coolcat said:

instant??! bite your tongue

obsessed said:

Sadly this happens with all ages I can understand why in some cases people would react differently but personally I can not understand why in this case they did. This woman was very frail looking I would say approx 110 lbs maybe lighter she could not harm a fly

brownsugar said:

Me... maybe not coffee possibly 4 chocolate

obsessed said:

she deserved the fisheye i gave her while i was helping her mean old biddy self out, that much i know!

That is disgusting

If you see someone in trouble take action and do something.

You never know, it could be you in trouble one day

Thank goodness you knew what to do with the person. Some of the people may have been frightened because they weren't sure what to do with someone who's having a seizure. Though I can't understand why none of them didn't at least try to call for help or something.

Thank you Katt for taking the time to care for another human being!

Maybe they didn't know what was happening. When I was a lifeguard, a man at the pool started having a seizure--not in the water, he was sitting on a bench near the concession stand. Even though we were all lifeguards and trained in First Aid & CPR, at first we didn't know if he was just mentally disturbed b/c he was still sitting upright, clapping his hands and making weird noises.


Secondly, people may have been scared to do anything for fear of being sued if they responded incorrectly and injured the woman. (Good Samaritian law thing.)

Not saying it's right...just sayin'
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katt said:

I'll go along with the chocolate....

I can understand people being scared if someone is being robbed at gunpoint or something like that but this I will never understand. you are a good woman Katt

Anx said:

Bet maybe she didn't even flinch!

jone70 said:

I can understand why some would think twice Jone70.
I do not beleive the UK have a good Samaritian law, We are in the cell phone culture now, everyone seems 2 have a cellphone also phoning the emergency services here is free so those people in my opinion have no excuse.

luv4u said:

Ya know, maybe if ppl gave that more thought, they'd be more willing
to jump in and help.

I'm sorry but I lose it every time i see the title to this.


People shouldn't do that though.

Someone in their 60s is not elderly.

Tom said:

Yeah, that's the thing, trying to assist somebody if you don't have training can be scary to the point of paralyzing. But. . .how hard is it to call 911? I don't get it.

XxAxX said:

Anx said:

reminds me of a conversation that i had with my dad a while ago...he was kinda bitching about getting older, but then he started imagining what he'll be like when he gets even older. he went "i'ma be a bitch when i get old!"

and katt, you're an absolute star. why some people just stop and stare at stuff like that, i don't know...

Anx said:

When there's an estate sale conducted by a certain business in town, they let antique/furniture dealers in early to get 1st dibbs. In one of the retirement villages, the locals rioted and closed the sale down over that practice. The elderly were the only ones who had the balls to protest.

I received the phone call she is in a lot of pain and has a lot of bruises but she is doing well. They will be keeping her in hospital for a few days the paramedic told me she gave him a big hug and thanked him and told him to thank me.

I now know her name now and what ward she is in so I have decided 2 send her a big bunch of flowers 2 cheer her up. I hope she doesn’t have hayfeever....

Katt, I'm happy to hear what you did to help this elderly woman! You've got a good heart and that's special! I don't understand why more people don't get involved and help the elderly or anyone that is having a medical problem or just needs some sort of help. You get a :highfive from me! She will really appreciate the flowers as well!

I was able to help an elderly woman last year and it was also good to know that other people stopped as well as I to assist her. Here's what happened:

Last year I was driving down a main road with my mom in the car and all of a sudden we saw an elderly woman crossing a side street and she fell to the ground. She just basically collapsed and went down pretty hard. I looked at my mom and I said hold on and I pulled my car into a driveway quickly and jumped out of the car and ran over to the woman lying in the middle of the street. There were cars comming down the street towards her and I thought oh man I hope they don't run her over, maybe not paying attention. I bent down and of course I asked her if she was ok. She said I don't know what happened,and she was light headed. I had her head proped up against me and I had my arms under her shoulder so her head and face weren't hitting the street. Then several other women and a man all came over and luckly they had a cell phone, I don't have one. I told the woman that I would stay with her until the paramedics came. Also, luckily there was a fire station not far from where it happened and they came over after about 5 minutes. Then one of the women said,watch out she's bleeding. I hadn't noticed the blood,she cut her arm when she fell. The best that I could tell was that she is diabetic and didn't eat much and her blood sugar was low. The parmedics took care of her and that was the last I had heard about her. Then a few weeks later my mom comes home from work and said I have to show you something in the newspaper,it pertains to you. I was like what, I shouldn't be in the newspaper?

Our local newspaper has a "Thankful Thursday" section for the readers to give thanks. It turns out that the elderly woman that fell wrote to the newspaper and her note of thanks was printed. Here is a copy of the article and her note of thanks is printed at the end. Of course people appreciate when you help them,but I never expected to see it in the newspaper. So if you can ever help someone in an emergency, please do.

7kisses4U said:

7kisses4U thank you for sharing thank you 4 being U

With what happened today I felt disappointed and angry with the world in how people could act in that way but tonight after reading all comments again I realised it is just a minority that there are many wonderful souls and many are here on the org. Thank you everyone for allowing me 2 vent

katt said:

Awwww katt, that is so thoughtful. I'm sure she will appreciate it Wish there was more people like you around.

"So shines a good deed in a weary world."

Too many these days are either apathetic or afraid to get involved.

You are a kindhearted soul, katt. Hopefully those who were there that day and did nothing to assist that woman learned from your example of compassion.

The question is; Why didn't anyone else intervene sooner? when it was clear the woman needed help.
People are like lemmings. All it took was a few to keep walking and everyone did so. There's a group mentality that dictates "ignore circumstances". You rose above it. Every time I have jury duty, I take a look around the room and think, this is your average American??? It's a crosscut of the community. The same people who wouldn't help another. Bizarre.

obsessed said:

i'm sure i could have flipped her the bird and she would have been like, 'what good does THAT do me?'

best just to do what the little dears say. they've earned their right to be rude, and even if they haven't, nothing's gonna change them now.

Jesus... people suck.

I'm glad you were there to help her.

Anx said:

I can just picture that scenario...

Still the fact remains that you did help her...