sky12065
Conductor
In reading another thread I recalled an incident that occurred about 29 years ago.
My wife, my 4 year old son and I were on our way to Florida and we stopped for the evening at a motel in West Virginia. The motel was adjacent to a set of rail road tracks. The room we were in was one of those that had a front and back door.
Suddenly we could hear a train approaching, getting closer, closer, then really close when suddenly by impulse I called to my 4 year old son "Quick Mike, go open the front door and I'll open the back door so the train can pass right through our room! :lol:
Funny? I thought so but my son didn't! He burst out in tears, screaming, traumatized (yes, there's that word again) and it took quite a bit of comforting and reassurance to calm him down and realize that it was just a joke. Had I realized how a 4 year old mind would react to that humor, I would have never been so cruel to him!
My wife, my 4 year old son and I were on our way to Florida and we stopped for the evening at a motel in West Virginia. The motel was adjacent to a set of rail road tracks. The room we were in was one of those that had a front and back door.
Suddenly we could hear a train approaching, getting closer, closer, then really close when suddenly by impulse I called to my 4 year old son "Quick Mike, go open the front door and I'll open the back door so the train can pass right through our room! :lol:
Funny? I thought so but my son didn't! He burst out in tears, screaming, traumatized (yes, there's that word again) and it took quite a bit of comforting and reassurance to calm him down and realize that it was just a joke. Had I realized how a 4 year old mind would react to that humor, I would have never been so cruel to him!
WARNING: NEVER DO THIS TO ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 7... AT LEAST!