Would a sports stadiium or arena ever page someone over the PA system?

[Flyer]

@Kobal2

For that one, I remember thinking that if a kid is too young to even know his own last name and his dad somehow let him wander off, people should probably not be trying so hard to return him to the Obviously Worst Dad in the World. He had one job !

In a lot of cases, it’s not the child wandering off, but rather the parent.

I used to work at Walmart. You would be amazed at the number of parents who lose children. I saw it time and time again–the parent is going down an aisle when the child stops to look at something that catches his attention. The parent, not paying attention, keeps on going.

[stui_magpie]

Back in the late 80’s I took the step son to the (Aussie rules) football with some mates. We were in a standing room area and all the kid could see was the but of the adult in front of him. He would have been 5 or 6. So I said if we wanted to he could walk the 10 metres straight ahead to the fence where he’d be able to see the game.

Don’t move I told him, I’ll see you at half time.

Well he went down to the fence, lasted about 10 minutes and decided he wanted to ask me for something, but couldn’t see where I was . (lots of people, all standing). So he caught the attention of a couple of cops insider the fence who, when they couldn’t see me either, took him round to the administration area, where they paged me to come and get him.

Real WTF moment when I heard my name over the PA.

And of course, I had to walk 3/4 of the way around the ground to get to the Admin area, as I couldn’t go through the members bit.

[Artemis_Tardis]

Here in Brazil it is pretty common for people to announce car owners on the PA system of shopping malls. Sane thing for lost children. On the subway they call employees and specific passangers - “Mr. John Doe, please get in contact with any employee of the subway, please!”
I think that this would also happen on stadiums here. Cars that were broken into, lost children…

[Tim_T-Bonham.net]

@Kobal2

“Little Kevin is waiting for his dad at the desk, he looks like this and that and wears this and that”.
For that one, I remember thinking that if a kid is too young to even know his own last name and his dad somehow let him wander off, people should probably not be trying so hard to return him to the Obviously Worst Dad in the World. He had one job !

You can get these careless parents to respond faster if you announce: “Little Kevin is waiting for his dad at the snack bar, happily ordering things on dad’s charge account.” Surprising how quickly they can get there after that announcement!