Want 99% assurance your lost child will be okay? Have him/her run to a lady

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once when I was 17 I was skiing at a local resort and found a little kid, around 4 years old, stuck in a snowbank crying his eyes out. I took off my own gear, pulled him out, calmed him down, strapped him back into his gear, put on my own gear back on, pulled him to an easier slope, before shepherding him to the bottom of the mountain. His mother was waiting at the bottom with a resort employee, hysterical. At first she accused me of trying to kidnap her little boy, she didn't believe me for a second, and only after her little boy confirmed it did she calm down. She still said I 'could have kidnapped him if I wanted to,' and that she wouldn't have been so worried if I hadn't taken so damn long.

Not only did I never get an apology, but the whole ordeal took almost an hour of one of my cherished ski time, which I saved my money for and only got to enjoy one week a year. If I weren't concerned for the wellbeing of their poor kids I'd tell all of their mothers to go screw themselves. No offense, but it scarred me for life.

OMG, you have NO idea why your actions may not have been helpful? See, this is the cluelessness some people speak about. When you see a lost child, you start looking for the ski patrol and immediately get him back to his mother. You don't shuttle the kid to an easier slope.

Yes, thank you, next time go tell me to screw myself, but keep the hell away from my child if your decision making is so bad.

I don't how much you know about skiing, but saying 'find a ski patrol' can be about as convenient as 'find a policeman' on a random street in Anywhere, USA. If you must know, it was in a a big off-piste (wooded) area between regular slopes, this kid was obviously lost, and there was nobody else around. I know you think it might have been a good idea for me to ski to the bottom, find a ski patrol, take the lift/snowmobile back up, and hope I remember where in this woods this 3 foot child was. This is all while the little kid is chilling on a snowbank in an area where he could easily be run over by another skier. While you and the mother may prefer your approach, but I think the little kid would probably have preferred mine. And frankly, he's the only one I care about.

[Anonymous]

God, I hope these little lost lambs don't run to a DCUM reader for help. God help them!

[Anonymous]

I'm pretty sure the thing to do is stay where you are with the kid until a ski patrol or the mom approaches. And yelling can get almost anyone to you when you need help. But I guess it won't occur to a 17 year old whose mind is on the slopes.

[Anonymous]

Once, when I was 17, I found a lost child in a department store, where anyone could have kidnapped him. Even though I was really looking forward to using that time to spend my hard-earned money on a Members Only jacket and a red Ferrari poster from Spenser Gifts, I knew the right thing to do was to get him to the local police station. I used $4 of my own money and spent over 3 hours waiting for a taxi, stopping to get the kid lunch, and finally making it to the police station. The bitch mother who finally showed up had the nerve to be upset with me.

I still have my Members Only jacket. Still cool.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Once when I was 17 I was skiing at a local resort and found a little kid, around 4 years old, stuck in a snowbank crying his eyes out. I took off my own gear, pulled him out, calmed him down, strapped him back into his gear, put on my own gear back on, pulled him to an easier slope, before shepherding him to the bottom of the mountain. His mother was waiting at the bottom with a resort employee, hysterical. At first she accused me of trying to kidnap her little boy, she didn't believe me for a second, and only after her little boy confirmed it did she calm down. She still said I 'could have kidnapped him if I wanted to,' and that she wouldn't have been so worried if I hadn't taken so damn long.

Not only did I never get an apology, but the whole ordeal took almost an hour of one of my cherished ski time, which I saved my money for and only got to enjoy one week a year. If I weren't concerned for the wellbeing of their poor kids I'd tell all of their mothers to go screw themselves. No offense, but it scarred me for life.

OMG, you have NO idea why your actions may not have been helpful? See, this is the cluelessness some people speak about. When you see a lost child, you start looking for the ski patrol and immediately get him back to his mother. You don't shuttle the kid to an easier slope.

Yes, thank you, next time go tell me to screw myself, but keep the hell away from my child if your decision making is so bad.

