anyone the parent of a pre-teen? i just need to tell my story cuz OMG i can't believe this really happened....
so i was at the grocery store after picking the kids up from school. ashley, my almost 12yo, asked if she could sit in the car and do her homework. so i agreed, bringing the youngest 4 in the grocery store with me, leaving the car on so she'd have air conditioning. i spent probably 20 minutes, and got in the checkout lane. as the cashier was ringing me up, he asked if all these kids were mine. i said, yes, plus one more in the car. all of a sudden i hear "mom!" and it was ashley standing there in the checkout with me. so i said oh, there's number 5. i said, hey ashley, did you grab the keys? she said... uh... no...
so i immediately call AAA and they said they'd have a guy out within 10 minutes. they considered me a "priority" cuz the car was running and i had kids outside in the heat, etc.
so 20 minutes later, i called AAA back to see if the guy was EVER going to come. they had me on hold for about 5 minutes, then came back on and said he'd be there within 5. after i hung up, i went over to check the fuel level on my car, even though i'd just filled it up today. that's when i realized the car was off. oh shoot, i thought, either i ran out of gas or something else is wrong. i walked over to ashley and said "honey, did you shut the car off? cuz i had it running so you'd have air conditioning" and she said "yes, of course i did"... DUH!!! i asked "why didn't you take the keys out of the ignition?" of course i got the old "i don't know" response...
how could she shut the car ignition off and purposely leave the keys in the car when she went to lock it? it scares me that she's going to be driving in just a few years... i mean... GOSH!!!
ok, thanks for letting me vent.
ps- the AAA guy finally showed up and popped it open in less than 10 seconds... sheesh
so i was at the grocery store after picking the kids up from school. ashley, my almost 12yo, asked if she could sit in the car and do her homework. so i agreed, bringing the youngest 4 in the grocery store with me, leaving the car on so she'd have air conditioning. i spent probably 20 minutes, and got in the checkout lane. as the cashier was ringing me up, he asked if all these kids were mine. i said, yes, plus one more in the car. all of a sudden i hear "mom!" and it was ashley standing there in the checkout with me. so i said oh, there's number 5. i said, hey ashley, did you grab the keys? she said... uh... no...
so i immediately call AAA and they said they'd have a guy out within 10 minutes. they considered me a "priority" cuz the car was running and i had kids outside in the heat, etc.
so 20 minutes later, i called AAA back to see if the guy was EVER going to come. they had me on hold for about 5 minutes, then came back on and said he'd be there within 5. after i hung up, i went over to check the fuel level on my car, even though i'd just filled it up today. that's when i realized the car was off. oh shoot, i thought, either i ran out of gas or something else is wrong. i walked over to ashley and said "honey, did you shut the car off? cuz i had it running so you'd have air conditioning" and she said "yes, of course i did"... DUH!!! i asked "why didn't you take the keys out of the ignition?" of course i got the old "i don't know" response...
how could she shut the car ignition off and purposely leave the keys in the car when she went to lock it? it scares me that she's going to be driving in just a few years... i mean... GOSH!!!
ok, thanks for letting me vent.
ps- the AAA guy finally showed up and popped it open in less than 10 seconds... sheesh
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