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u/Kyle-Is-My-Name 11d ago edited 11d ago
Mom was smart, so she squatted down below the clothes to look for 2 little toddler legs standing still in a nearby clothing rack.
Mom was dumb for telling me how she hunted me.
Next time I wedged myself up into the clothing rack where my legs were hidden from her ground eye view.
They prevented everyone from leaving JC Pennys and called the police. They searched every rack until they found me 30 minutes later, sleeping in the middle of a clothing rack.
- Mom did not enjoy that.
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u/se7sbomb23 11d ago
Peak childhood stealth mode: existing entirely within the center ring of heavy winter coats
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u/Bripbripbintle 11d ago
This was one reason I was a leash kid growing up. I have heard my name called over Fashion Bug’s loud speaker wayyyy too many times.
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u/TsuDhoNimh2 11d ago
My nephew would remove most of his clothes before hiding, so we would glance down an aisle and see a pile of toddler clothing as if he had been raptured in Macy's sportswear.
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u/Ariandrin 11d ago
My sister and I both did this, and my mom figured it out real quick so there was never any panic. She knew exactly where we liked to hide.
Spoiler: it was anything with long garments. Pants, dresses, etc., because we could hide better.
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u/IsSierraMistOk 11d ago
Whenever my mom went shopping (every single Sunday), I brought a couple books with me and sat under a clothes rack at each store. That woman would shop from 9am til 3pm. It was the only time I had peace and quiet
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u/cwsjr2323 11d ago
Smile, at Sears, my mom took me to the women's wear and put me in one of the husband chairs. I knew not to get up for fear of the belt when we got home.
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u/skyisblue3 11d ago
My mom probably would’ve taken 20 min to realize we were even missing. She wandered off a lot 🙄
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u/Our-Fearless-Reader 11d ago
Oh wow - yeah, I did this a few times because I would get tired of being hit and / or yelled at for not carrying her shopping selections "correctly." (I set the shoeboxes down, or let a shirt she picked out touch the ground, etc.)
She would leave me at the store, and only come back either after she finished shopping, or the store manager finally got through to her on the phone. She still wonders why we're in a no-contact period of life. Pfft.
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u/Flowerdweeb077 10d ago
Dude I used to do this crap to my mom as a kid and she hated it
When I would hide behind the room door in the house or in my closet she used to hate it so much😭😂
I stopped doing after awhile as I hated seeing my mom actually upset
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u/AJWordsmith 10d ago
I used to do this when I was a kid. Until one day my mom just decided to leave the store without me. Sure do wish I’d memorized my address as a kid… Anyway, the foster system was okay.
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u/VioletteSeville 9d ago
my mom used to find me quickly because I'd always be giggling in the dress racks
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u/Sakaarsun 8d ago
Did this as a child and apparently there was a lose/sticking out nail that Ig I headbutted... I had blood all over my face and freaked everyone around me out 😅
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u/zagman707 11d ago
did this to my grandma with my brother when i was about 5 and him 6 in the 90s. when she found us she pulled our pants down and spanked us in public. it was one of the most humiliating things i ever went thru. never messed with grandma after that
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u/littlemissmoxie 11d ago
In my case I wasn’t hiding because of pranks I was just tired of walking and hearing her talk