Vent - Incident in supermarket car park!

lincroft1710

Next time the brat might not be so lucky and there'll be no Good Samaritan around.

Starrystarrynight

Be proud of yourself, OP :-)

GemJar_2

When people know they are at fault in such a huge way they try to pass the blame, or at least deflect away from the inital problem, IE, the rip in the little boys coat. This woman knew she should've been watching her child, she knew you saved his life and instead of saying thank you and cursing herself for not taking enough care, she blamed you and asked for money. This is the same kind of woman that would have gone to the newspapers if her child had been run over and told them that you stood there and did nothing. Good on you, and don't let what the woman said get to you. I'm sure if the little boy remembers it when he's older, he'll be thankful that you saved his life.

go_cat

You cannot believe the mentaility of some parents. Some people try so hard and sadly fail to have children who would be loved and protected whilst others like this mother clearly put money smoking and chatting above her childs safety.

It makes me so mad . :mad:

Well done OP for reacting so quickly :T

Becles

You did do the right thing, so don't let the mother or anyone else say otherwise.

I had similar when I was walking past the doors of In Shops and a toddler ran out into the car park. I grabbed him and spoke to him and he said he was lost. I said I'd take him to the information desk, and I picked up him up and told him we were going to play "spot the Mammy" on the way and if he saw her, he had to tell me. I was making a game of it to cheer him up as he was upset.

All of a sudden a woman came over and just snatched him out of my arms while saying "he's mine" and gave me a right filthy look and walked off.

If it was one of mine that were lost, I'd have been really pleased that someone had taken the time to help them find me.

Kaleidoscope27

Well done! You're a brilliant person. Ignore the mother and focus on the positive thing - you saved a little lad's life It's people like you who give me back my faith in humanity. :T

trumpton

No good deed goes unpunished does it? You totally did the right thing, though it's upseting to get such a response. Some people are just scrotes I'm afraid. But at least you can know what you did was right and at least that poor kid had 5 minutes of feeling like someone cared about him.

A while ago I was at a theme park. Queued for the Ghost Train, near the front at last - teenager comes out with a boy of about 6 and tries to push him back through the queue to his grandma. Then she goes back to the front of the queue to their mother. Basically leaves the boy to find his way back through the crowd - he can't, so starts crying his eyes out. Everyone is shouting the woman to come back and get her child - she just gets on the ride anyway. I ended up taking him back and, not finding his grandma, had to take him to the exit and wait for his mother. She appears says 'Ta, love' and drags him off.

Some people are not fit to raise children. The saddest thing is that those poor kids' cards are marked from day one. It's upsetting, but do what I do - console yourself with the fact that you are a good and decent person, regardless of her response.

sagalout1954

Becles wrote: »

You did do the right thing, so don't let the mother or anyone else say otherwise.

I had similar when I was walking past the doors of In Shops and a toddler ran out into the car park. I grabbed him and spoke to him and he said he was lost. I said I'd take him to the information desk, and I picked up him up and told him we were going to play "spot the Mammy" on the way and if he saw her, he had to tell me. I was making a game of it to cheer him up as he was upset.

All of a sudden a woman came over and just snatched him out of my arms while saying "he's mine" and gave me a right filthy look and walked off.

If it was one of mine that were lost, I'd have been really pleased that someone had taken the time to help them find me.

No, no, no. In this instance, even though he said he was lost, I don't agree with your actions in picking him up to play "spot the mammy" on the way to another location! You should stay right where you rescued him from the traffic, wait a minute or two for the absent parent, then ask someone else to go to the information desk.......while you stay with the child right where you are.

Only YOU knew your intentions were completely honourable, no-one else would. No child, whatever the circumstances, should be encourage to go anywhere with a stranger.

Becles

If I lost my child in a shopping centre, the first place I would ask for help would be the information desk, rather than go looking in the car park. Had I got there, they would have also put out a tannoy annoucement so the mother would have known he was safe.

I was alone and the shopping centre has several entrances near to each other, so I couldn't be sure the mother would come out of that door.

AsknAnswer2

My daughter went to run out into the car park at Tesco last week. As I was in the midst of lifting my other child out the trolley at the time, I could do nothing to stop her; except call out to her to stop. A taxi driver grabbed her arm and yanked her back, just as a car was coming. He immediately apologised for pulling on her so hard (she was crying). I gave him a telling off but not for grabbing my child. The telling off was for apologising - I was very grateful to him for what he did. I'd rather have a child with a sore arm that I can still tuck up in bed at night than a child I'm having to tuck up in a coffin and say "goodnight" for a final time.

You did the right thing and the mother should have been grateful. I expect that she'd be suing the driver of the people carrier if her son had come to any harm. These types of people never take responsibility for anything; it's always someone else who is at fault.

As it was the hood that was ripped, that in itself shows that you were only just able to grab him. A spilt second later and she'd have been either going to hospital or arranging a funeral.

Have a good cry to let it all out, but don't let it stop you from doing it again if you see a child at risk.