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VyrPlan t1_irx6haz wrote

>...detectives confirmed that 62-year-old David Towner, of Port Orange, was babysitting his granddaughter for the day and left her in the rental vehicle when he returned it

guess who won't be babysitting again any time soon

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peensteen t1_irx8b8s wrote

Guess who's getting sent to Shady Acres!

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Tigen13 t1_irx98ax wrote

Omg, I can only imagine the size of the returned toddler fee. I bet they really stick it to you. You know how they are......

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autoposting_system t1_irxd7h4 wrote

Arrest that company for kidnapping

Edit: This is intended to be a joke reference to the fact that car rental companies are having their customers arrested for auto theft when really they're just renting the cars and haven't returned them yet

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NotQuiteGoodEnougher t1_irxfucb wrote

Yes, but did he note 'no toddler' in the backseat when he picked it up? Maybe it was left earlier. I mean people leave those kids all over the place.

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rockman61 t1_irxsryz wrote

The kid's lucky Hertz didn't have him arrested for auto theft.

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sergius64 t1_irxymap wrote

Lucky its not summer. Was still 80 degrees, parking lot was unshaded and rental company employees only noticed 45 minutes after car was returned.

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IMovedYourCheese t1_iry0oz2 wrote

And I imagine the customer argued that it was exactly like that when he picked up the car.

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Pernicious-Peach t1_iry4lqy wrote

This is exactly how kids die in cars

They get forgotten about

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SkitzoFlamingo t1_iry7k9v wrote

When I reading this I noticed the grandfather told the mother he left the granddaughter at his house to drop off the vehicle…so my question is, did he run other errands during the day and leave her in the car more then once? Or did he just forget he loaded a toddler into the rental right before the drop off?

Loading a toddler into vehicle takes quite a bit of effort and if he ever looked in his rear view mirror for a second or checked the rental for any personal belongings he would have seen her. Like, HOW DID HE MISS THAT? Wasn’t she in a car seat? Was it his car seat? Like I have so many questions here.

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ThreeDogs2022 t1_iryemqw wrote

80 degrees out. 45 minutes. Thank almighty science they found her when they did....just a bit longer and baby would have been toast.

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raider_1001 t1_iryngml wrote

Replying to SkitzoFlamingo (#81,528)

I may offer a third possibility since I caught my 2 year old did it several times…grandpa left the car back door open and the kid crawled right in.

I also caught my kid crawled under the car too after playing hide and seek around it…that was really scary.

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Crankenstein_8000 t1_irz3ey8 wrote

Sometimes curious couples will add a toddler to their rental just to see what it would be like…

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SkitzoFlamingo t1_irzbhk8 wrote

Replying to raider_1001 (#82,369)

Let’s say the kid did crawl in the back seat without him noticing….How would he not notice a toddler moving around in the back seat unrestrained while he was driving? Or not hear the kid making noise? Or not have seen her in his rear view mirror in the back seat? My oldest nephew is 3 and believe me even when he’s asleep there’s no mistaking there’s a child in the car.

If this person is this unobservant, they shouldn’t be allowed to be left alone by themselves, let alone drive a motor vehicle.

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v3ritas1989 t1_is04wd4 wrote

No no! That was already there when I got the car I swear!

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BraddersTriumph t1_is1rhsl wrote

Are they sure it was his grandchild and not someone else’s?

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