why bother trying to be a good Samaritan

[opps]

I believe that nobody does anything unless they want to, because it gives them pleasure.
So it's not a personal criticism.

I was on my way to the pub. I definitely didn't want anything that delayed that process.

I don't stop to help him because I wanted to feel warms and rosy.

You mistakenly deduced that in return for your involvement he owed you conversation. Effusive gratitude perhaps.

I didn't expect or want him to engage in conversation. I just wanted to provide him the bare essentials to clean his grazes and enable him to go about his business.

Apropos gratitude, yeah, a thanks would have been appreciated.

 

[carmanmemoranda]

I guessed that he was in shock, which is why I recommended that he have sugar. I concluded that him waiting a while before getting back on the bike was safer than him just scooting off whilst in shock, safer for him and other road users.

you did the right thing, but you don't know his circumstances or reasoning.

don't let it put you off offering the same help again

 

[opps]

When my MIL lacerated her arm the paramedic on the phone said not to use kitchen roll, tea towel, pillow case were ok

That surprises me. Years ago I sliced my head at a customer's house. I rang to the nearest bathroom so that I didn't bleed on the new carpet. I didn't want to use one of her towels, so I used bog paper. The nurse at the hospital gave me a stern talking to, however, she said that kitchen paper is ok because it doesn't break down when wet.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

you did the right thing, but you don't know his circumstances or reasoning.

don't let it put you off offering the same help again

Exactly! The way I look at it is - one day I might be the one needing the bit of help.

If I can offer some help, at minimum cost, then I do so. The last such occasion which comes to mind, was my then partner who brought home in the early hours of the morning, a confused old guy who was wandering the streets in pyjamas, suffering from the early stages of dementia last year.

 

[blup]

You did well to offer assistance, as for the rider not having insurance, why would he think someone walking 50 metres to a shop would be reporting him to the police, and why would anyone think the police, especially in London, would be interested in such low level crime.

Blup

 

[opps]

You did well to offer assistance, as for the rider not having insurance, why would he think someone walking 50 metres to a shop would be reporting him to the police, and why would anyone think the police, especially in London, would be interested in such low level crime.

Blup

The day before, I saw two guys on scooters park up, one went in the same store that I was going in to. I noticed that they were using screwdrivers in the ignition (to turn it off and on).

I could have rang the old bill but didn't see the point. They are not going to blue light their way to nick the guys.

I am not being critical of the police though, About 4 years ago, as I left work to head to the pub, a young guy came up to me and asked me to call him an ambulance. I asked why he needed one. He said that he had been stabbed. I asked where he had been stabbed. He showed me entry point, it was in the fatty section just above the hip. I rang 999 and asked for an ambulance, I explained that the cut was not very deep or wide, but yes it was bleeding. They said that they have to notify the police. Within 5 minutes, there were about 6 police cars. The police administered first aid and I was "interviewed" about the preceding events.

I commented that I was surprised about the number of cars for what seemed to me to be a fairly minor injury. A policeman replied that they are trying to clamp down on the number of knife crimes. Fair play to the old bill.

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

I commented that I was surprised about the number of cars for what seemed to me to be a fairly minor injury. A policeman replied that they are trying to clamp down on the number of knife crimes. Fair play to the old bill.

T'other night, in the early hours, I was woken by a disturbance a few doors away. I couldn't make that much out in the dark, just voices - a young guy, perhaps under the influence, bellowing at the top of his voice at what seemed a female in a house door and kicking a car. It continued a while, so I did a 999 to let them sort it out, before someone got hurt. There are no local police any more, but a BMW 4x4 turned up within minutes, soon followed by a second, both double manned, ten minutes latter the lock up van arrived to take him away in handcuffs, in the back of the van, still kicking and shouting.

 

[motorbiking]

Amygdala reaction, probably gave him an urge to run away From the perceived danger.

that and possible lack of proper documentation