Would you stop to help someone?

Balddog said:
What did you do to help the biker? Id be scared to do anything lest i hurt him even more..

I think that also plays into these situations..Most people are not medically trained...not even to a basic level..Someone having a fit, how do you deal with that? Most people dont know and because of that, they are scared to do anything..
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He was OK and all he needed was the bike pulling off him.
I offered to put some broken bits in my car but he declined.
The point is I helped.

A few years ago there was a real bad accident very near the same place and four people were in an upturned car. There must have been at least 30 people standing round doing nothing. I jumped straight out of my car and took charge. Nobody had called the services so imade somebody do that. I quickly diagnosed with my 'Casualty Soap Opera' training that 3 of them were 'OK' because they were screaming and shouting but my main concern was a lad who was unconcious so I knelt down talking to him until the services came.
I have no training but I did something.

The worst was a biker back in the late 70's and I saw him go head on just outside OCUK. I stayed with him and I knew that I mustn't take his helmet off. I talked to him until the ambulance came and later that day a mate rang to tell me that Dave Rand had died on his brand new motorbike and leathers he'd just picked up :eek:

A couple of years ago a little lad slipped by the pool in tenerife and fell straight on the back of his head. Not one person intervened until I got from the other side of the pool. Again his basically calming him until proper help arrived.

two years ago I saw a pedestrian walk out into the road in London and she went straight over the bonnet and onto the roof and then onto the floor. It was Oxford Street on a saturday afternoon and everybody walked by. The driver took no notice and was more bovvered about the dents on his car. Again I ran from about 50 yards to calm her down until proper help arrived.

There are loads more and I've only been trained by Casualty and Holby.
 
[TW]Fox said:
Something doesn't stop being digusting behaviour simply becuase you are a drunk. If you scraped somebodies car as you staggered home would that suddenly not be disgusting behaviour becuase you were hammered? :)
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Thats not my point. I can see what you mean by the facts of a deed being no different sobar or drunk.

My point is that if you can empathise with a situation, it's easier to be sympathetic. And when you're a little bit more sympathetic it's not quite so disgusting anymore.

Burnsy
 
If someone collapsed - Then I would probably help.

...But if I saw a drunk person collapse, then I might not bother... unless they were in danger... i.e lying in the middle of the road or something.
 
Ulfhedjinn said:
Should've just sent it with swearing, might've actually made an impression on the woodheads at head offices
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IMO swearing at people via letter, telephone or whatever doesn't get you anywhere, they are more likely just to file it in the bin tbh, so I didn't send it. No doubt the manager will tell the tale of how he helped a man having a fit in his branch at the staff christmas party.

I don't know I always take the view that its all swings and roundabouts. I'll help people out and I'd hope people would help me out if needed.

It doesn't have to involve saving someones life, the other day someone rear ended another car near my house obviously she was not driving to the conditions (it was pouring with rain) and she didn't stop in time. It was about 11PM, I parked my car up, asked her if she was ok. (she was standing in the rain, car smashed in the middle of the road and no sign of the other vehicle) offered her my umbrella which was in the car and asked if there was anyone she wanted me to call.

Nothing life saving just general human kindness.
 
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Good job op, it's unbelievable that people just ignore such things.

Let's say she WAS drunk (since we don't know she was) imagine if some sick pervert comes along and "helps" her in his own way, raping / attacking her. It could ruin the rest of her life simply for drinking a little too much.

Young people overdrink all the time, it's partly showing off but partly finding your own limit and reaction to drink. One simple drunken mistake is most definately not worth having your life ruined over and simply by taking 30 seconds of your time you may have prevented this so sleep happy with your actions mate, you should be proud.

On one last note, many dunken people fall over, hit their head and die every year. Many of us have been there and in that situation I'm sure we'd all appreciate the help, even if we didn't know we were getting it at the time. Shame on her friends if she was out with them.
 
Did the same thing in the past myself - was with some mates in town and found a young woman in a right drunken state sitting on the steps outside the bowling alley. Had been abandoned by her friends and didn't have any money to get home (not that a taxi would have taken here) and didn't have a mobile or her house keys.

Mad thing was, around this time there were sex attacks happening in the area and I was really quite concerned for her safety.

