Dude!

The local mall has a play area that I believe I've talked about in the past.  I'm not a fan, it's usually wild with big kids, their are parts that are just covered with duct tape and the majority of parents don't pay attention to their children while they are in there.  So, we don't go there anymore.

However, today I had to go to the mall to make a purchase.  I usually try to avoid the mall, but this was a purchase a had to make at the mall.  I had to pick up a lava lamp, a black-light poster featuring a rainbow & unicorn, edible underware and a pole dance kit at Spencer's Gifts.  Not really, but one can dream.  We had to pick up a boring water filter for our fridge at Sears.

So, seeing that it's been rainy the past couple of days, the kids have been couped up in the house and going crazy, I figured we could have a look at the play area.  If it wasn't that crowded, I would let them run around in the play area a bit to work off some energy.  There were very few people there, so I decided I would give it another shot.  The kids were enjoying themselves, running around, sliding down the beaver slide and climbing on the mountain lion, then everything went wrong.

Right about the time I realized that it was indeed real bird crap all over the fake tree, that every kid in the place was touching as they rounded the corner and entered it, I see a man with a young boy.  I'm guessing the young man was at least four years old and it was obvious he had just dropped a deuce in his pants.  Looking out for what might be a man new to the job, I pointed out the restrooms that were about 20 feet away from the play area. 

The guy proceeds to take off the young man's pants and diaper right there, on one of the seats of the play area.  When I realize he's got no wipes and no fresh diaper, I offer up some wipes and diaper to get the kid fresh.  He declines, then proceeds to wipe the kid off with the crap diaper leaving crap on the kid, get crap all over the seat, then he rolls up the diaper and places it on the floor.  He pulls the young man's pants up and they hit the road, leaving behind crap on the seat and nice package on the floor.

DUDE!  That's right, Dude!

It's times like this when I can't stand my fellow village idiots.  This guy is a moron.  I was not offering the wipes and diaper to show the public you forgot supplies for the child, I was offering for the kid's comfort.  Then the fact that he has no respect for the general public around him that he just leaves crap around.  Dude!

Needless to say, between the birds and the boy, there is too much crap in that place.  We won't be back.

Comments

[Prom Date]

I wonder why he even bothered? I guess he didn't want to smell it all the way home. Gross!

[Type (little) a]

You need a license to drive a car, or even catch a fish, but any idiot can be a parent.

[whit]

I would have grabbed security. What I would like to do is throw the diaper at him, but I wouldn't want to touch it.

[The Queen Bee]

that's totally nasty and makes me dislike that place even more. i wrote it off the last time i was there and lost max (in the nearby lids shop) in a mere 10 seconds.

[Kevin]

"I would have grabbed security. What I would like to do is throw the diaper at him, but I wouldn't want to touch it."

I thought about doing that, but the guy was too far gone by the time I got my kids ready to walk out. All the moms were wanting me to do something about it, clean it up.
We'll never go back again.
I wrote a email to the mall itself and the company that owns the mall. I've done this in the past about the place, but they just sent back a form letter from their marketing department. I guess the next step could be to write the big major, anchor retailers that are there. Perhaps their rent paying voice would be louder than mine, when I tell them I won't be shopping their stores due to the cleanliness of the mall they are in.
Who knows?

kevin

[Greg Barbera]

Dude, that sucks!

[Sam]

I think that gets the prize for the most stupefying parenting story I have heard. In my two years of doing this job, I have seen and heard some pretty wild things, but this takes the cake.

Makes a great story for the blog, though. :)

[loren]

That's just rank! Remind us all whereabouts you live so we can steer clear of the local mall. ick.

[Trasherati]

Dude. So wrong. Did y'all soak in Purell immediately?

[Steve]

My first reaction to this story was "there's a stripper pole kit at Spencer's AWSOME!!!" Then I kept reading and man thats foul. Almost worst than the time some chick from Spin magazine crapped herself on my sofa...now that was foul!

CAll me mofo!!!!!