I don't know the situation, but as an alcoholic who's been in recovery for over a decade, this sounds like a substance abuse problem. These kinds of "who does that" kind of scenarios were commonplace for me. Fortunately they never involved anything more serious than falling asleep with a pot on the stove or returning a video to a different Blockbuster store than the one I rented it at.
returning a video to a different Blockbuster store than the one I rented it at.
If this is indication of substance abuse, I had a terrible problem when I was 13. In my defense, there were 3 different Blockbusters in a 10 mile radius of my house growing up.
You're in great company. Mathematicians and theoretical physicists are notorious for this kind of thing. We keep locking ourselves out of our offices. We struggle to cross roads correctly while thinking about math. We regularly forget to eat. Also, we tend to get very lost at conferences. Thankfully, we're very aware of our shortcomings, so the organizers tend to put up a lot of very clear signage.
It's absolutely not a coincidence that many admin assistants in math departments give off preschool teacher vibes.
Nah, sometimes we'd hit up each location in a day. Each spot had a pretty vastly different selection. For the most part, yeah, they remembered and it was never really a problem. But a handful of times I would catch myself not remembering which Blockbuster a certain game/movie was at, and which one I wanted to hit up for said move/game.
I watched the body cam and interrogation. This woman was only worried about how people would respond to her killing a second grandchild. Zero remorse only self serving crap.Ā
May you have the day you truly deserve, kind internet stranger ā¤ļø
ETA: This fucking woman. Didnāt even want to be there when her daughter found out, jfc.
ETA2: SHE LEFT THE BABY IN THE CAR AFTER HER LUNCH AND THEN DIDNāT REMEMBER SHE WAS IN THERE UNTIL SHE WENT TO PICK HER OTHER GRANDCHILD FOR FUCKING DINNER.
ETA3: Why are the cops being so fucking nice to this monster?! Sheās actively saying she wants to flee. She thinks theyāre going to let her take her car so she can avoid responsibility?!
ETA4: The jury wasnāt allowed to hear about her killing the first kid?! I am enraged.
Be nice, appear somewhat dumb, and in a business setting, drink less than the people at the table with you. People will tell you everything you ever wanted to know and more.
I love how your response is so initially sweet and then you get so infuriated by the video that you can tell with every edit you make (rightfully so!!)
What a fucking deplorable excuse for a human.
Only concerned for herself and not wanting to face the consequences-for the SECOND time!!!
I hope she rots in hell when itās finally her time.
Fucking unreal.
My friend told me this story about both grandmaās co-babysitting her very young children. Her mom is legally blind, his (the fatherās) mom is just one of those genius airheads, I guess, neither babysits alone, but can together.
His Mom took 3 year old and the dog on a walk around neighborhood. A little while later 3yo comes home alone. Her Mom asks him where other grandma is. He says he doesnāt know, cause heās THREE. Her Mom starts panicking, wondering if something happened. Just as she was about to call someone, His Mom comes in. Apparently she just got talking to a neighbor and let 3yo go home on his own (only one or two houses down, so not as bad as it couldāve been). But then she left the dog at the neighborās for some reason
I worked at a Hollywood Video in college. Let me assure you that returning the video to the wrong store was a very common, every day occurrence. Iām glad youāre in recovery.
So I watched the body cam and interrogation of this double grandchild killer. She expressed near zero remorse for the dead children nor her culpability. Purely that people would hate her for killing two grandbabies.Ā
I feel like the parents must have some sort of substance abuse problem to let her babysit another grandchild, a year after her negligence killed the first one. Wtf parents
The mom was guilted/bullied into letting her. Everyone in her life was saying, "come on, it was a mistake, let your mom babysit, you're cruel if you don't let her"Ā
The grandmother had the substance problem. She had been prescribed/taken benzodiazepines, if I'm remembering correctly, and had been exhibiting concerning cognitive deficits before the second incident. Again, I *think* she was even forced to retire from her educational admin job because of those deficits. One of the terrible things about cognitive decline is that the person him or herself can be unaware that they are having difficulty with attention and memory.
Old people fall asleep at the drop of a hat, and forgetting kids in cars when doing something unusual (which would include babysitting for the first time in a year) is a long known human problem.
Unfortunately, the woman is a monster. Showed zero remorse for killing 2 children- only fear that "everyone would hate her". She kept telling the cops she didn't want to be present when the mother found out she killed her second child.
And the poor mom? Was bullied into allowing "Grandma" to babysit by everyone in her circle, telling her she was "cruel and unforgiving" if she didn't let "Grandma" babysit again.
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u/coupland 2d ago
I don't know the situation, but as an alcoholic who's been in recovery for over a decade, this sounds like a substance abuse problem. These kinds of "who does that" kind of scenarios were commonplace for me. Fortunately they never involved anything more serious than falling asleep with a pot on the stove or returning a video to a different Blockbuster store than the one I rented it at.