Circe wrote...
Shotty Too Hotty wrote...
Circe wrote...
color=#9172ec]Years ago, when I was working in a clothing store for the summer, I noticed a young child, age 2 or 3, wandering around among the racks. Worried about him, I kept an eye on him while looking for a parent. The store was kind of split into two big sections with a wall in the middle and he made his way around the wall and towards the door so I followed to make sure he would be ok.
Finally he stopped near the exit and a man standing in the doorway was looking at him.
I smile and look at the man and say....
"Is that yours?"
I got the evilest look I've ever gotten. The child went to him and he just picked him up and walked out of the store. I imagine they were just waiting for the mom to finish her shopping, but I'm pretty sure they never came back to the store again.
CIRCE, Y U NO CAN COMMUNICATE WITH HUMANS???[/color]
I have noticed with stories like these as you get older kindness and compassion are a bit more frown upon or down upon by some people. They think you have an alternative motive or you're just being smart or something. I can't tell if kindness = mistrust comes from a bad experience with someon bring nice to then or something. It's ashamed but all you can do is move forward, I guess. It's tough world to live in when Kindness = Mistrust because are too paranoid of being taken advantage of.
I was more thinking the problem was I said "is that yours" as if I was pointing out a t-shirt instead of a child. Should've said like, "Is he yours?" or "Ahh, I'm glad we found you" than referring to their child as an object, lol.
Oh. Well if I was in the father's shoes I wouldn't even notice that. I would just happy my son's back with me. I wouldn't really care what you called or what you implied on your statement.