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Would you help an 83 year old woman in obvious distress ?

Covered End
Covered End Posts: 52,287
edited August 2016 in Not Sports Related
Unbelievable that no one helped this lady. What is wrong with people ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3746955/Dozens-walk-past-grandmother-83-lies-agony-street-pleading-help-falling.html

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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 96,206
    It really is disgusting that no one stopped to help her.

    Yet at the same time (and this isnt to excuse the people who ignored her)... There are so many articles on the internet these days which test people's kindness (or how horrible they are) yet are truly just social experiments to trick others.

    Its a separate subject yet at the same time I believe they need to stop because soon people wont help anyone because they wont be able to tell the difference
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,220
    In my experience, that would never, ever happen. In fact, there's usually too many people trying to help in such a situation. Whether it's on Clapham Junction platforms or Crawley town centre, any time I've seen someone in trouble there's always people to help.

    I literally don't believe the details of this story.
  • moutuakilla
    moutuakilla Posts: 7,610
    JiMMy 85 said:

    In my experience, that would never, ever happen. In fact, there's usually too many people trying to help in such a situation. Whether it's on Clapham Junction platforms or Crawley town centre, any time I've seen someone in trouble there's always people to help.

    I literally don't believe the details of this story.

    How can you call into question the integrity of a Daily Mail article?
  • Elthamaddick
    Elthamaddick Posts: 15,967
    I'm with @JiMMy 85, simply don't believe any of that
  • charltonkeston
    charltonkeston Posts: 7,405
    last summer I helped an old fella who fell over in Sainsburys car park at Locksbottom. I got the first aider from the store, who called an ambulance, then we all waited.
    The ambulance pulled into the car park, drove through it and off again. Apparently something more urgent came up.
    In the end the man, with blood on his face, decided he'd sat around on the floor long enough, asked me to help him into his car, which I did.
    I did point out to him that might not be the smartest move but that's what he wanted.
  • PragueAddick
    PragueAddick Posts: 22,278
    charltonkeston said:

    last summer I helped an old fella who fell over in Sainsburys car park at Locksbottom. I got the first aider from the store, who called an ambulance, then we all waited.
    The ambulance pulled into the car park, drove through it and off again. Apparently something more urgent came up.
    In the end the man, with blood on his face, decided he'd sat around on the floor long enough, asked me to help him into his car, which I did.
    I did point out to him that might not be the smartest move but that's what he wanted.

    Good grief. That shocks me almost as much as the original OP. Clearly I have been away too long.

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