SC's trading kids for PS3's

[ArenaBoy]

In Michigan a few years back there was a lot of news about this mother who abandoned her 1 month old baby by leaving the baby in a trashcan. I remember reading somewhere that California IIRC has this policy of leaving your child at a firestation or some other form of emergency help if the parents no longer want the child anymore but within a certain time period. Leaving a baby in a microwave however just sickens me.

Never assume that humanity has hit bottom -- they'll prove you wrong every time. HauntedHeadNC

May I use that as a sig?

[Antisocial_Worker]

May I use that as a sig?

Go crazy. I don't mind at all.

I think we can all think of people from our respective locales who have done horrible things to their children -- I know I can. It was truly awful, and an image that sticks in my mind was a picture in the newspaper of the county sheriff carrying the casket down the aisle at First Presbyterian, weeping.

A lot of us have witnessed our customers doing bad things to their children. Some of us have even stopped customers from doing these things.

The important thing is that no matter how burned out we all get at our jobs, and from dealing with people every day, some things should always be able to cut to the quick and appall us. We should always manage to dredge up some righteous indignation for something that truly deserves it and not for the petty bs our customers get het up about.

[lordlundar]

Every time I think humanity couldn't possibly dig themselves any deeper, they bring in a backhoe.

[Mongo Skruddgemire]

Every time humanity hits rock bottom, they grab the drills and the explosives and start all over again.

It's actually getting to the point where every time I watch the news I start wishing for an asteroid, plague, nukes, alien battle fleets, divinity induced global flooding or something to wipe out the majority of the population of this planet just so the survivors can get their shit together and start again...hopefully getting it right this time.

Oh well, I hope the cockroaches get it right when it's their turn.

[Cia]

I stopped watching the news - it's done wonders for my blood pressure.

[ArenaBoy]

I told one of my friends about this, bad idea to tell her in a restaurant she pretty much gasped quite loudly and I got a jaw drop. Honestly, these are people who somehow get the high-paying jobs also and various other treasures. I'm just about ready to give up on humanity right now.

[BlakeMP]

Amazing. They really will let just anybody have kids...

[XCashier]

Amazing. They really will let just anybody have kids...

There's no "letting" here, people will have children if they can. There's no way to license it without stepping all over other people's rights.

Still, it's a sad situation that some parents would seriously consider trading their child for a stupid video console. How sick is that?!

Yes, it's true that some parents have no business being parents. There was a story here not long ago about a father who beat his two-year-old daughter and stuffed her in the toy box because she interrupted his video game playing. She suffocated. http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/Issue...s/feature.html

[Severen13]

I'd weep for the state of humanity, but that would be an exercise in futility.

[symposes]

Hmm, 1 day of FREE daycare, and you get a PS3 too.

Thats what it sounds like to me.

But then again, maybe im missreading the, give child away for 24 hours, part.

[Ree]

Hmm, 1 day of FREE daycare, and you get a PS3 too.

Thats what it sounds like to me.

But then again, maybe im missreading the, give child away for 24 hours, part.

Hmm...how quick would you be to give your car away to a perfect starnger for a day for free detailing or cleaning, and also have the promise of a PS3 at the end of that day?

What if they asked you to just hand over the keys to your house for 24 hours and let them have free reign in it to clean, with the promise of a PS3 the next day?

What about handing over heirloom jewellery or even just regular jewellery to strangers for cleaning, again with the promise of a PS3?

Kind of changes the perspective a bit, don't ya think?

But then, I guess it's different with kids. Hey, it's free daycare, and they couldn't possibly get hurt.