30Jul/07Off
People are Really This Stupid, I Guess
Did you know that you can buy a device that will sound an alarm in case you leave your kid in the back of your car? Yes, you read that right. There is actually a MARKET NEED to prevent people from LEAVING THEIR KIDS in the back of their cars. As the geekboy said, “What’s next? A poop sensor in your underwear that lets you know you’ve forgotten to wipe your ass?” Seriously. How soon before someone sues the company after they leave their kid in the car to die because the alarm didn’t go off? We are all a bunch of drooling idiots.
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July 30th, 2007 - 15:16
A confession—When Sophie was about 1 1/2 or 2 months old I did this. It was the first time I went out with her for anything besides a doctor’s visit or the gym. I was with my sister and we stopped at a clothing store on our little Main Street. Just to be out and having a normal conversation must have messed up my mind, because we parked and went into the store. Luckily they were closing so we went right back to the car, only to find out our horror that neither of us remembered that Sophie was still in her car seat. I’m SURE we would have figured it out right away, but I was so rocked by the fact that I did it that I took her out and held her and cried for a good half hour.
That said I would never buy a device that alerts me to doing something like that, but I can see how it can happen. I can’t imagine not realizing it right away, however.
July 30th, 2007 - 15:19
Oh my god. Now I feel bad for calling people stupid. You’re the furthest person from stupid that I know.
July 30th, 2007 - 15:36
10 days into life as a new mom, I can vouch for the fact that sleep deprivation really messes with your head. I ran my first solo (ie w/baby but w/o husband) errand today…if not for the fact that I was completely focused on the puzzle of how to safely attach her car seat to the grocery cart, I may have spaced myself.
That being said, it is still true that the vast majority of people are incredibly, monumentally stupid and situationally oblivious. I’m looking at you, guy-who-stops-at-the-top-of-the-escalator…
July 30th, 2007 - 15:41
There is a definite need, unfortunately. There was a man from Montreal (I believe this happened in Montreal but I may be wrong) a few years ago who was so used to his wife dropping their little girl off at day school every day that the day he was to do it the first time he forgot that she’s fallen asleep in the back seat of his car that morning – he parked in the subway parking lot and took the train to work. He was just so used to that routine that he went into autopilot and simply forgot about her. Sadly she suffocated and he was devastated when he found her later that day. I don’t recall if he was charged, but I’m sure that man’s life is in shambles. Sorry, terrible story but when I read your post I thought of it instantly.
July 30th, 2007 - 15:42
Now tell us about the time you could have used a poop sensor, Shannon!
July 30th, 2007 - 15:51
Ha ha, Michael!
In my own defense, when I read this article, my first thought was of the multiple stories I’ve heard about women going out to a bar and leaving their kids in the car. People who honestly think it’s okay to do something like that.
It never even occurred to me that this sort of thing can happen by accident. I stand corrected.
And brigita, CONGRATULATIONS!!! That is one sweet little baby there.
July 30th, 2007 - 16:30
Aww, second on the big congrats to brigita!
July 30th, 2007 - 16:38
Hurray for the new baby! And Michael, I AM a poop sensor.
I wasn’t saying that you were wrong in calling people stupid—I did a lot of self loathing after that event. I can just see how it happens.
July 31st, 2007 - 08:50
I confess, when I was in nursery school I used to cry every day because I didn’t want to go. I would cry all the way there. One day my mom put me in the car and I (sulking) was silent the entire trip. She got out of the car and opened the door, to grab her briefcase out of the backseat, we had arrived at her office. And there was 4 year old me, sitting all pissy until I realized that we weren’t at school. By the time she turned around and brought me back she would have missed a meeting and I would have missed half of the day anyway so I got out of going. Everyday after that I sat quiet as a mouse hoping for another day off.
July 31st, 2007 - 10:27
(Thanks! We think she’s pretty cool.)