Babysitter sells 3 year old kid...someone let this guy near a kid? *Pic inside*

[Inyri Forge]

Originally Posted by NiteStryker

Physical appearence would be an immediate deal breaker. If you look like a wannabe gang member, you wouldnt be allowed on my block, let alone watch my kid.

So basically you have something against Mexicans? Because I don't see any other signs of him being a gang member. No tattoos, no piercings, no sideways hat, etc.

[AlDaja]

Originally Posted by Inyri Forge

So basically you have something against Mexicans? Because I don't see any other signs of him being a gang member. No tattoos, no piercings, no sideways hat, etc.

Can't speak for Nite, but parental instinct would have to play in at some point, not just appearance. I can't really explain it, but you just "know" when something ain't right. However, I don't know what kind of people these parents were or what they were into. I used to work with a guy who had left their toddler with a known drunk (this guy I worked with and his wife, were serious pot heads back in the day) and they payed the ultimate price. The sitter had passed out on the couch and the toddler got out near the street and was struck and killed. Sad story. Sad for this little one in the story too.

[Phoenix_22]

Originally Posted by Inyri Forge

So basically you have something against Mexicans? Because I don't see any other signs of him being a gang member. No tattoos, no piercings, no sideways hat, etc.

Originally Posted by NiteStryker

C'mon now, even I can see that the above person isn't the kind of person you want to give the responsibility of a child to. He's just got a creepy look about him, mugshot or not.

[Inyri Forge]

Mugshots are not something I'd just a person's every-day look by. And as far as potential gang-bangers go, no, he doesn't look all that creepy. I live in Chicago.

[AlDaja]

Originally Posted by Inyri Forge

Mugshots are not something I'd just a person's every-day look by. And as far as potential gang-bangers go, no, he doesn't look all that creepy. I live in Chicago.

K...but seriously, would you leave your kid with this dude? Not saying the miss cute and fluffy babysitter can't be a freak. But, like I said. I'm guessing the parents didn't put much stock in who was looking after their kid. My guess "lowest bidder" was the deciding factor to save a buck or two. I bet if they'd done a background check and used basic common sense this guy wouldn't have had a chance to put their kid in danger. Obviously, judging someone by how they look can be difficult, however; perception is often reality and if this is how this dude normally looks - no f'cking way, regardless of any redeeming merits he supposedly had with children.

[Inyri Forge]

I wouldn't make that decision from a picture. I don't make decisions based on whatever prejudices I may have.

[Metall_pingwin]

The thing is... There is nothing odd about the way he looks. He's a rugged looking hispanic man, that's about it.

[AlDaja]

Originally Posted by Inyri Forge

I wouldn't make that decision from a picture. I don't make decisions based on whatever prejudices I may have.

Granted, but failing to make distinctions from life experiences and intuition lead to situations like this.

The thing is... There is nothing odd about the way he looks. He's a rugged looking hispanic man, that's about it.

Yup, nothing wrong with the way he looks. I'm just not one to let him be around my kid. Putting this guy aside. I've made decisions based on the way people looked (call it the Force, or whatever) but I've always had a notion or feeling about people - usually my caution proves me right. I almost had a similar experience with a couple that was willing to watch our daughter. Everything checked out, but I just wasn't filling it and told the couple we'd get back to them. My wife thought I was being an ass, but she accepted my decision and we went with another couple. Good thing. Three months later the husband of the couple who we were considering originally was arrested for molesting his 11 year-old daughter.

[Inyri Forge]

Originally Posted by AlDaja

Granted, but failing to make distinctions from life experiences and intuition lead to situations like this.

That's a logical fallacy if I ever saw one. You're assuming they have intuition. Not all parents have some sort of sixth sense to know who's a criminal and who's not. There are wacked out people that otherwise look, sound, and act completely normal. The fact that they failed to magically know this otherwise completely normal looking hispanic man was a creep doesn't mean they were bad parents.

[AlDaja]

Originally Posted by Inyri Forge

That's a logical fallacy if I ever saw one. You're assuming they have intuition. Not all parents have some sort of sixth sense to know who's a criminal and who's not. There are wacked out people that otherwise look, sound, and act completely normal. The fact that they failed to magically know this otherwise completely normal looking hispanic man was a creep doesn't mean they were bad parents.

Call it what you will, but it makes a difference and many parents who attest to it, including me usually come out ahead.

Also, you can't assume they were good or bad parents. The article doesn't state that. So that can't even really be an issue, other than an assumption.