Willie Neslon
Footballguy
My wife and I were at the grocery store. We had just arrived and were in the produce section. Out of the corner of my eye i see a woman pushing her children in a cart and hear her talking to her children who are asking for strawberries. The two children are about 3-4 years old and both are standing in the cart. The woman begins to respond saying what the child sees are not strawberries (she has stepped away from the cart to look at fruit) and then a loud crash followed by two children wailing. One or both of the children had been reaching out of the cart, too much weight went to one side and the cart tipped over. One of the children was bleeding from the head and I'm guessing he or she hit their head on the fruit stand on their way down (or I guess they could have smacked their head on the floor). The woman screams oh my god. The entire place went silent and a few people moved over quickly to see if they could assist. The woman gathered up her screaming, bleeding children and hustled them out of the store. The cart was left tipped on it's side. The whole ordeal lasted about 10 seconds from cart tipping to the woman leaving.
My wife was hysterical. She wanted to follow the woman out to make sure everything was alright. honestly I didn't know what to do. i consoled my wife, told her everything would be ok with the kids and that we should continue shopping. She said she had lost her appetite and wanted to go home. I joked i'd make her stand in the cart if she didn't relax. That did not go over well and she left the store. I had my heart set on Fritos so i picked up a bag before I left. We stopped for chicken on the way home.
My question: is what the woman did considered child endangerment? letting her kids stand in the cart like that and then leaving the cart? I felt more angry than anything. I have no idea as to the extent of the children's injuries but if they had broken bones or needed stitches should that woman be at least reprimanded by child services? My wife could not help but think of the children and called it an accident. I could not help but think the mother was an idiot and it should have never happened. I told my wife it is people like that woman who end up suing the grocery store and that's why eggs cost double what they used to. I don't remember ever letting children stand up in a grocery cart. isn't that common sense to not allow that or the woman just took her eye off the ball for a second and that happens from time to time.
My wife was hysterical. She wanted to follow the woman out to make sure everything was alright. honestly I didn't know what to do. i consoled my wife, told her everything would be ok with the kids and that we should continue shopping. She said she had lost her appetite and wanted to go home. I joked i'd make her stand in the cart if she didn't relax. That did not go over well and she left the store. I had my heart set on Fritos so i picked up a bag before I left. We stopped for chicken on the way home.
My question: is what the woman did considered child endangerment? letting her kids stand in the cart like that and then leaving the cart? I felt more angry than anything. I have no idea as to the extent of the children's injuries but if they had broken bones or needed stitches should that woman be at least reprimanded by child services? My wife could not help but think of the children and called it an accident. I could not help but think the mother was an idiot and it should have never happened. I told my wife it is people like that woman who end up suing the grocery store and that's why eggs cost double what they used to. I don't remember ever letting children stand up in a grocery cart. isn't that common sense to not allow that or the woman just took her eye off the ball for a second and that happens from time to time.
