A stranger filmed the moment he confronted a mother for leaving her child in the car while she ducked into a 7-Eleven.
The man spotted the little girl in the backseat after hearing cries coming from the car that had been left in a parking lot next to the convenience store in Western Australia.
He pulled out his phone to share his discovery with footage showing the windows had been left slightly down with no adult inside.
The toddler stopped crying after noticing the stranger outside the car.
'This boils my blood,' the caption read.
The man then walked into the convenience store to find the missing parent.
'Who has left their young little girl in their car screaming? That's pretty f***ed up. She's young,' he said.
A woman who was standing in a queue at the counter immediately walked outside and headed for the car.
A stranger filmed the moment he confronted a mother for leaving her child in the car while she ducked into a 7-Eleven
'You're a mother, grab your child out of the car,' the man said.
'She's about two years of age, bawling her eyes out. It's pathetic.'
The mother responded: 'Thank you, you're right, you're right.'
'It takes two seconds to take your child inside,' the man hit back.
The video has been viewed two million times with social media users divided over the incident.
'Omg that poor child, you're a legend,' one person wrote.
'What the hell is she saying thank you for ??? You're a good man mate,' another said.
But many parents were on the mother's side, given she had the window down and appeared to only go into the shop for a minute.
The man spotted the little girl in the backseat after hearing cries coming from the car that had been left in a parking lot next to the convenience store in Western Australia (stock image)
'If mine are sleeping and settled I'm not going to disturb them to take them out for two minutes whilst I duck into a shop,' one wrote.
'As long as my windows are down, A/C on and in eye sight, they're fine.'
'I always left my two boys in the car when I had to duck into a shop, windows down engine running, they loved it and it was easier for me,' a second said.
'Everyone parents differently.'
'Relax champ, windows open and the mother was probably gone for minutes. Kid probably cried because old mate scared her,' another said.
Some criticised the man for only filming and not doing more.
The man who filmed the incident said he was prepared to take further action if required.
'I filmed for evidence, cause if there was no parent I was breaking my way in,' he said.
'I needed proof to cover my a** so I couldn't get charged.'
