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"Stranger Danger" kept him from being found

I don't know what to make of this one. Part of me wants to say "stupid kid!" - but another part says "stupid parents!". Yet another part of me says "stupid people!" for letting a kid go off on his own, especially if they know that he has a crap sense of direction.


It's a great idea to teach your kids to not talk to strangers. Very smart lesson. The not-so-great-idea is to leave out a lesson on what to do if you get lost, because it could happen, despite any parent's best intentions.

For the love of Gord (and Everyone Else), if you're going to spawn, when you teach the sprogs to not talk to strangers, do teach them that if they get lost, it's okay to find someone to help them get back home. Or, if you are lost, and people are calling your name, looking for you, it's okay to go to them.

Finally, if your kid has a crap sense of direction, send them out with a friend ... or if they do go out alone, send them out with a GPS tracker. They're portable now, y'know.


Meh ... what do I know? I plan to be the cool, slightly eccentric, childless aunt when I grow up.

It's a day ending in "Y", therefore you must hate me!

Or so it goes with one of my more mercurial (and ancient) clients.

I swear, I could talk to her one day and be the best thing since sliced bread. The next day, I'm the scourge of the earth because I'm breathing the same air.


About a month or so ago, we add a driver to her policy, as requested. A couple of days later, she calls back and bitches about how something was wrong on the salutation of the letter. Then, it's the ID card - a driver listed shouldn't be on there. Which, of course, wasn't even mentioned in the initial conversation.

So, just when things are squared away, and the dust settles, she calls to make a payment on the policy. And tells me how I'm such a pleasure to talk to - how she enjoys working with me.

Apparently, that was all to smack me back down again, because today, she calls me, with major sand in her craw. She finally got the endorsement adding the driver (requested - and contested by the company - a month ago), and she's being charged for this change. Why is she being charged to add the driver? Why is the other driver still on the policy? She assumed that the WalkerAuto policy allowed you up to 2 drivers before they started charging an additional premium. If they can't removed the additional charge, go ahead and delete the driver that was added last month, she's not in the household anyways.


Somebody kill me, please. No wonder I was having dreams of standing at the bus stop, and having late teens/early 20-somethings pelting me with rocks.