Car Show Daycare

I was helping my kids' school raise money by parking cars for one of the numerous car shows in our town. This car show, "Corvettes at Carlisle", was one of the bigger ones, drawing about 65,000 visitors.

My shift started at 6:00AM on Saturday. Even though the show didn't officially open until 7:00AM, people arrived early.

A man was parking his truck just as I was starting my shift. At about 8:30AM, his anti-theft alarm starting going off. It was annoying, so we went to the truck to try to figure out how to turn the alarm off. That's when we noticed what had set the alarm off. The man's 8-year-old daughter had opened the door from the inside.

She was asleep when Mr. Responsible left her, so she was a little confused. We babysat her while she eagerly awaited her father's return. About 30 minutes later the man returned to his truck.

The man thought it was OK to leave his 8-year-old daughter alone for 3 hours at an event with 65,000 people.

guy #1: "Hey, we've got our apartment. We ripped up the floors, pipes, wiring, and having everything completely redone."

guy #2: "You're renting, right?"

guy #1: "Yeah."

I don't feel so bad now for letting my kids explore the world of books.