Press On: Off the rails
By Gary DicksonTwo cases in the national news recently have me wondering just how many children in this country start out their life with the deck stacked against their chances of ever succeeding. I know the two stories I'm going to mention are somewhat extreme, but I see similar types of news items make the papers, television and Internet on a semi-regular basis.
In Marietta, Georgia the mother of a 3-year-old was arrested after her drug deal went south. The deal didn't happen because the woman's toddler, who was in the back of a minivan that was being driven by a friend of his mother, blasted a hole through the roof of the vehicle with a 12-gauge shotgun. Of course, it was an accident. The child just happened to be playing with the loaded shotgun. But, it scared the drug dealer away. It also caused someone, thank goodness, to call the police. The mother, minivan driver and drug dealer were all arrested. State welfare investigators are deciding the future of the child.
In Missouri the kindergartners at an elementary school were asked to bring "pictures of their family for show and tell." One student, perhaps he couldn't find any pictures, took his mother's meth pipe and a few baggies full of crystal meth. According to police the drugs tested positive for methamphetamine and were worth approximately $3,700. The mother was charged with possession of a controlled substance and first-degree child endangerment. She had no trouble posting her $7,500 bail.
Throughout history there have always been cases in which children have grown up dealing with an alcoholic parent who might have been abusive and difficult to live with. But, over the last 30 to 40 years, the spread of a number of kinds of illegal drugs, in addition to the alcohol, have made life for lots of children less idyllic than it seemed for those of us who watched "Leave it to Beaver," and had stay-at-home moms who cooked dinner every night and baked pies on the weekends.
They say art mirrors society.
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In Missouri the kindergartners at an elementary school were asked to bring "pictures of their family for show and tell." One student, perhaps he couldn't find any pictures, took his mother's meth pipe and a few baggies full of crystal meth.
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This last week we’ve all watched in horror as the story unfolded about an Airbnb user who had her home ransacked a month ago.
Other than the sideshow of us getting dragged into the story, it seemed to be winding down yesterday. The company appears to be bending over backwards to compensate the victim and avoid another of her blog posts where she writes about how scared she is, still homeless and shaken after the ordeal.
Now another victim has come forward.
Troy Dayton first wrote about how his Oakland home was rented by a meth addict with a stolen identity in a comment to one of our posts about the company. I contacted Troy and we spoke by phone today about what happened. His situation is very similar to EJ’s.
Here’s Troy’s original comment:
Something very similar happened to me about 2 months ago.
In addition to valuables stolen, the thieves/addicts did thousands of dollars of bizarre damage to my rented home and left it littered with meth pipes. They were identity thieves, too and all my personal information was strewn about. Further investigation of my own led me to evidence that the people were not just thieves but were also dangerous. I too, feared for my own safety and would not stay at my house for some time.
I had a similar problem with haphazard communication from people at AirBnB. I gave them multiple opportunities to make me a happy customer to which they did but then retracted their offer after their was miscommunication among the team. Sometimes days went by without hearing from anyone, while I was fear-stricken, totally disoriented, and angry. It was almost the most absurd customer service crisis one could ever imagine. But I am one squeaky wheel, and we eventually found an agreeable solution that I was generally pleased with.
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