where's waldo

by sassychick ~ We are going to play a game.  It's where's Waldo, except we are looking for all the things we would do differently in the story below.

Please read the story below from foxnews.com

SURPRISE, Ariz. —  The Surprise Police Department reported that a previously missing 20-month-old and the baby sitter believed to have taken him were both found safe after an Amber Alert had been issued, reports FOX News.

Police say Michael Wolfe was last seen Wednesday afternoon in the care of the baby sitter, 15-year-old Amanda Nicole Rainey.

Rainey was hired by the boy's father, who found her on Craigslist, MyFOXPhoenix reported. She is believed to be a meth user.

Now.  Let's discuss.  Like, I don't know.  NOT finding your child a babysitter on CRAIGLIST for one.  For two, maybe picking one that WASN'T A METH USER.  For three, once the meth user got there to babysit your child, think about, maybe, asking her to LEAVE, without your child.

All very disturbing to me.  These people are still allowed to keep said child.

On another note.  Did you notice the police department's name is Surprise?  That would not make me feel more secure.  "Hello, this is a Surprise to us!" 

This reminds me of that show when we were young, Rescue 911, you can still find episodes on Youtube.  While some of the accidents were unavoidable, for the most part, they went something like this:

Man, who's car is parked on steep incline, decides to change his oil.  Man jacks car up with plywood and a brick.  JUST THEN, car falls on man.  As he mumbles, "Someone help me.." a neighbor hears and calls 911!

Do do do do (theme music) As the ambulance arrives, the paramedics immediately jump into action.  Man is pulled from under car and rushed to hospital.  Flash forward to man being interviewed from hospital. 

"I'm just so shocked.  How could a car, on a steep incline, jacked up with a homemade rigging system, completely fall apart and trap me?  Thanks paramedics - You saved my life"

People.  Our taxes, our good, hard earned money pay to fix these people when they do THIS KIND OF STUFF.

Things that make you go arghhhhhhh.

Comments

[Lisa Nall]

It kind of reminds me of the Darwin Awards. A Book Club I'm in just finished reading one of the volumes. The are basically stories of people who die because they do incredibly stupid stuff (and they are true!). The premise is that it helps pruify the gene pool (gets stupid people out before- hopefully - they reproduce). If you've never read any of the stories I'm sure you can find some on the internet.

[photochick]

the darwin awards are the funniest ever!

[photochick]

i'm commenting to test out the system. just ignore this.

[jpage]

Stories like this make me so mad! There are wonderful couples that would make wonderful parents, but can't have children. Then there are parents out there who act so carelessly and are able to keep their children.