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So what would you have done? Do you feel like you generally listen to what your gut is telling you or do you generally rely on reasoning and logic?
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Okay, now I feel like you’re taunting me. For once I’m not at work, and can actually watch the video but now it says “This is a private video. If you’ve been sent this video, please make sure you accept the sender’s friend request.”
Am I just now allowed to watch your videos?
I am taunting you. Okay not really I’m just a dork and I forgot to change the settings on the video before it published this morning.
Same here.
I am dying to see this secret video…
Okay. You three should be able to watch the video now.
Without a shadow of a doubt if my gut was telling me this was not right I would have done ‘something’.
1. Hang back at a distance with full details of vehicle written down to see if anything played out.
2. Sound the horn act frustrated behind the guy as if he was going fast enough call him in to the police for suspicious behavior.
3. Stop the girl call her over and let her know the situation see if she knew the man or was aware of anything. You could act like you was asking her for directions or the time.
Too much shit happens and I do not want any of it on my conscience and this is why I would intervene in some way depending on how I was reading the situ and if I was alone or not.
With all the above i would have gotten a description of him and the car and called it in to the cops.
My niece was in WalMart (UK) a couple weeks ago with her friends, she is 11. One of the girls mums was with them but she was at the check out. A man was trailing them and taking photos on his cell phone, the girls didn’t notice but a lady did see it and think it suspicious. She shouted at him and alerted security. When the police arrived and arrested the man they searched his home and found many other photos etc. He is already on bail for similar offenses and was given bail again. My sister is not sure what the charges will be against him and some may think he hasn’t committed a ‘crime’ but this could have gone further had the lady not intervened and who knows where this man will stop.
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I should, cause it always tells me when something is wrong. The only time I really did was when I put a flashlight next to the bed when I was in high school because I had a feeling I might need it. Early the next morning we had a major earthquake. We lost all water and electricity. I was the only one in the family that knew where a flashlight was so we could see enough to get the rest and find our shoes to avoid stepping on any glass. But, when I don’t listen….I was in a car accident when my gut said stay home. My husband’s bike was stolen out of the garage when I thought I should maybe close it.
But in regards to my kids…I try to listen to it all the time. If something does not feel right, I listen. Including not leaving my kids with a friend’s husband.
okay, now that I’ve actually seen the video, in response to your dilema: Because I live in the same town you do, I know that the police here generally are pretty good about responding to things like this. I would call the police and they could either send a community service officer or the closet car on by. I would continue to follow the other car and girl to make sure all was okay. If it was my daughter I would hope someone would do the same thing. From someone who has lived next to a child molester, to having a family member kidnapped, I would go with my gut and call the police. Best case, the guy was having car trouble…worst case, he really was a predator, but you did something. Being good neighbors means we look out for one another and notice when something is “off”.