And judging by at least one local case, if you left your kid in the car you probably won’t get much.

As someone, who very briefly, forgot he had left his newborn son in a car I can understand how this could happen. I have one of those absent-minded professor type minds that’s fantastic at reciting, verbatim, a complex fact I heard once, two decades earlier, but can easily forget the obvious stuff, like what side of the road we drive on in the States. I once forgot my own Birthday. Granted, I can’t imagine sealing a kid or pet in a locked automobile for any length of time, but I can understand how non-malicious folks can make that mistake. It’s hard to explain when you don’t have this type of mind, but even things I genuinely, sincerely care about can “fall” out of it. One of my kids inherited the same brain and it’s fascinating for me to observe as an on-looker. I understand my mother’s frustration now. I can very much relate to the Fred MacMurray character in “The Absent Minded Professor.” One of my very best friends is a very responsible Police Lieutenant and Mrs. Firefly assigned him the task of keeping me from being distracted so I’d get to the church on our wedding day.

However, this woman accepted a responsibility as CEO of the organization (and is likely handsomely rewarded for holding the position) and her action conflicts with the very nature of that role. She needs to accept responsibility for her mistake. This is similar to why I blog under a pseudonym (my real name is -Mike! T. Firefly). Although I personally stand by all I write here I don’t want anyone to associate my opinions with those of my company.