WHL rocks Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Picture of this women should be placed next to the word idiot in the dictionary. B.C. ferry leaves with baby while mom still onshore Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/Rare+electric+guitar+stolen+from+Vancouver+home/7202002/story.html#ixzz2LQ14exUA A departing B.C. Ferries vessel had to be turned around Sunday morning, after a woman left her five-month-old infant with a stranger on board so she could retrieve something onshore, and the ship sailed without her. The incident caused delays for all remaining sailings that day. Ferries' spokeswoman Deborah Marshall confirmed that a woman and her child boarded Queen of Cowichan for an 8:30 a.m. sailing out of Horseshoe Bay to Nanaimo, after leaving a couple of coolers in the onshore luggage rack. The coolers weren't permitted, so the woman was paged on board, Marshall said. "She left her baby with a lady she had met in the waiting room, went off the vessel to go collect her coolers, and in the meantime, the vessel had been cleared for sailing. "Our crew didn't realize she had a baby on board, so obviously she was quite upset about the situation once she realized the ship had left," Marshall said. "So when we had the communication between the ship and shore, the captain decided to bring the vessel back to Horseshoe Bay and pick her up." Marshall said it took several minutes for the situation to come to Ferries staff members' attention. The whole incident caused an hour's delay. B.C. Ferries will, on occasion, turn a vessel around. The most common reason is a medical emergency, when it's closer to bring a ship back into port so a passenger can get medical help, rather than continue the voyage to the other side. However, Marshall added, given that B.C. Ferries has an average of 500 sailings a day, it's extremely rare to turn a ship around and return to port. "This was quite an unusual [sunday]. I can't say I've ever heard of it. "Leaving a five-month-old in somebody else's hands is, how can I put this? It's not advisable." Marshall said B.C. Ferries is looking into how it handled internal communications in the situation, including why staff members didn't know the woman was leaving a baby on board and if there was enough time for her to return ashore to collect her belongings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*VaNcOuVeRCaNuCkS* Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 umm.... Not sure what to say to this other than the "unfit to be a parent line" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 What a dummy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wetcoaster Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 umm.... Not sure what to say to this other than the "unfit to be a parent line" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwnstar Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Parenting rule #1 Never leave your child with a stranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00bxQb Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 BC Ferries somehow gets sued for this ... Guaranteed ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watermelons Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I wonder how the stranger felt...someone just gave him (or her) a baby and then ran off the boat. Must've been a long boat ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00bxQb Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I wonder how the stranger felt...someone just gave him (or her) a baby and then ran off the boat. Must've been a long boat ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argon Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I wonder how the stranger felt...someone just gave him (or her) a baby and then ran off the boat. Must've been a long boat ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jägermeister Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 She sounds like a wonderful mother. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 How is babby formed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
etsen3 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Could've been worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 obviously its the mothers fault for being such a dumbass, but you think the stranger coulda told somebody on the ferry that they had somebodies baby who went mia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyledude Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Or the stranger could have told the woman "No, take your baby with you." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goalie13 Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 Exactly - who would take a baby from a complete stranger? Would a regular person not question this woman's sanity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monty Posted February 20, 2013 Share Posted February 20, 2013 I would have, and I would have also questioned her sanity. But I still would have accepted the baby because I would be worried she may have tried to hand the baby off to someone else and maybe that person would be a bad choice. At least by accepting the baby I would know it was safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aladeen Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Could've been worse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canucks since 77 Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Darwin award by proxy? Maybe the baby was better off with the stranger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nucklehead Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 I wonder how the stranger felt...someone just gave him (or her) a baby and then ran off the boat. Must've been a long boat ride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 21, 2013 Share Posted February 21, 2013 Why would you ever think it's a good idea to leave your baby with someone you just met? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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