As any parent with a toddler knows, you can never turn your back on them — even for a moment. Hartford Clark proved this to be true when she saw her father, Beau Clark, suffering on the phone with the DMV, and opted to put him out of his misery. On April 4, the 42-year-old took to Twitter to explain what went down. “Just a reminder to parents. Never leave your phone on the coffee [table] for a SECOND! Especially while being on hold with the DMV for 40 mins. Your toddler can see that red hang-up button from a mile away,” Clark tweeted.
Many parents took to the comment section to sympathize with the casting director’s situation. “Just a little advice, as they get older they start answering every phone call you try to ignore,” one person tweeted in response. Meanwhile, another Twitter user shared the exact moment she learned not to leave her young one unattended near the coffee table. “I learned a very expensive lesson from a glass of water, a MacBook Air and a toddler,” she wrote. Though Clark must’ve mourned those forty minutes he’ll never get back, at least he was able to take to Twitter to laugh away the pain.
