Lost Parent

Coming back from a training class, a woman approached me and said, “we have a lost parent.” I thought she was talking about herself being lost… but she then pointed to the child she was with. This poor child had lost his family, or as we say in Disney, the parent got lost. It is never the child’s fault for being lost, always the parent’s fault, according to Disney. The child always knows exactly where they are going. The children lost in the Disney parks are usually lost because the parents are forgetful and leave an area without their child, or miss-communicate with each other and both think the other has the child. I took the child that had lost parents and took him over to the entrance of Dinosaur. This child would not speak. We didn’t know how old he was, or what his name was, or where he was last with his family. Then a man just as quiet came, took the child’s hand, and turned to walk away. My co-worker asked the man, “Is this one yours?” He nodded and walked away. That child must have belonged to that man because I don’t think that two random people can be that unnaturally quiet and not be related. I hope they were able to have fun at Disney even if they didn’t communicate well with others.