Or the kid can say: "If a cop comes I'm going to say you touched me. Give me a twenty and I'll go away." Again, if you think these kids spook just because a cop is mentioned, you are quite mistaken.
The fact is, anyone who ignores a crying child is an assh*le. No way around it.
Let's chalk your cluelessness on this topic up to just not knowing too much about the big city.
And so you walk away. At that point you're no worse off than if you'd never offered to call the cop.
Let's chalk your cluelessness on this topic up to just not knowing too much about the big city.
Washington, D.C. isn't big enough?