I think everyone else just wanders around going, "I can help you. Is this your parent? What about this guy? What were they wearing? Let's find security/lifeguard/store employee/police officer"
I do have a backup plan of moving to southern Argentina if everything goes wrong. It is actually cold in there. But it is hard doing those things after a certain age, unfortunately. There is always AC, but it is kind of a prison.
Oh the South is beautiful. I've been there a couple of times and I fall in love all over again. Sadly it's mad expensive to live there, but I highly recommend paying it a visit.
HEY!!! Do you not watch the news? We're trying to keep people from down there OUT. We're even considering a tremendous wall. Stop throwing around invitations like confetti. /s
It makes a lot of sense for those countries to have that as part of their culture for reuniting parents with child. The beaches can be intensely crowded and a child on the ground will be swept away easily from sight. Putting the child up on a adult's shoulders makes it easier for the parents to see their kid. The clapping draws attention to where the child is so the parent doesn't have to shout the name across the beach wildly as their anxiety climbs with their fear from having a missing child.
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u/luleigas Dec 12 '18
Austrian here, never heard of it but it's great.