They are now in the running...

• Steel Valley Football

  ..for dumbest parents ever:
  
  Couple puts child in laundromat dryer.
  
  [video][/video]
• tcarrier32

  

  yup.
• dlazz

  You gotta do what you gotta do.
• xKoToVxSyNdRoMe

  

  I can't even watch that
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Seems harmless
• vball10set

  they oughta' throw both of their black asses in jail...tnb in it's truest form
• bigkahuna

  Not as dumb as the parents that let baby killing pitt bulls into their homes!
  
  /isadore'd
  
  Sorry, I had to, lol.
• Commander of Awesome

  

  This is what happens when the kid nags to go to the amusement park. Sounds like the brat had it coming.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Sometimes you have to make an example out of one kid, so the others will toe the line.
  
  Shit happens.
• gut

  You can almost see the panic set in as they realize they might lose their gubmit meal ticket.
  
  That said, I'll admit to being surprised the couple wasn't some hilljack rednecks.
  
  /sleeper'd
• gut

  THE4RINGZ;1176572 wrote:Sometimes you have to make an example out of one kid, so the others will toe the line.
  
  **** happens.

  You always have to look for the silver lining...10 to 1 they are already talking to a lawyer about suing over lack of safety shutoff or inability to interrupt the cycle.
• Fab1b

  

  Did the kid wet himself? Guess that worked LOL
• THE4RINGZ

  

  gut;1176750 wrote:You always have to look for the silver lining...10 to 1 they are already talking to a lawyer about suing over lack of safety shutoff or inability to interrupt the cycle.

  Good point, someone other than the parent's involved are responsible for this tragedy.
• gut

  THE4RINGZ;1176764 wrote:Good point, someone other than the parent's involved are responsible for this tragedy.

  Absolutely. The greedy dryer mfr needs to be accountable for skirting safety standards. But in all honesty, I've not seen a dryer where you can't just open the door and it shuts off. Bizarre to watch them unable to open the door. Probably made in China.
• dlazz

  gut;1176804 wrote:Absolutely. The greedy dryer mfr needs to be accountable for skirting safety standards. But in all honesty, I've not seen a dryer where you can't just open the door and it shuts off. Bizarre to watch them unable to open the door. Probably made in China.

  It's possible it's a washer. Those side-loader washers will lock so you cant open it up and spill water everywhere.
• Steel Valley Football

  Shame on the manufacturer for not having an "oops I put my baby in the washer/dryer" button. That was the first option we looked for on our Whirlpool so we didn't have to give the kids baths.
• tcarrier32

  

  Steel Valley Football;1177157 wrote:Shame on the manufacturer for not having an "oops I put my baby in the washer/dryer" button. That was the first option we looked for on our Whirlpool so we didn't have to give the kids baths.

  The parents are pretty damn stupid. That being said, maybe it wouldn't be such a terrible idea to have emergency stop buttons on the front of the machines. Or the mental capacity to unplug the machine. IDK, glad these aren't my parents.
• friendfromlowry

  I wonder what the conversation sounded like once they got the dryer turned off.."umm..so why exactly was he in the dryer for...??"
• friendfromlowry

  If you look through the comments, there was a guy suggesting it was the laundramat's fault. I'm not so sure about an "emergency stop" button. It's a dryer, not a treadmill.
• chicago510

  

  friendfromlowry;1177214 wrote:If you look through the comments, there was a guy suggesting it was the laundramat's fault. I'm not so sure about an "emergency stop" button. It's a dryer, not a treadmill.

  I don't get why they couldn't open the door?
  
  
  Edit--NVM it was a front loading washer. They lock once they fill with water for obvious reasons. Dumb parents.
• Mooney44Cards

  

  Ehhh, I'm kind of in the camp that there should be some sort of emergency shut off type thing, because what if it were a couple kids playing and they did something like this? Having literally no way of opening the door is a little ridiculous.
  
  That being said, I hope these people go to jail for quite a while.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  I don't see how a laundry mat company doesnt' have the "oh shit a kid's in the dryer, instant shut off mode inacted"
• gut

  DeyDurkie5;1177233 wrote:I don't see how a laundry mat company doesnt' have the "oh **** a kid's in the dryer, instant shut off mode inacted"

  If the laundromat had a frickin' daycare area this kind of shit would never happen :laugh:
• raiderbuck

  Wasn't the parents...
  
  http://shine.yahoo.com/parenting/man-put-toddler-washing-machine-not-boy-8217-211300071.html
• Fab1b

  

  ^was just reading that. Surprised though at no charges! They put that kid in danger no matter how you "spin" it!