Originally posted by BlueWhirl
What's the scariest thing that has ever happened to you?
Grandma lost us at Disney World. She was supposed to meet us at the end of a line (we had Fast Track tickets that someone gave us). When we got off the ride, she was nowhere to be seen. My sister and I searched everywhere. When we definitely couldn't find her, we then called my parents. We then re-dialed, as they didn't pick up, and then repeated this upwards of a dozen times. Eventually we went up to a park employee and said "We lost our grandma..." and then both of us promptly burst into tears.
Our dad finally got one of our tearful messages (one was enough for him to come get us; he didn't need the other half-dozen or so). He told us to stay exactly where we were. At that point, we were in some area specifically made for lost kids (food, tv, games, coloring books, etc). Then grandma came and found us and tried to take us: "Alright, let's go back to the hotel now." "No. Daddy told us to stay. Right. Here."
Then, all hell broke loose back at the hotel, where my mom had her protective maternal instincts set to "MAX" (her babies were scared and helpless and etc). I remember her being pissed as hell at grandma, but I don't remember her yelling at her (as mom claims). Maybe I repressed it or something. I dunno.
So, yeah. Disney World isn't that fun when you've lost your adult. In fact, it's quite scary.
Also, more recently, I had to send in my final paper via email to my philosophy professor. I had pulled an all-nighter, and so wasn't in the most reliable state. A couple of day later, I was going through my email and found the message in the drafts folder; it was entirely possible that I thought I sent it, but didn't actually do that. Cue absolute fear and terror (don't worry, he had gotten it. My email was just messing with me

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