On a lovely sunny day, a few games of baseball with his father must have sounded like a lot of fun for this little fella. Yet the reality, of sorts, turned out to be far less appealing.

On a lovely sunny day, a few games of baseball with his father must have sounded like a lot of fun for this little fella. Yet the reality, of sorts, turned out to be far less appealing.

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That’s very cute. Nice photo.
Cheers!
Both of them expression are interesting!
The little boy looks bored. “(Aside)NOT again, in the Arcade. I want the real stuff!!”
The Arcade is so noisy which is not good for the little ones to go. I do go occasionally to play the UFO catcher/Claw crane but still I cannot stand the bustling surrounding in Arcade
Yeah, he didn’t look very happy at all…
I know. It wasn’t especially smoky, but like you say, it was very loud.
That seems so sad… I take my boys backpacking, or road hockey in the driveway, etc
To be fair, they may have only been in there a short while, but clearly the little lad wasn’t happy.
A big parenting fail there. Could have been worse. The kid could have been one of the countless over the years who have
died of dehydration/heat stroke locked in the car while mom played pachinko.
Yes. Very true. Thankfully not read about one of those stories for a long while.
My first reaction was “At least the parent didn’t leave the kid in the car,” just like Jeffrey did Funny thing is, the dad is playing a baseball game, the set up of the machines makes me think it is a pachislo parlor, certainly not a place for little kids.
It’s one of the card games, so my guess is it wasn’t just a quick go. But it was just a regular arcade. No gambling machines. They were on another floor. Still far from an ideal for a little kid though…