Thank you all for your support and comments! Looks like we’re all in agreement. And we represent a wide section of the country. I was horrified thinking of what might have happened. I just wanted to open his eyes to it. I complimented him on how cute his granddaughter was first. I guess the words would play differently depending on your local culture. Living 45 minutes from NYC I believe I was kind. I would rather NOT mind my own business than risk the horror of the consequences for grandpa and granddaughter.
I was sitting at Dunkin Donuts drinking coffee when a man came in with his granddaughter who was around 3 years old. She was running around unsupervised while he was ordering at the counter. At one point she was half way out the door when a woman coming in turned her around. As a grandfather myself I was horrified by this. I got up to leave as he was leaving and on the way out I commented on how cute his granddaughter was and how maybe he should keep a closer eye on her explaining how she almost made it out the door. He was visibly upset by my comment. My question—other than possibly putting myself in harms way…. Was I right? Or should I have kept my mouth shut?
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Do YOU think that you did wrong? Never apologize for doing the right thing. Thanks to the woman who helped her also!
Do YOU think that you did wrong? Never apologize for doing the right thing. Thanks to the woman who helped her also!
No. I guess I was surprised by his reaction. Maybe his son and daughter had told him the same thing at another time. It’s not the Leave it to Beaver world that a lot of us remember
No. I guess I was surprised by his reaction. Maybe his son and daughter had told him the same thing at another time. It’s not the Leave it to Beaver world that a lot of us remember
You proved that, thankfully, there are still "Cleavers" in this world although it seems like even Eddie Haskells would be welcome these days.
I was sitting at Dunkin Donuts drinking coffee when a man came in with his granddaughter who was around 3 years old. She was running around unsupervised while he was ordering at the counter. At one point she was half way out the door when a woman coming in turned her around. As a grandfather myself I was horrified by this. I got up to leave as he was leaving and on the way out I commented on how cute his granddaughter was and how maybe he should keep a closer eye on her explaining how she almost made it out the door. He was visibly upset by my comment. My question—other than possibly putting myself in harms way…. Was I right? Or should I have kept my mouth shut?
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I say good call, mauie; if he was bothered by someones concern for her he's prolly a jackass anyway
I buried a gk bout that age 23rd yrs ago still hurts badly that guys gk could a ran out the door and got hit
Sorry to hear about your grand kid. We had a horrible story locally. A grandfather backed over his grandson who was playing in the driveway…..and his grandson died. I wouldn’t know how to overcome this. For some reason this column ended up in my junk folder when I downloaded the new iPhone update.
Sorry to hear about your grand kid. We had a horrible story locally. A grandfather backed over his grandson who was playing in the driveway…..and his grandson died. I wouldn’t know how to overcome this. For some reason this column ended up in my junk folder when I downloaded the new iPhone update.