Chances are that if you are reading this blog, you didn't purchase your bike at Toys R Us.
But you may have bought one for a daughter, son, grandchild, niece, nephew or other child in your life. You will not be judged--by me, anyway--if you did. After all, most such bikes are ridden into the ground, sometimes literally.
Of course, buying anything from Toys R Us is a risky proposition these days, as the chain has declared bankruptcy and is closing its stores. But I suppose there are bargains to be had, and if you can get one, the risk just might be worthwhile.
(I think I still have a membership card I received when I bought a gift--not a bike!-- for someone's kid or another. I don't know whether it would actually do me any good now!)
Well, in any event, it seems that when the ship is sinking, some crew members throw their scruples overboard. That, at least, seems to have been the case in a Temperance, Michigan store.
Hayley McClellan Rowe bought a bike for her 10-year-old daughter, Shelbie, last month. As she relates on Facebook, the bike was damaged during assembly. She returned it and purchased another bike, which was to be assembled by store employees. The receipts for the return of the first bicycle and the purchase of the second were stapled to the box in which the second bike arrived.
When she went to pick up the bike, however, employees could not locate the receipts and the bike was sold to another customer. Neither the store's management nor the company's offices helped her, even after they were contacted by The Blade of nearby Toledo, Ohio.
Among that city's police officers is a fellow named Daniel Henderson. He saw Ms. McClellan Rowe's Facebook posts and helped her--and daughter Shelbie--in a way the law couldn't.
He bought her a new bike.
Ms. McClellan Rowe said when she calls the police, she expects help "with the situation at hand." She did not, however, "expect him to purchase a bike out of his own pocket."
Neither did Toledo Police Chief George Kral. "Officer Henderson went above and beyond the call of duty for this family, for this little girl," he said.
But you may have bought one for a daughter, son, grandchild, niece, nephew or other child in your life. You will not be judged--by me, anyway--if you did. After all, most such bikes are ridden into the ground, sometimes literally.
Of course, buying anything from Toys R Us is a risky proposition these days, as the chain has declared bankruptcy and is closing its stores. But I suppose there are bargains to be had, and if you can get one, the risk just might be worthwhile.
(I think I still have a membership card I received when I bought a gift--not a bike!-- for someone's kid or another. I don't know whether it would actually do me any good now!)
Well, in any event, it seems that when the ship is sinking, some crew members throw their scruples overboard. That, at least, seems to have been the case in a Temperance, Michigan store.
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| Toledo police officer Daniel Henderson gives new bike to Haylee McClellan Rowe |
Hayley McClellan Rowe bought a bike for her 10-year-old daughter, Shelbie, last month. As she relates on Facebook, the bike was damaged during assembly. She returned it and purchased another bike, which was to be assembled by store employees. The receipts for the return of the first bicycle and the purchase of the second were stapled to the box in which the second bike arrived.
When she went to pick up the bike, however, employees could not locate the receipts and the bike was sold to another customer. Neither the store's management nor the company's offices helped her, even after they were contacted by The Blade of nearby Toledo, Ohio.
Among that city's police officers is a fellow named Daniel Henderson. He saw Ms. McClellan Rowe's Facebook posts and helped her--and daughter Shelbie--in a way the law couldn't.
He bought her a new bike.
Ms. McClellan Rowe said when she calls the police, she expects help "with the situation at hand." She did not, however, "expect him to purchase a bike out of his own pocket."
Neither did Toledo Police Chief George Kral. "Officer Henderson went above and beyond the call of duty for this family, for this little girl," he said.
