In an experiment a child is 'abandoned' in a shopping mall to see who stops to help. Hundreds pass before one stops.
1 Where is the mall security guard? In a USA shopping mall if you leave a child a guard rushes up to you and tells you to keep hold of your child.
2 Where is the Help Point?
3 Where is the Meeting Point for lost and found adults and children?
We recently went on a surprise birthday outing in London. I did not know either the first or second destination. Our two mobile phones were not connecting.
I suggest that in the even of any 'surprise' the destination should be written inside a sealed envelope in case anybody gets lost en route. Children should carry the parent's contact number.
In phones you can program in ICE, in case of emergency. But most phones are locked by a password so that only works if somebody in authority finds the phone and can unlock it (e.g. after you are dead!) Your ICE contact number should be on the outside of the phone. Ideally somebody in the same country to save on bills and not wake somebody in the middle of the night.
Some places have designated meeting points. The easiest one is near a seat. So at Heathrow airport, look at the seats. Pick the end of row seat (to allow room for luggage).
Other meeting points are under the station clock. (Waterloo.)
Watch out for 'meeting by the exit barrier'. Some stations have two exits.
Others have dozens. (Waterloo.)
1 Where is the mall security guard? In a USA shopping mall if you leave a child a guard rushes up to you and tells you to keep hold of your child.
2 Where is the Help Point?
3 Where is the Meeting Point for lost and found adults and children?
We recently went on a surprise birthday outing in London. I did not know either the first or second destination. Our two mobile phones were not connecting.
I suggest that in the even of any 'surprise' the destination should be written inside a sealed envelope in case anybody gets lost en route. Children should carry the parent's contact number.
In phones you can program in ICE, in case of emergency. But most phones are locked by a password so that only works if somebody in authority finds the phone and can unlock it (e.g. after you are dead!) Your ICE contact number should be on the outside of the phone. Ideally somebody in the same country to save on bills and not wake somebody in the middle of the night.
Some places have designated meeting points. The easiest one is near a seat. So at Heathrow airport, look at the seats. Pick the end of row seat (to allow room for luggage).
Other meeting points are under the station clock. (Waterloo.)
Watch out for 'meeting by the exit barrier'. Some stations have two exits.
Others have dozens. (Waterloo.)
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