost child. The employee came over and said 'do you know where you last saw her' and got no answer as the boy was quite upset.
The employee looked totally at a loss for what to do. And eventually said to the toddler 'you wait here and I'll try and find her?' And started to walk off...
AIBU to think that's really not okay? He must have been 3 at the absolute most (and a small 3 if that.) walking around shirtless and upset and the first thing they want to do is leave him alone? We were going to stay with him but another mother nearby intervened and helped.
It made me so sad. By the time we left they still hadn't really done anything, taken him anywhere or found his mum.
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AIBU?
To think there should be a procedure in place for lost children?
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curiousgeorgie · 19/08/2014 16:13
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