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Crazy Couple Dines While Kid Swelters in Car

This story just makes me sick. Apparently a Tennessee couple didn't want to be bothered while dining with their 6-year-old, so they strapped the boy in a car on an 80-degree day and went back to their meal.

"He was sitting up in between the two front seats and he was crying," (police Sgt. John) Gass said. "He had a rope tied to one of his ankles. The child was just sweating, just soaking." 

The couple, Rachel "Idiot" Gilchrist, 35, and her companion, Raymond "Moron" Minchew, 61, said the boy misbehaved, while their fellow diners had a different story -- claiming the boy was an angel. Either way, it doesn't matter. This is just disgusting. And you know why?

Because they were eating at Cracker Barrel. I can totally understand if they were out at Per Se or somewhere nice. At least somewhere with a Michelin star or two. But Cracker Barrel? There's a special place in hell reserved for these parents.


Comments

 

Beatrice said:

It is disgusting no matter where they ate!! Find a babysitter! Idiots.

June 13, 2007 9:16 AM
 

BabyCakies said:

Eat at home.  Get carry-out.  For goodness sake, bring the kid some toys to play with during dinner!  (It shocks me how many parents take their kids out without anything to do.)

Give the child new, non-abusive parents.

June 13, 2007 1:08 PM

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