Again - Boy Stuck in Crane Machine

[JODY]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/boy_crane_machine

[Redseven80]

Lol this was in my local paper, I live in New Zealand!

[MonitorGuru]

The sad things are this:
- Child was "sick" (thus mom had to go to the store for something)
- Child brought to store in PAJAMMAS
- Mom thought it was "so cute" she took the time to buy a disposable camera to take pictures (along with some other shoppers)
- Mom then threw a fit once she was done taking her pictures, mad at Wal-Mart because they didn't have keys for the machines to get him out. (only the route owner does)

Once again, lack of parental control/responsibility tries to place the blame on others.


There is NO reason to take a child to a store in pajammas. If they are sick, and someone can watch, they should STAY at home. Then they should be WITH the parent at all times (for a 3 year old).

Just watch... she'll slap a lawsuit on Wal-Mart and the route owner over HER negligence.

[Stingray]

They really need to start making the doors on those things smaller.

-S

[clanggedin]

They were on the Today show this morning.

[MrTroy]

It took $7.50 in quarters to get him out.

[ethous]

Goes to show you a kid can get anywhere at that age

[AlanS17]

I would have left him in there a while longer.

However... back home I heard of a guy fixing a crane machine because it somehow came off its tracks. He reached up in there only to be greeted by an 8ft constrictor!

[romperwomb]

Ha!  I was in a Wal-Mart yesterday afternoon.  I lifted my 3 year old daughter up so she could see what prizes daddy could win for her from the ol'crane machine.  She reached out and pushed on the glass and it simply slid open!  Seems the operater didn't lock it when they last refilled it.

For a split second I considered placing my daughter inside and snapping a picture with my digital camera that I had with me.  I couldn't bring myself to do it...  What kind of parent would that make me?   

[ChadTower]

You should have gone into the store and bought all kinds of things and put them in there.  A Handgun, some condoms, some hunting knives, 5 beers, and a picture of Danny Ainge.

Then, you can call the media, and alert them to the type of prizes Walmart has in their kids' games.

[Stingray]

You should have gone into the store and bought all kinds of things and put them in there.  A Handgun, some condoms, some hunting knives, 5 beers, and a picture of Danny Ainge.

Then, you can call the media, and alert them to the type of prizes Walmart has in their kids' games.

That would have been hilarious!

-S

[tonyarcade]

(sigh)...if only Walmart sold beer...
Tony

[SuperGunGuru]

It took $7.50 in quarters to get him out.

lol

[Stingray]

(sigh)...if only Walmart sold beer...
Tony

They do here.

-S

[rohan]

Don't laugh too much; it could happen to any one of us.