Abit GobSmacked!....Or Is It Me?

inkie

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Originally Posted by Money_Maker_Shaker
What about petrol stations? Pretty much everytime I'm at a petrol station I see a baby asleep in their car seat whilst the parent goes to pay.

i have never seen people get kids out and take them in to the petrol station.

Money_Maker_Shaker

Rachie_B wrote:

maybe they only have cash not a card

You are obviously a more generous soul than me, I just assumed they wanted to buy sweets from the shop too!:D

sarahlouise210

inkie wrote:

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i have never seen people get kids out and take them in to the petrol station.

Leaving a child in the car for the short time you pay for your petrol is one thing ...leaving them outside for an hour parked in the street is quite another! When my DD was a baby she was "looked after" by her paternal grandparents who told m ethey left her in their drive in the car because she had gone to sleep. She never ever went again:rolleyes:

Zziggi

Money_Maker_Shaker wrote:

What about petrol stations? Pretty much everytime I'm at a petrol station I see a baby asleep in their car seat whilst the parent goes to pay.

Gosh! we must be the exceptions then. I can be accussed of being very pessimistic but when you start to think that another car could crash into my car with DD in it and petrol stations have got huge tanks of petol underground and how the petrol stations could go up in flames, well i'd rather have my kid with me than trapped in a car away from me if it went whooosh! Although we'd probably all peg-it but we'd be pegging-it together.

Even our friend who occasionally takes the kids out brings the kids into the kiosk to pay.

StartingAgainKayla70

Penny-Pincher!! wrote:

Hey Guys:D

We visited family yesterday. Went out for dinner and when we returned both of their kids were asleep so they left them in the car for just over an hour...by themselves:eek: :eek: :eek: 1 child is just 3 and the other just over 12 months.

Is this Ok to do It wasnt even on a private drive but on a public backstreet. They did keep looking out the window, but I was having kittens. I asked if this was a good idea and they said that they were locked in, so safe. After an hour, I couldnt take any more as I was feeling sick so OH looked out the window and said that he thought he saw movement.

Is it me just being paranoid, or is this now normal? My DD is 12 and Im 32 the same age as family and I dont like leaving DD in car now:rotfl:

Think I will have to say something more to them as it has really bothered me, but what do you guys think?

Thanks

PP
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OMG This is a subject I feel very strongly about and have commented on previous disscusions. This is totally irresponsible, maybe a stranger didnt attempt to abduct them, but a stupid driver could have ploughed into them, killing them, or there could be a fault with the engineer starting a spark and fire etc etc. Do these sort of people not realize just how precious these little beings are to us!!!

Sorry it makes me mad:mad:

StartingAgainKayla70

inkie wrote:

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i have never seen people get kids out and take them in to the petrol station.

Well, I am one of those people who make them wait behind me whist I get DD out of her chair, DS 8 to come with me, then spend a couple of minutes putting her back in her chair. Their safety means everything to me.

Mumstheword

The kids are not in your care if you leave them unattended, it's wrong.

Mumstheword

Michaela, when you've put your petrol in, drive forwards and park up, to free the pump space (obviously not leaving the forecourt!!:)). Then go and pay, so the next person can use the pump immediately you've paid. I sometimes do this even when alone if it's busy, to let the queue move up.

kittykat

Michaela wrote:

OMG This is a subject I feel very strongly about and have commented on previous disscusions. This is totally irresponsible, maybe a stranger didnt attempt to abduct them, but a stupid driver could have ploughed into them, killing them, or there could be a fault with the engineer starting a spark and fire etc etc. Do these sort of people not realize just how precious these little beings are to us!!!

Sorry it makes me mad:mad:

Makes me really mad: too - my daughters are 12 and 9 and I still make them get out of the car!
I actually sacked a Nanny as well when they were younger - she left my then 2 year old in the car outside school asleep while she went to collect the other one and a friend saw her...... the Nanny said she didn't think it was wrong as plenty of others do it outside school..... she no longer works as a Nanny, but as an Air Hostess!!!

StartingAgainKayla70

kittykat wrote:

Makes me really mad: too - my daughters are 12 and 9 and I still make them get out of the car!
I actually sacked a Nanny as well when they were younger - she left my then 2 year old in the car outside school asleep while she went to collect the other one and a friend saw her...... the Nanny said she didn't think it was wrong as plenty of others do it outside school..... she no longer works as a Nanny, but as an Air Hostess!!!

I have seen childminders up my school, parked up with other peoples children in her car whilst she goes into the shop, unbelievable.