Bad Parenting

So the other day at work I was just off my break and heading back to my till. Just past the shoe department was a shopping cart with two young children in it. I'm talking a 4 year old and a 2, maybe 3, year old. At about this time one of my coworkers walked up; she was going on break. We stopped the children from pulling some clothes off the racks and looked around for a parent because we figured they were close by.
I glanced around but didn't see any adults without shopping carts perusing the shelves. I hesitated, wondering if I should call someone (it was the first time I'd seen two apparently abandoned children). We asked the children where their parent was. The little boy said his mom told them to stay there and something about his dad being gone.
My coworker and I decided leaving the children alone would be a very bad idea, and we debated on whether or not to take the kids to the courtesy desk and page for the parents. We saw a manager slowly coming our way and decided that he'd know what to do. So we waited.
At about that moment another one of our coworkers saw what was going on and told us the kids dad was in the infants section, she'd seen him leave. She called him over and my coworker immediately asked why he left his children alone. All I caught was him saying "Oh they're fine, he's a big four year old." Obviously my coworker wasn't happy with that reply, nor was I but I had to get back to work, as I was leaving I heard my coworker explaining how easy it is for someone to just come up and walk away with the kids.

It just goes to show that any idiot can have children. I feel so sorry for that man's children. At least he was smart enough not to leave the baby in the cart too.
Oh? Did I forget to mention he had a baby in a chest harness as well as his other two? Yeah.

Word Of The Day 002

Word of the day: Palindromic
Definition: palindromic, a. of or pertaining to a palindrome; of the nature of a palindrome; reading the same backward or forward.
Sentence: The words 'racecar' and 'eve' are palindromic.

This word has been brought to you by the Webster's New Twentieth Century Dictionary Unabridged Second Edition Copyright: 1956

So the sentence isn't very well thought out...I'll try to do better next time, okay guys?

Back to School-One Last Time

So it's almost back to school time. Well here at least. I hear that in America people have already started school. Not until Tuesday here though.
Anyway I bring it up because this year is my little brother's last year of school. It's also the second year that I haven't had to go back. Which feels more than a little weird. Namely because I loved going to school. I like hanging out with my friends daily and learning new things.
Anyway there wasn't much point to this but I'd like to wish my little brother good luck. I hope he enjoys grade 12 as much as I did if not more.

"I hope you take a million pictures, not because you won't remember what happened, but because they're a good way to jolt your memory. One day you'll look at a picture, smile and say 'Hey guys, remember when...' That's how all good stories start, how all good memories start-and high school is worth remembering."

Good luck KSS Grad Class 2011!