My daughter called the cops three times today.

[Scuba]

She works in retail, and the cart attendants are trained to look for children left alone in automobiles.

She says ordinarily, they only call the police about twice a month for children left alone in cars. Today, three times. One woman today is on camera telling her two toddlers "wait here, I'll be right back" then going in to have her nails done.

It was 100 degrees here today. No exaggeration.

My daughter tells me the parent/guardian is given some sort of citation (and typically a lecture) when the police locate them, but the children are then sent on home with the sorry excuse for a human being.

[MissB]

1. You raised her right.

What the heck is wrong with people? Leaving kids in cars! Idiots!

[teddy51]

2. I won't even leave my critters in a car for 5 minutes with anything above 70 %, never mind

a child. Shit for brains, some of these people. If they have a brain at all.

[femmocrat]

3. I reamed out a complete stranger today for leaving her dog in the car.

It was 85 and humid. Even though she left the windows open about 2 inches, the dog had a thick coat. She just looked at me like, "Huh?" and never said a word. When I went back out to the parking lot (maybe 5-10 minutes later), she was gone. Dumbass.

[safeinOhio]

4. I was in a big retail store a few years ago on a hot day.

Over the PA came this announcement, "The person that left the black lab in the black SUV, your window is broke out and the dog is running around the parking lot". Loud cheer and applause went up in the store.

[Care Acutely]

7. That is AWESOME

I do hope the window breakers were able to escape identification. Oh how I would love to have the guts to do that. I will call the police though, in a hot second.

[Raine]

8. I hope the dog was OK and didn't get hit or anything

seems like the dog went from one dangerous situation to another dangerous one.

[MrMickeysMom]

5. What the hell is wrong with people?

Are people that fucking stupid? I guess I'm gonna answer my own question tonight on that one.

[LadyHawkAZ]

6. Wow

A citation? Where I was living in AZ, it was straight to jail- do not pass Go, do not collect $200.

[Scuba]

9. I hear that. I do not know what the charge is, but hope it is a stiff penalty.

[LuvNewcastle]

10. That's an invitation to a child abductor as well.

It's just careless and stupid on so many levels.

[Scuba]

11. That's why the call the police even in nice weather.