Last night at Walmart a mother left her little girl who probably wasn't 18 months old yet alone in the cart with her sister who was 7 or 8 to go five aisles up to get something. I still haven't figured out the logic behind leaving her cart. Of course I walked past, saw the little one stand up and said to myself "She's going to fall", turned to grab her, and she fell on her face. The sister didn't know what to do and was freaked out and the baby was screaming. So I scooped her up, asked where there mother was, and took both girls to her. I was too frazzled to really say anything to the mom other than it wasn't a good idea to leave them alone. As I was walking back to her I thought maybe she would be one of those crazy people who would flip out because I touched her child so I didn't want to start anything. She of course yelled at the older sister for letting it happen.
She is lucky that nothing worse happened. It was a good thing I was walking by because most people probably wouldn't have stopped. This baby was screaming and most people didn't even flinch. Her mom wasn't so far away that she couldn't hear it and she wasn't concerned that it might be her child either. She is also lucky that someone didn't take the baby. Just because its Latrobe and you feel safe doesn't mean there aren't bad people out there. I don't step to the other side of the aisle without keeping one eye on Michael.
I would like to add, Why does this kind of thing always happen when I'm around?
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