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Years ago was cycling to work in winter and on the side of the road a young woman was sat in her panties and T-shirt vest crying, this was a main road, she was
by noir_lord 10y ago
Years ago was cycling to work in winter and on the side of the road a young woman was sat in her panties and T-shirt vest crying, this was a main road, she was shivering violently, I stopped, rang for an ambulance and the police and gave her my outershell and fleece while the ambulance got there.
She'd been sat at the side of the road for at least half an hour in rush hour and one other person had phoned in but not stopped. I didn't know about the bystander effect at the time but ever since then if I see someone I distress/hurt I act straightaway on the assumption no one else has and it won't hurt if they have.
I was slightly ashamed of the people in my home town that day tbh.