Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Drive past or Stop to Help?

A few weeks ago going to school from my boyfriends house I was driving down Simcoe going south when all of a sudden all I could hear were horns honking so I thought to myself what on earth is going on. Realizing that I wasn't on my country roads I didn't pay much attention. Then as all the cars in front of me changed lanes I saw what all the honking was about. A nice elder gentleman's motorized scooter had stopped right in the middle of Simcoe street!!!!! With everyone zooming right past him I realized that he was in danger. I (being the only one in the car) stopped and got out of the car and went over to the gentleman and asked him if he needed any help. He replied with an out of breath response " yes" so I helped him pull his motorized scooter to the sidewalk where he fidled with it to try and get it going. Once he succeeded he thanked me and drove away. Mind you I was late for Anatomy and Physiology only the most important and most difficult class of this semester. After helping this gentleman you would not believe how a bad day could turn into a good one. My mood changed completely and all I could do was smile even through anatomy. So I'm asking you what would you have done, would you have been the one to stop, get out and help this man, or would you be one of the million people to just drive on and honk your horn?? Or have you ever had an experience like this and care to share. Thanks and happy helping:)

2 comments:

kylerawn said...

I am going to be completely honest here. Well i would be one of the people who would just drive right past him. I know its a dick move but im sure most of the people reading this would. I mean after the fact i might realize that hey I could have got out and helped the gentlemen.....but in the spur of the moment i would have just drove past.............im proud you helped him

Unknown said...

Well, I have definitely stopped to help people before. So I completely understand the rewarding feeling that you get after helping someone. It is a very noble thing to do, as you have stated a lot of people would have just driven by. However I can understand the reasons why people wouldn't help. Uncertainly, maybe its a ploy to steal you car, or hurt you. Either way, I would risk it.

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