S/O: Was this something that would set alarms bells off?
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Anonymous
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I believe the Target and Costco sex trafficking and kidnapping Facebook posts turned out to be a hoax, but I admit my spidey senses were tingling his week:
At Fairfax Target midweek alone with my 1.5 year old. In the back section of the store, two women suddenly appeared and the younger said “Helllllooo!” and put her face in my son’s and asked,”How old?” I told her but wasn’t overly friendly. She immediately asked, “Do you live near here?” I mumble something and peeled out of there, closer to the main part of the store I hear the two women talking to each other and I saw them walking by the checkout aisles 15 min later when I was checking out, and I noticed some men and a loitering car. They all seemed to be of the same ethnic group and speaking the language which I couldn’t quite place as I was busy getting the heck out of there. Would you find this suspicious? She had no kids with her, I’d have felt differently had she had a toddler with her. |
Anonymous
| Just stop. This is totally ridiculous. |
Anonymous
+1. This has to be a troll going off the other similar post. Or are people so anxious they can't even go to their neighborhood stores anymore without being scared? |
Anonymous
Why? On one hand I agree with you. On the other, I’m not usually spooked and this creeped me out. I don’t think immediately asking if we live nearby is a typical question. |
Anonymous
I am not anxious, but something about this interaction creeped me out. And no, I’m not the type to be looking out my window calling the cops on everyone. |
Anonymous
It's fine that it creeped you out, but seriously, nothing happened. There's no reason to go posting about it in a forum to fuel anxiety in people who perceive this as an issue in society. It's not an issue. |
Anonymous
It’s not to fuel anxiety. I’m asking to see if people agree this was weird. It doesn’t hurt to have people be aware of people do agree this is weird. |
Anonymous
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Anonymous
Ok, so to recap...people asked about your baby, asked if you lived nearby, were of an ethnicity different from yours, and were loitering in the parking lot. No alarm bells. |
Anonymous
Maybe she has a kid? Her daughter has a kid? She wants to set up a playdate or ask about the area. I'm not an expert, but I believe human trafficking targets at risk kids/women. This doesn't mean it won't happen to you, I just think it's someone hanging around Target wanting to kidnap your kid from you and more someone who sees a kid wandering alone at the mall with inattentive parents and grabs them. |
Anonymous
| Ok fine. You asked, you got answered. It’s not weird. Some women said hi to your cute kid and tried to have a conversation with you. Not weird. Then they stayed in the store shopping, as did you. Not weird. Then they got into a car where their husband/boyfriend/son/whatever was waiting because he didn’t feel like being bored senseless in Target while the women window shopped for 30 min. Not weird. They were of a different ethnic group than you. Not weird. You making a thing of it/acting like it was weird? That’s weird. |
Anonymous
| You people watch too many Liam Neeson movies. |
Anonymous
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Would this set alarm bells off?
No. |
Anonymous
I don't even think the people 'loitering' in the parking lot were the same as the person that asked the baby. Maybe the same race. |
Anonymous
| If they were of a different ethnic group, they may have not been from the area and that's why they asked if you live around there. They may have had another question they were going to ask about something they were trying to find. |