Since the emergence of big theme parks, filled with a variety of attractions and entertainment, visiting one has become a lifelong dream for many people around the whole world. Unfortunately, when this dream finally comes true, sometimes it turns out that not everything is actually so rosy and cloudless...
The story we're about to tell you today, from the user u/PowderFresh86, clearly demonstrates that some people, when visiting a theme park, can simply lose their heads with excitement and joy. And at the same time, they can lose, for example, their own child. However, we can reassure you right away - the child in this tale was found... or rather, her parents were found.
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Visiting the big theme park could be someone's lifelong dream but many people in fact lose their heads after this dream comes true
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The author of the post is an employee in a famous theme park in Florida and recently she ran into a family with a baby during her working day
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The baby literally begged the author to hold her and so she did - but then all the relatives simply disappeared in the crowd leaving the woman with the baby in her arms
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So the woman started her quest of searching for the baby's parents - and it was a very difficult quest
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She finally spotted the baby's grandma in the crowd and gave the kid over to her
So, the Original poster (OP) says that she works at a world-famous theme park in Florida ("a magical rat planet of sorts," as the author herself puts it, so I think you got exactly what she's talking about.) Of course, her work experience includes various incidents - from the funny to the downright outrageous.
For example, one day, our heroine ran into a family with a little kid, and the baby girl literally begged her to hold her. The OP says that many toddlers truly love her and are willing to communicate, so it's no surprise that this baby also wanted to be picked up. However, what followed really surprised her.
The girl's parents gasped in surprise and affection - and then somehow "disappeared" into the crowd. So our heroine was left alone in the middle of the huge theme park, holding the baby, completely unsure what to do next. After all, she didn't know neither the names of the girl's parents nor their contact information.
The author went looking for the baby's parents or some relative, but it was the middle of the workday, and her quest was about to drag on. She asked her manager what to do, but they merely played Captain Obvious, suggesting that the author urgently find the child's parents. Well, like the OP didn't already understand this.
Finally, however, she spotted the baby’s grandma in the crowd who looked "semi disappointed," in her own words, after seeing them. Our heroine handed the girl over to her and, with a sense of accomplishment, departed. But for a long time, she juist wondered: "What was that?"
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In fact, such incidents, alas, are not new to large theme parks. For example, this February, a story was widely publicized in which parents allegedly abandoned their child in a stroller right in the middle of Disneyland so they could enjoy the park and all its attractions.
Then another mom found the child and called park staff - but in that situation, when the parents were finally found, they claimed the child got simply tired and "lay down for a nap in the sibling's stroller." Could the situation we described be classified as similar? Probably not.
However, according to Florida law, this cannot be classified as child abandonment as well, as it was an isolated incident of parental neglect. "To establish abandonment, you must demonstrate that the parent is able to significantly contribute to the child's care and maintenance," the Fuller Law Firm website claims.
Many people in the comments still noted that in this case, the police should have been involved anyway. Simply because the parents' behavior, in their opinion, was completely weird and outrageous. "This is more neglectful than entitled," one of the commenters wisely wrote. So do you, our dear readers, also agree with this point of view?
Most commenters agreed that this case in fact showed blatant parents' neglection and noted that the police should've been involved here
