UBER not having their licence renewed in London

[Ash]

I wouldn't leave them alone with a stranger routinely, but surely we can generally trust people not to fúck/abduct our kids?

Anyway he seemed nice.

One would hope so. Here's another story.

I was in a pub in one of the streets just south of the British Museum when a woman came in, with a child and saying "has anyone lost their child?"

"Yes!" exclaimed another woman who had come into the pub looking for her lost child and went to claim her sprog.

"Is this your mother?" asked the first woman to the child. "Yes" replied the kid.

"Are you sure????" she demanded, holding the sprog back from its now-horrified mother being accused of potentially abducting her own child.

The child confirmed and the reunion was complete. It was wierd though, that for a moment the non-parent seemed to have 'legitimate' control over the fate of the child.

[Luis Anaconda]

One would hope so. Here's another story.

I was in a pub in one of the streets just south of the British Museum when a woman came in, with a child and saying "has anyone lost their child?"

"Yes!" exclaimed another woman who had come into the pub looking for her lost child and went to claim her sprog.

"Is this your mother?" asked the first woman to the child. "Yes" replied the kid.

"Are you sure????" she demanded, holding the sprog back from its now-horrified mother being accused of potentially abducting her own child.

The child confirmed and the reunion was complete. It was wierd though, that for a moment the non-parent seemed to have 'legitimate' control over the fate of the child.

You would think in that situation the actual parent would have just produced a phone with a bazillion photos of said child. That's what happens every time i meet a parent these days

[Ash]

You would think in that situation the actual parent would have just produced a phone with a bazillion photos of said child. That's what happens every time i meet a parent these days

Yes. This was some years ago before the omnipresence of cameras with incorporated telephone functionality.

[Peter]

One would hope so. Here's another story.

I was in a pub in one of the streets just south of the British Museum when a woman came in, with a child and saying "has anyone lost their child?"

"Yes!" exclaimed another woman who had come into the pub looking for her lost child and went to claim her sprog.

"Is this your mother?" asked the first woman to the child. "Yes" replied the kid.

"Are you sure????" she demanded, holding the sprog back from its now-horrified mother being accused of potentially abducting her own child.

The child confirmed and the reunion was complete. It was wierd though, that for a moment the non-parent seemed to have 'legitimate' control over the fate of the child.

So the mother had come into the pub to look for her lost child?

[Ash]

So the mother had come into the pub to look for her lost child?

It was years ago and I didn't interview her. She had probably run into all the shops and cafes too.

[SWv2]

It was years ago and I didn't interview her. She had probably run into all the shops and cafes too.

Did she have a drink?

Seems fair saying she had found the kid. Celebration and all that.

[Ash]

Did she have a drink?

Seems fair saying she had found the kid. Celebration and all that.

I don't recall. I do remember the kid looked like this though:

[Peter]

Did she have a drink?

Seems fair saying she had found the kid. Celebration and all that.

Just a swift one to steady the nerves and then I'll keep looking......