Upset and angry

[Dave Davenport]

I'm just flabbergasted (that's a good word you don't get to use much) really, I mean how could anyone, let alone dozens of people not stop?

 

[Nearly there]

well done that man

 

[Dave Davenport]

I'm honestly not looking for pats on the back for what, well at least ought to be the actions of any normal person.

 

[EltonFrog]

I'm honestly not looking for pats on the back for what, well at least ought to be the actions of any normal person.

Quite right too, and we ain't giving you any either.

 

[fossyant]

Well done. Must say having been out with MIL and FIL in scooters, and trying to get them over a road isn't easy - I had to stop traffic. And finding dropped curbs opposite each other is another difficulty. Shame on them that did not stop.

 

[cyberknight]

Well done that man - it seems that one one cares a s*** anymore

As said the world is full of gimme`s now days , or one of my favourite quotes..
"Everyone wants rights but no one wants responsibilities "

 

[soulful dog]

Good on you Dave and don't let the bastards get you down. At times it seems the world is full of them, but then someone like you comes along who is just doing the right thing, and that helps remind us all that there are some good folk around too.

 

[Night Train]

As I share the sentiments of the others and also 'doff my cap' to you I can't help thinking that it is sad, that your actions are worthy of mention, as it is a rare thing to happen.

Too many people have a 'Not my problem' or 'Not getting involved' attitude to things that happen around them.
Well done on helping the chap, without looking for a pat on the back for the effort.

 

[Fab Foodie]

I'm honestly not looking for pats on the back for what, well at least ought to be the actions of any normal person.

Sure, but you bloody deserve some so take 'em like a good citizen should

 

[MrJamie]

Sounds like the bystander effect, which knowledge of makes me stop whenever I see someone in potentially in serious trouble.

Thats what I thought, diluted responsibility and not wanting to stand out from a crowd makes people tend to leave things to someone else if there are others around.

Good job though Dave

 

[betty swollocks]

Good man!
You can come unstuck sometimes though.
Last year while on my bike, I spied a man writhing on the ground making faces. Dismounted and ran over to help him: turned out he was a workman with his arm down down a small hole.
We both had a good laugh.

 

[swee'pea99]

Sad story indeed, and I join all in doffing me cap to you. Don't get too down about it, tho'...random acts of kindness, courtesy and consideration also go on all around us every day...it's just that we have, I think, a bit of a tendency to let the bad strike us more deeply than the good. Don't know why, just seems that's the way it is.

 

[mickle]

I suspect that the behaviour of people when they're driving has got a lot to do with the nature of cars as a mode of travel. They totally isolate people from the environment they're driving through. Even the simple act of crossing the road around here can take forever because not a single one of them is prepared to slow down even for a couple of seconds. I've seen mums stranded on a middle of the road island whislt car after car trundles by. They even stop right where someone is waiting to cross, forcing them to walk all the way around the car - or worse pull right up to the bumper of the car in front. It's crazy.

But then I do remember my headmaster Circa 1975 bemoaning the fact that a man had died in a doorway in a busy London street and lain there for several hours as people stepped over him - so maybe it's nothing new. Perhaps people are just cants and always will be cants and we shouldn't have unrealistic expectations.

 

[Herbie]

I just walked into the town centre and as I came out of my residental road into a main road (Romsey Road, behind the park in Eastleigh if you're local) there was an old boy lying in the road with his legs (which were in metal braces) trapped in his mobility scooter which was on it's side. He was struggling to free himself as a succession of cars drove straight past him about a foot from his head, some of them not even bothering to slow down.
I got him out, sat him on the kerb and sorted out his scooter and spilled possessions. He'd tried to cross the road where there wasn't a drop kerb and tipped over but luckilly wasn't hurt. When I'd got him sorted out and back in his scooter I had to actually stand in the middle of the road with my arms out before anyone would stop to let him get across the road. In 10 minutes or so no one stopped in the road and put there hazards on (which I would have thought the obvious thing to do) or even looked remotely interested.
No one that knows me would say I'm the sensitive type but I'm actually feeling quite upset as well as angry about this.

Thats just the way things are these days...people just don't want to get involved...good on you for being a good guy

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Well done Dave, the normal response would be " i only did what anybody else would have done." Unfortunately this is not the case.

(Andrew_Culture - nice typo - made my day )

*bows*