Who here ever got left somewhere as a kid? I was left in the St. Laurent Shopping Centre when I was

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28. I was left behind in high school

I took the SATs in a town about a half hour away. When I was done, there were no parents to pick me up and it was before everyone had cell phones. I was just left sitting on the steps of the school in a strange city for a few hours. When my parents showed up I tried to read them the riot act - but they weren't having any of it. What they'd gone through to try to pick me up had to do with bursting pipes in the house just as they were about to leave, followed by car trouble I think in both cars - it was a complete breakdown and the last thing they needed was a stressed out whiny teenager telling them they needed to try harder.