So my husband had to return something at the mall, our 2 year old had just fallen asleep so I decided to sit in the car while he ran in. It was a really busy afternoon at the mall and cars were backed up into the parking lot while people looked for spots to park.
One car in particular caught my eye as it came to a dead stop in front of our vechile while the driver waited for a car a few spots over from ours to pull out. It was 4 door, Honda with a child in a FF car seat in the back behind the driver. What was weird about this car seat though was that it looked like a snugride to me. It was really "high up" and at a weird angle.. but the child was definably FF and the seat had all the characteristics of a bucket. It even had a handle. I sat there totally puzzled trying to figure out what kind of seat it was. Still thinking..it couldn't be snugride, could it? Finally she pulled away and parked. I kept my eyes glued to her and she got out, opened up the backdoor and in one swift motion grabbed the handle and pulled the seat out of the car. It obviously wasn't secured into anything. I then watched her as she walked into the mall carrying what I know knew for sure was a graco snugride!
Now I wasn't sure what to do at this point. The whole scene really threw me for a loop. I thought about leaving a note on her car.. to more drastic measures. Unfortunately I didn't get much time to really react because not 5 minutes later she returned, with the infant seat (and baby in it) but this time she actually put the child in RF and seemed to secure the seat into the base. When she drove by leaving the seat was much lower in the vehicle.
So has anyone ever witnessed anything like this before? I can't stop thinking about it. What would posses a person to do that?
One car in particular caught my eye as it came to a dead stop in front of our vechile while the driver waited for a car a few spots over from ours to pull out. It was 4 door, Honda with a child in a FF car seat in the back behind the driver. What was weird about this car seat though was that it looked like a snugride to me. It was really "high up" and at a weird angle.. but the child was definably FF and the seat had all the characteristics of a bucket. It even had a handle. I sat there totally puzzled trying to figure out what kind of seat it was. Still thinking..it couldn't be snugride, could it? Finally she pulled away and parked. I kept my eyes glued to her and she got out, opened up the backdoor and in one swift motion grabbed the handle and pulled the seat out of the car. It obviously wasn't secured into anything. I then watched her as she walked into the mall carrying what I know knew for sure was a graco snugride!
Now I wasn't sure what to do at this point. The whole scene really threw me for a loop. I thought about leaving a note on her car.. to more drastic measures. Unfortunately I didn't get much time to really react because not 5 minutes later she returned, with the infant seat (and baby in it) but this time she actually put the child in RF and seemed to secure the seat into the base. When she drove by leaving the seat was much lower in the vehicle.
So has anyone ever witnessed anything like this before? I can't stop thinking about it. What would posses a person to do that?