Sitting in a restaurant, you notice that there is a baby carriage standing outside, alone, looking stranded. At first glance, you think it's just empty, waiting for its occupant with its mommy. When you look closer, however, you discover there actually is a baby inside.
Your first impulse is to look outside for the mother, see if she might be standing at a reasonable distance of the baby, maybe smoking and not wanting the smoke to get to the child.
When you realise that there is no soul in the near proximity of the baby carriage, and knowing full well that it is very cold outside, you start thinking about rescuing the child and taking it to the authorities.
When you realise that there is no soul in the near proximity of the baby carriage, and knowing full well that it is very cold outside, you start thinking about rescuing the child and taking it to the authorities.
Before taking any rash action, however, you turn to a woman who is sitting by the window in front of the baby.
- The baby outside, it's alone... Did you see anything?
The woman, who is quietly reading a book with a latte next to her, looks up and says in the most natural way in the world:
- Yes, it's my baby.
OMG!
1 comment:
This always shocked me. When I lived in the country side the town had a small cofeeshop, where mothers would gather for an afternoon coffee and cake and left the strollers with the children in them outside, as snow fell...
Medieval? Absurd? But then , how can we expect children that are treated like this to grow up and be normal people? That is one of the many reasons why people here are so.....
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