Posted on 06/26/2012 10:39:10 AM PDT by smokingfrog
MEMPHIS, TN -
(WMC-TV)- This year's summer vacation has been anything but boring for a family driving through Memphis.
A Texas dad thought his kids were kidnapped Monday morning when they left him behind at a gas station.
The man, who did not want to give his name, said he was left behind after stopping on New Brunswick Road to eat and fill up the gas tank near the LaQuinta Inn.
According to the father, "Somebody had been sleeping all night in the back and they were going to drive and I was going to get in the back and sleep. I went inside to get my change for the gas and they thought I was already loaded up and closed all the doors and took off."
The dad did try to call his own cell phone, which was still in the van, but nobody answered it.
"Six different cell phones and nobody answers and my phone is in there because it's on the charger and nobody answers it and then it starts going straight to voicemail. I mean, that's odd," said the Texas dad.
The father said since he thought his children were kidnapped, he called the police. But it was a social media site that helped him find his family.
The guy used a computer from a local motel to contact somebody via Facebook, who helped him reach his family.
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Sounds like something out of a John Cheever novel.
He shoulda sent a text msg. Kids always read their msgs.
Feel the need to keep track of them?, give em a voice only phone and minimum minutes. Can't figure out how we survived with one phone at home.
We left a guy in Algonquin Provincial Park back in the 70s. If the boss hadn’t missed his camera he’d probably still be there, eaten by wolves.
We left a guy in Algonquin Provincial Park back in the 70s. If the boss hadn’t missed his camera he’d probably still be there, eaten by wolves.
But he wasn't hiding in the car, he was in Macy's watching TV.
“Good talk, Rusty.”
Some fifty years ago, on a trip to Florida, we took off from a restaurant in Virginia and left my 3 year old sister there. I was six and still have no idea why I didn't tell Mom till she asked if Kris was asleep.
"No, she's not in the car," I said. I have to think that, these days, CPS would have been called and both Kris and I would have ended up in foster homes.
My husband’s parents once drove off and left his little sister at a gas station. She had gotten out to go the restroom and no one noticed that she hadn’t come back.
My husband’s parents once drove off and left his little sister at a gas station. She had gotten out to go the restroom and no one noticed that she hadn’t come back.
I guess I've got a whole sh*tpot of learning to do regarding Facebook.
I didn’t get that part.
A few years back, a Foreign Service buddy of mine got transferred from Jeddah to Rabat. Before leaving Saudi Arabia, he made arrangements to buy a new car from one of the bases in Spain. After picking the car up, they headed south to Gibraltar. They stopped at a convenience store for gas and snacks. They got about an hour south before they noticed that they’d left their youngest son back there. They had to keep heading south until they found an exit ramp and turned back around to pick the boy up. He was scared and pi$$ed.
“He shoulda sent a text msg. Kids always read their msgs.”
And if it was me, sending that message would have kept me occupied for a good long time! (old phone, older eyes and big fingers!)
OMG - John Cheever. So depressing. Good writer but soo depressing.
I went thru a Cheever stage. I prefer more upbeat stuff these days.
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