when my kiddos were itty bits we'd go into a store and pull out a shopping cart, then I'd have to lift them up into it.
I at first was careful to watch for anyone who might be around us so as not to swing into them. But as they got a little bigger and heavier the focus became to just get them up and into the cart, people really shouldn't be walking THAT close to anyone (especially a young family) to begin with.
I lost count within the first week of how many people walked into my kids swinging feet because they were to focussed on the device in their hands. Most of them just looked dazed and confused when they got hit, but a couple tried to get nasty about it. But between my mom glare and comments from others around who saw it, those nasties ended real quick.
THEN a few years later, we were out for a walk, and stopped at a red light with the pedestrian crossing light
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A young guy (16-18ish) is walking up behind us so engaged with the device in his hand that he WALKS into the street WITHOUT stopping to even check and see if any traffic was coming. My daughter was 3 or 4 at the time, and said "Boy he's a big dummy" well He must've heard that because he stopped, looked up and around, then stepped back onto the curb with a red face.
I'd like to say people like that need to realize this is simple common sense stuff, but then again common sense isn't so common anymore.