Silas is a member.

As for the argument, everyone here has a different frame of reference, and no allowance is being given for that.

Leaving a kid in a car in front of the Post Office on a busy city street, while you take an elevator get a stamp up on the next floor up

is different than

Leaving a kid in a car in the parking lot in a small town, while you go inside, through the glass foyer, past the window-lined wall to buy a stamp at the counter.