DONT TALK TO STRANGERS

Man, I would have done the same thing. As long as you apologized and she wasn't a bitch about it, it's all probably okay.

What parent would leave his or her mentally challenged child alone in a car, and also speak to that child like a dog? OP was definitely not acting out of line by assuming it was a dog.

I agree with numbers one & ten.

That lady seems pretty rude..... I work at Quiktrip...THERES NO C...in Quiktrip. And there are plenty of idiotic people that leave their kids in their car.

that bitch treats her son like a dog? she should burn in hell.

#12 am i a bad person for laughing at that?

My response would of been "Oh, I see where he gets it from"

I don't know what a Quiktrip is, but I'm guessing it's something like a 7-11? My mother used to let me sit in the car all the time when she would run in for like 2 minutes. The only problem is that she probably should not have left a mentally challenged child in the car. However, those of you who are bashing her for saying "stay" are ridiculous. I would assume that most (albeit, not all) of you probably have no clue how to deal with mentally challenged children. My little brother has Down Syndrome and sometimes short, stern, phrases are the best way to get your point across in a timely manner. It's not treating them like a dog or treating them badly, it's recognizing that they do not think in the same way that we do.

You have the right to your opinion. But I think most people are taking this woman's/mother's attitude out of context. I highly doubt she puts her child on the same level as a dog.