This story is unrelated to running BUT like the title
suggests, it DID happen on a race weekend, so it is now relevant to the blog!
I was reminded of this incident the other day when I was
clearing pictures of my phone. Here’s the story…
The weekend of the Hershey 10K race, we visited the Hershey
Gardens and Butterfly house. The Hershey Gardens are on beautifully landscaped
grounds and there is a body of water located there which is surrounded by a
brick wall and a gate.
As we were exiting, I noticed a small child playing /climbing on one of the
pillars in front of the water. I noticed his mother was not even paying
attention to him. She was on her phone.
This kind of stuff just irritates me so I had to snap a photo. I then
noticed the mom wanted the child up on the pillar to pose for a picture (when
the water was clearly right behind him with no barrier)!
This was not a very old child. What if he would have fallen
or got hurt? Would the mother than hold Hershey responsible? It would have clearly been her neglect but we
all know how some people get sue happy when something happens that they don’t
take responsibility for themselves.
I will admit that I did not see a sign posted that stated
“No Climbing on the Wall” but then again, Hershey probably didn’t think they
had to. Some people amaze me!
What acts of stupidity have you seem lately?