I ended up taking her back to my mum and dads, putting her up in the spare room and then taking her home the next day.

She felt a little awkward in the morning - I mean I was a total stranger and all, but better she was safe I thought.

What sort of friends just abandon a woman alone and vulnerable at night in an area where there is a suspected rapist doing the rounds?

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dmpoole said:
He was OK and all he needed was the bike pulling off him.
I offered to put some broken bits in my car but he declined.
The point is I helped.

A few years ago there was a real bad accident very near the same place and four people were in an upturned car. There must have been at least 30 people standing round doing nothing. I jumped straight out of my car and took charge. Nobody had called the services so imade somebody do that. I quickly diagnosed with my 'Casualty Soap Opera' training that 3 of them were 'OK' because they were screaming and shouting but my main concern was a lad who was unconcious so I knelt down talking to him until the services came.
I have no training but I did something.

The worst was a biker back in the late 70's and I saw him go head on just outside OCUK. I stayed with him and I knew that I mustn't take his helmet off. I talked to him until the ambulance came and later that day a mate rang to tell me that Dave Rand had died on his brand new motorbike and leathers he'd just picked up :eek:

A couple of years ago a little lad slipped by the pool in tenerife and fell straight on the back of his head. Not one person intervened until I got from the other side of the pool. Again his basically calming him until proper help arrived.

two years ago I saw a pedestrian walk out into the road in London and she went straight over the bonnet and onto the roof and then onto the floor. It was Oxford Street on a saturday afternoon and everybody walked by. The driver took no notice and was more bovvered about the dents on his car. Again I ran from about 50 yards to calm her down until proper help arrived.

There are loads more and I've only been trained by Casualty and Holby.
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Keep up the good work :)

*adds to 'one of the good guys' list.
 
I once came across a drunk chap lying in the middle of a dual carridgeway with a hole in his head. I made him getup and helped him a few miles back to his halls of residence. Left him in the care of a Security guard. I don't think I could have lived with myself if he had been run over.
 
There is no doubt in my mind that in hindsight, the young lady I mentioned earlier was behaving inappropriately. Sadly, whether I or we, think it’s right or wrong, it’s all part of growing up (for some people that is). I’ve done it, all my friends have done it, my kids will do it . I’ll discourage it but they won’t listen. When it does happen I’ll be there for them. I certainly won’t be walking over them in the hall way.

Which brings me to the poke I had with the guy on the train. He might have well been right but he made his comment only when he knew it was drink related and he only knew this when I went and found out. He made no effort to find out the situation except to sit there putting the world to rights. However, my original point still stands, that most of us, at some point have had bad experiences with drink. I made a quick snap decision to make sure she wasn’t fitting. I actually thought she passed out from heat or something which is quite common the trains. When I left her, I did have a small giggle to myself because I remember doing it when I was about 18 (couple of years ago ;) )

But the drink isn’t the issues here. Let’s not forget, that the point here is that people failed to help another person is distress, regardless of the reason whether knowing or unknowingly. I might be wrong here but is this not illegal in some countries?
 
I think there was something in america recently where a women got knived, people stepped over her and one even took pictures on their phone.

What the **** is wrong with people?
 
lol fox the socialite :D Good on you for helping. I was at the train station a few weeks ago dropping my fiancee off when i seen some guy skid off his moped. Instantly, 5 - 10 people were around him holding umbrella's etc for him so everyone is not like you witnessed today I suppose :)
 
My ex GF had an unknwown medical issue that used to cause her to pass out randomly for short periods of time, usually 2 or 3 mins. One of these episodes happened whilst she was walking home from a shopping trip at 3pm ish alone. Whilst she was passed out somone stole her newly purchased prom dress, nobody stopped to help her or stopped the theft. It was on a fairly busy street in Derby City Centre.
 
The other week in the centre of Leeds I saw a bloke in a wheelchair in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD frantically trying to get over to the other side to stop being ran over by all the cars that sped by him!

I couldn't believe everyone who just ignored him.

I got him safely to the other side, before him giving me an absolute b********g as he was a hospital patient out to get some fags... I'd taken him to the wrong side of the road - the newsagents was on the other side!

So much for helping people, eh.
 
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