She Got Asked To Watch A Random Woman’s Kids One Afternoon, So She Tried To Scare The Woman And Teach Her A Lesson About Not Trusting Strangers With Children
Over the weekend, this 31-year-old woman and her boyfriend, who is 41, started tearing their roof apart– preparing to install a new one.
Now, this process was definitely arduous. They were working on a very steep incline in 90-degree heat with absolutely no cloud cover.
She and her boyfriend decided to take on the job because the roofing companies in their area wanted to charge a lofty price. Plus, her boyfriend had some experience from when he worked in construction.
Still, that didn’t mean it was easy. It was just her and her boyfriend doing the work, as well as her mom, who was running and grabbing tools or water for them whenever they needed it.
So, by about 1:00 p.m., she and her boyfriend were both filthy and dying of heat.
“There were huge piles of shingles everywhere in the yard. Scaffolding and ladders up, harnesses on, you get the picture!” she recalled.
“Any passing Joe can tell we are busy.”
Yet, all of a sudden, a camper being pulled by a U-Haul truck pulled up and parked across the street. Then, two adults and a ton of children piled out of the camper.
At the time, she and her boyfriend didn’t pay too much attention to the group. Apparently, they have a large homeless population in their area, so that “kind of thing” is common.
Drobot Dean – stock.adobe.com- illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
However, not long afterward, one of the adults– a woman– approached her. Then, the woman proceeded to ask if she would keep an eye on two of the children while the woman walked over to a convenience store to grab some items.
One of the kids was playing in the street; meanwhile, the other was hanging out in the camper. And she was totally taken aback.
“I’m flabbergasted,” she said, “You can clearly see we were working, for one thing, doing a very dangerous job. For another, we don’t know you!”
That’s why she sort of blanked for a second before trying to tell the woman that she and her boyfriend were very busy. So, they just didn’t have time to watch any of the kids.
Well, rather than accepting that, the woman started begging her– saying please and claiming that the trip to the store would be quick.
And honestly, that really ticked her off.
“You’re asking total strangers to watch your kids. I’ve never seen you before, and you have no idea who we are!” she thought to herself.
“I could be a child-boiling witch with a bubbling cauldron in my kitchen; you don’t know!”
So, her anger kind of took over, and before she knew it, she told the woman something that she sort of regrets in hindsight.
More specifically, she wound up claiming to be an offender who was not supposed to be around children! Then, she just smirked and walked away after hearing the woman audibly gasp and shuffle back to the camper.
She realizes that that was probably the last thing the woman expected to hear come out of her mouth, but that was kind of her intention.
“Of course, I’m not one, but I hope I got the point across,” she explained.
“You don’t trust the care of your children to total strangers, not for one minute. It’s not safe, ever.”
However, the family in the camper is still across the street and appears to be living out of it now. So, she’s started second-guessing herself and isn’t sure whether her response to the woman was too harsh or uncalled for.
Would you ever trust your children in the care of complete strangers? Do you think she did the right thing by trying to teach the woman a lesson? Or was her response too far?
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