A woman has come under fire after leaving a note in her car telling passers-by that her baby was "ok" inside while she shopped at Target.
Now, most people are pretty aware of why you should never leave a child (or animal) unattended in a locked car.
Aside from the obvious dangers of fatally overheating without being able to escape, there can be other risks such as them hurting themselves while alone, or even the threat that someone could break in and harm the defenseless infant.
Despite it being a pretty serious topic, one woman decided to make light of the matter by leaving a note on her car window reading: "My baby is OK. He has his snacks and his drink!!! I'm in Target. Be back soon!!"
She added in the caption: "Please no judgement, he is safe & well."
Thankfully, it was soon revealed that the "baby" in question was actually her husband and not an infant as the camera panned across to him eating popcorn with a cup of coffee in his hand, meaning she wasn't actually leaving a child in danger while she shopped.
Despite the video being intended to be a joke, it's safe to say Bonnie Engle's post definitely did not land how she expected it to.
The video was flooded with outraged comments, condemning the influencer for making light of what can be an extremely deadly occurrence.
They wrote: "Honestly this is so tasteless.... Let's make a video mocking one of the leading causes of infant/toddler deaths. For likes," while another concurred: "I agree. It’s really in poor taste, period."
Another commented: "I hope I never get to a point to where I find this type of humor funny."
One user saw the lighter side, adding: "You should really consider leaving your baby with a baby sitter at home if you can’t manage to take him with you lol totally judging."
Others commented: "For a second I was about to get really upset... I was not expecting that" and "It's so much easier to leave them in the car."
The video has so far amassed over 500,000 likes so while not everyone found the joke funny, most appreciated that it was thankfully not a baby in the seat inside.
According to the NHTSA, over 940 children have died of heatstroke over the past 25 years after being left or becoming trapped inside a hot car.
Children are most susceptible to the effects of heatstroke as their body heats up three to five times faster than that of an adult, and all hot car deaths are preventable.
The interior of a car can heat up very quickly and heatstroke begins when the core body temperature reaches 104 degrees, and getting to 107 degrees can be fatal for a child, and rolling down the windows does little to change the temperature inside the car.
While there was no baby in the car in this instance, hot car deaths are nothing to joke about regardless.
