KambahOne
Kennel Enthusiast
- Joined
- Jul 3, 2019
- Messages
- 3,659
- Reaction score
- 4,736
Sitting having lunch in a food court I noticed an old guy walk in and the only reason I noticed him was he was wearing a Parra jersey. Not giving him another thought other than “kudos” for supporting his team, I went back to my lunch.
No more than 2 mins passed and I saw him again walking out of the food court, small child in tow.
Should I have followed my initial “fatherly” instincts and approached the guy asking if he or the kid knew each other? Should I have alerted security? Sitting there thinking about it I reminded myself that no one had shouted out “WHERE’S MY CHILD” and the fact in the 2 mins I had looked away the guy could have met his family and been simply taking his grandchild to buy a toy? I also reminded myself the child was not resisting or looking back.
Would you be insulted if you were that guy or would you have thanked me for asking the question?
Am I simply a product of our times?
Having a cook that watches SVU, NCIS, CSI, and every other farking stupid cop show on TV, am I becoming paranoid based on that bombardment?
I would never forgive myself if that was the leading news story that night (it wasn’t), but it got me thinking, what would or should I do if I see that situation again?
No more than 2 mins passed and I saw him again walking out of the food court, small child in tow.
Should I have followed my initial “fatherly” instincts and approached the guy asking if he or the kid knew each other? Should I have alerted security? Sitting there thinking about it I reminded myself that no one had shouted out “WHERE’S MY CHILD” and the fact in the 2 mins I had looked away the guy could have met his family and been simply taking his grandchild to buy a toy? I also reminded myself the child was not resisting or looking back.
Would you be insulted if you were that guy or would you have thanked me for asking the question?
Am I simply a product of our times?
Having a cook that watches SVU, NCIS, CSI, and every other farking stupid cop show on TV, am I becoming paranoid based on that bombardment?
I would never forgive myself if that was the leading news story that night (it wasn’t), but it got me thinking, what would or should I do if I see that situation again?