I don't how much you know about skiing, but saying 'find a ski patrol' can be about as convenient as 'find a policeman' on a random street in Anywhere, USA. If you must know, it was in a a big off-piste (wooded) area between regular slopes, this kid was obviously lost, and there was nobody else around. I know you think it might have been a good idea for me to ski to the bottom, find a ski patrol, take the lift/snowmobile back up, and hope I remember where in this woods this 3 foot child was. This is all while the little kid is chilling on a snowbank in an area where he could easily be run over by another skier. While you and the mother may prefer your approach, but I think the little kid would probably have preferred mine. And frankly, he's the only one I care about.

The mom sounds like the sort of bitchy cow who posts here. She couldn't admit that she should have been paying attention to her kid, so she took it out on you. They say no good deed goes unpunished.........

[Anonymous]

$10 says 17yo ski poster is sock puppeting his own posts...

[Anonymous]

Ummm I'm the Society against men poster. The ski guy is another person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:$10 says 17yo ski poster is sock puppeting his own posts...

I'm 22.46, definitely not a dude, and I'll take that 10 bucks now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$10 says 17yo ski poster is sock puppeting his own posts...

I'm 22.46, definitely not a dude, and I'll take that 10 bucks now.

Mm hm.

[Anonymous]

21:23 is out of her f***ing mind. Get help yesterday, please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$10 says 17yo ski poster is sock puppeting his own posts...

I'm 22.46, definitely not a dude, and I'll take that 10 bucks now.

Mm hm.

I could send you a picture of my leaking boobs, but you'd say I just found the pic somewhere. You just dont want to admit you spent my money already.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have told my child to either look for a mommy or "someone who works there" (if we are talking about a store).

My son and I now play scenarios (if a stranger offers you candy - what do you say?). He was getting really good at saying no. Even if the stranger said mommy is in the car. So then I tried, "if a stranger says he has cake in the car, and asks if you want to go with him to eat it, what do you say?" And my son said "yes." When I told him he shouldn't ever go with a stranger, he said "but he had cake, and I really really like cake, so I'm going with him" Not sure whether to laugh or be scared out of my mind.

PP, how old is your son? Just curious for my own knowledge. I live in Portland, OR (where you may have heard about our seven year old boy who vanished from school here two weeks ago), so talking with my four year old about this subject is top of mind for me right now.

[Anonymous]

When I was in my mid-20s I was leaving the Cathedral grounds after watching the fireworks on July 4. Some children came up to me and told me that they had been separated from their parents. I sat with them on a set of steps, watching the crowd pass by in front of us on their way back to their cars, until the parents arrived (I can't even remember from which direction, and the parents didn't seem very worried about it, hardly said a word to me, it had been at least 10-15 minutes).

The children and I spent the time chatting a little, with me asking for information I could use to find their parents. They children were early-to-mid elementary school and were visiting from out of town. They couldn't remember their parents' cell phone numbers. They didn't know the location of the family friends' house that they were staying in. They couldn't cite a point of reference that I could use, like, "my friends that I'm visiting go to X school" or "the car we came in is red, and was parked right down this street on the right."

If the parents hadn't come back after the crowd had subsided, I might have called 911 for help, but as it was, we sat and waited and the situation turned out ok.

I was surprised that such articulate and seemingly well-adjusted children (who did come straight to a young woman for help, rather than anyone else - they had the right instincts) couldn't name any of the things that could help us find their parents. Made me realize that special outings are very different from a child's normal routine, and worth special attention from the parents in terms of security.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:$10 says 17yo ski poster is sock puppeting his own posts...

I'm 22.46, definitely not a dude, and I'll take that 10 bucks now.

Mm hm.

I could send you a picture of my leaking boobs, but you'd say I just found the pic somewhere. You just dont want to admit you spent my money already.

I'm the formerly 17-year-old skier. You can certainly send me a picture of your leaking boobs instead and I'd be more than happy to verify that you are indeed a woman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nobody has ever been hurt or abused by a woman.

I hope this is a bad joke.
I was abused by a woman.

And most of the people that abduct babies are women.