worked part time at a major entertainment retail store in the mall. Yeah, I know malls don't really exist anymore, so it was back in the day. Parents would leave their kids at the store as if we were babysitters & run off to do the rest of their shopping. It got to the point where if the kid was alone in our store for more than 15-20 mins alone, we called mall security to come get the abandoned kids. .

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Gosh, I do not miss those days one bit! I also work in the mall and not to age myself here, but before social media, this would happen all the time! Now that people are so exposed to the craziness of the world, I think they're less inclined to just leave their kids behind.

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I think this makes sense for very young children. But if they are 12+, I think it's probably fine? As long as they aren't acting up or causing problems. My mom used to do this with me when I was a kid and I always thought it was so much fun to hang out while she did all the boring shopping.

the tree leaves in the parking lot have to agree.

The funny thing is, with all my retail experience, I never worked in a mall until 2021. Mall rents have plummeted, to the point that cut rate retailers now find the mall a better deal than freestanding. And it's nothing like when we were young, but kids still terrorise the mall employees.

Wow, that’s wild—having to deal with abandoned kids on top of your regular work sounds intense.

That was wild. How could a parent leave their child unattendent?

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