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FSogol

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Tue Jul 21, 2015, 01:15 PM Jul 2015

Florida mom abandons 3 kids in Waffle House to go drinking at nearby bar

From Boing Boing:

The Augusta Chronicle reports that Florida mom Rhiannon Gentry abandoned three children at a 24-hour Waffle House, so that she could go booze it up at the classily-named bar Wild Wings Cafe across the street.

Two of the children were 12, one was 11. Police were summoned to the Waffle House after other diners began complaining that they could hear children crying in the parking lot. A Waffle House waitress told cops that Ms. Gentry left her kids alone for an hour and a half, with money to order food and beverages. When the kids realized they didn’t have enough money to pay for their meal and mom was nowhere to be found, they started crying. Gentry didn't return to check on them.

The Augusta, Georgia Waffle House location where this sad story went down has great reviews, and looks like a great place to sit down and enjoy a meal with your kids. Or, you know, abandon them to go drinking.


Whole sordid tale:
http://boingboing.net/2015/07/20/florida-mom-abandons-3-kids-in.html
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Florida mom abandons 3 kids in Waffle House to go drinking at nearby bar (Original Post) FSogol Jul 2015 OP
Boy, did she screw up! LiberalEsto Jul 2015 #1
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