This morning after dropping off my son at school, I was just about to pull into my driveway when I saw a little boy with a backpack walking toward the bus stop. The bus was long gone byt this time, like a half hour, so I turned around. I pull up beside him and ask him if he's ok.
Now, I know this is a huge no-no and I normally do not talk to children I don't know, but our bus stop is on a highway and he was little. Second grade. I couldn't leave him out there by himself. I thought maybe I could let him use my phone or send him home or something.
Turned out, I knew him from my gym and he recognized me.
I asked him where he was going and told him the bus was already gone. He asked me for a ride to the bus stop and I told him again, the bus is gone so how about a ride home. No one is home he told me. So, I did the only thing I could think of and took him to school.
When I got there, the lady in the office rushes out and asks him where he's been. He shrugs and goes inside. Then she informs me that the mother called. She knew they were late but she let him walk away from the house and she didn't know where he was and that could the school please give her call if he showed up. She figured someone had picked him up and taken him to school. She wasn't even going to look for him!!?!?!
Can you believe that? I could have been a freak and he got right in my jeep. She could be in the position right now to be calling the police because he's GONE. She could be at the morge identifying him.
But no, he's at school because obviously I cared more about him than she did.
What the heck is wrong with people?
Now, I know this is a huge no-no and I normally do not talk to children I don't know, but our bus stop is on a highway and he was little. Second grade. I couldn't leave him out there by himself. I thought maybe I could let him use my phone or send him home or something.
Turned out, I knew him from my gym and he recognized me.
I asked him where he was going and told him the bus was already gone. He asked me for a ride to the bus stop and I told him again, the bus is gone so how about a ride home. No one is home he told me. So, I did the only thing I could think of and took him to school.
When I got there, the lady in the office rushes out and asks him where he's been. He shrugs and goes inside. Then she informs me that the mother called. She knew they were late but she let him walk away from the house and she didn't know where he was and that could the school please give her call if he showed up. She figured someone had picked him up and taken him to school. She wasn't even going to look for him!!?!?!
Can you believe that? I could have been a freak and he got right in my jeep. She could be in the position right now to be calling the police because he's GONE. She could be at the morge identifying him.
But no, he's at school because obviously I cared more about him than she did.
What the heck is wrong with people?