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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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So earlier while walking down the lower lisburn road I noticed an elderly looking man convulseing by an atm machine, people were just walking by perhaps occasionally looking over and sniggering into the ears of their pals.
Anyway walked over..gave he a gentle prod – he was unresponsive and did reek of drink!
Noticed a bracelet on his arm (one of those s.o.s thingies) he was diabetic and having a convulsive fit!
He mus have been there like that for over 10mins.. anyway the ambulance arrived and treated him eventually after a pal I was with called em.
Found it unsettling that so many must have walked by without checking to see if everything was ok!
My question is.. if any of you seen something like this would you be weary, p-erhaps making snigger remarks to whoever your with or go to the aid of someone in the position.
Lisburn road is a very pedestrianised road.. can't believe no one stopped! |
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20 years ago this wouldn't have happened.
in my opinion and only my opinion I think this stems from people getting charged for offenses when just trying to help, such as people stepping in to stop an assault etc then getting lifted and charged themselves.
Personally, I wont get involved with anything unless there is a real danger to life,
the situation you witnessed, unresponsive, reeking of booze, a lot of people will walk by, and it is understandible, however, you didnt, and you my man, I applaude you!
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the worlds a terrible place at times , but good on ya for going to his rescue as he could have easily slipped into a coma and died you should be proud of urself  |
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"the worlds a terrible place at times , but good on ya for going to his rescue as he could have easily slipped into a coma and died you should be proud of urself "
meant  face not lol |
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situation is key in this part with having had a job with needing the training of first aid and field training, but you can find yourself getting into alot of trouble i had a friend who once tried to help a woman and she ended up saying he had touched her boob, matbe he did in the process of helping her but something so small like that can turn into a court case |
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maybe people were worried he could have been packed with explosives.........
its an all too common thing nowadays, no matter where you are from.
comes from many urban tales of people being mugged or robbed for being good samaritans, so no one wants to do anything anymore, for others.
fair play to ya for helping th egeezer, and fingers crossed he makes a full recovery.
(did you check the atm before helping him? lol) |
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Happens too often. A few years ago myself and a pal were in dublin city centre and there was a young woman sitting spreadeagled on the footpath completely crashed out. If I had been a guy on my own I would have stepped over as most people were. But someone was going was going to take advantage if only to lift her purse.
The first four taxies refused to take her even though myself and my pal (a girl) said we would go with her. We had found her address in her bag.
Last guy did but only after I gave him a 100 deposit to cover her soiling the car. I got the 100 back when we got dropped off
Brought her to her house and luckily a housemate was there to take her.
Problem was she could have come to and started screaming or any other number of possibilities. shit just happens! |
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i myself helped someone in trouble, but looking back kinda wish i hadnt, cuz as said, could have turned very nasty.
but as it turns, young girl walking round at the dead of night, with a suitcase.
took her to the train station, then the local police station, to see if they would help her, but werent interested, so decided i would give her a lift home (around 70 miles).
could have screamed rape or anything.
i just couldnt drive past her and read in the next days paper something untoward had happened to her. |
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I know of a friend who got a call in the middle of the night from the garda station. They asked if they know this girl xxx, she's at their station and so d*unk that she needs help to get home. A taxi driver brought her there because she didn't know where she lived and didn't have any money. Turned out that she had had only 1 drink at a work do that night and completely blacked out after. She got tested and someone - probably one of her colleagues - must have slipped her some roofies. No never found out what happened to her within the 4 hours of the blackout.
Makes you wonder why she wasn't missed by any of her colleagues; what the hell happened to her of course; and how empathetic the police are towards people in obvious distress. |
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wow jim! sound like a very decent sort.
from what i can gather from the responses , people are wearier through fear of their actions being misconstrued as having an unsavory motive!
their reluctance to intervene isn't necessarily due to not being civicly orientated or unconcerned!
suppose especially when dealing with heavily intoxicated persons there's a risk of volatility which probably explains why so few were prepared to investigate the situation mentioned in the first post.
although if there is a concern and you as a bystander are weary of helping, at the very least you should log it with the appropriate authorities (police / guards ect). it's a free call! no one was doing that yesterday . if you count having surly sniggiery attitudes as being helpful!
interesting responses tho!
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"20 years ago this wouldn't have happened.
in my opinion and only my opinion I think this stems from people getting charged for offenses when just trying to help, such as people stepping in to stop an assault etc then getting lifted and charged themselves.
Personally, I wont get involved with anything unless there is a real danger to life,
the situation you witnessed, unresponsive, reeking of booze, a lot of people will walk by, and it is understandible, however, you didnt, and you my man, I applaude you!
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While walking dog cpl weeks back 10.30 at nite...saw a guy (bout mid late30s ) fall off his bike...heard sound off broken glass...got along side him and could see the blood comming from his shirt...asked if he was ok..he got very aggressive and said lot off things in polish...tried 2 throw a beer bottle at me....i walked on but knew he was badly hurt...so just went home and phoned police |
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