The first scenerio was of a blonde, mid-aged women, dressed in a business suit with a jacket over. When the lady fell it took an average of 6 seconds for someone to stop and see if she was ok. The subjects were asked to lay still and not respond, this also was a test to see if people would call for help, which in all the cases, 911 was called. I was still suprised that more people didn't stop. It appeared to me that if someone was already helping her, the traffic continued to flow around her, acting as no one even saw what was going on.
The next scenerio was of a man- a homeless man. I could not believe what I saw, it took an average of 3 minutes for someone to stop and help this gentelman. People continued to walk past him, of course, they would look at him, but not even stop!!!! I was so mad at these people, even thought he's homeless, he could be laying there dying!!!! No one cared! Ok, so I was steamed at this point, but the next scenerio is even worse!!!!
Now, they put the homeless man on the sidewalk with a beer can in his hand. It took over 19 minutes before someone even stopped to help him. And get this! It was another homeless lady, she stood there and asked over 26 people to call him an ambulance. People must have assumed that he was passed out because he drank to much. Un-believeable! That's all I can say.
Put yourself in the shoes of these people, would you want someone to stop and help you? I mean, these actors/actresses pretended to be unconcious and still, some people did not care. I must say to the people that pass by and don't care: SHAME ON YOU! Just remember, put yourself in their shoes! It's our duty as a humans to protect and help others!
So much for wineding down- I was all pumped up from the show!
I think it's human nature not to get involved in things that don't pertain to you... just like driving on the highway and seeing someone with the emergency lights flashing on the shoulder and not stopping to help them... it's more of an inconvenience and getting involved in something that may become "messy" later on.
ReplyDeleteI saw this show too, and I felt the same about the "homeless" man scenario – outrage. It was incredible though to see that woman, Linda Hamilton, disabled,under-housed [and not an actor] ask all of those people to help. She stayed with and comforted the actor. But even while she was ignored by 26 people she didn't lose her composure. Smart she was to realize the removal of the beer can would increase his chances of receiving help. A sad commentary on current North American society. And human nature is often to mind others' business. Look no further than your local newsstand to prove that.
ReplyDeleteI hope someone from ABC was able to help that woman for being so kind-hearted.
I've seen this show a few times. It's very intriguing. I agree with Eileen though. I'm not the type to get involved albeit I'm very grateful for other people who do. Kudos to them!
ReplyDeleteMy dad watches that show ALL the time. And sometimes, it honestly disturbs me. I mean, there are certain situations when I probably wouldn't have stepped in either, but most of them I can honestly say that I would. My mom has always told me to stay away from strangers, but really, I could never just leave someone without help who was frantically asking for it like that. I may have been raised to not be very trusting, but it doesn't mean that I'm not. This actually reminds me of a time a few months ago. I was driving away from work when I saw a lady waving her hands frantically in her car which was stopped in the middle of the road. The man behind her quickly passed her, but I pulled over, got out, and went to her rolled down window to see what the problem was. So she was absolutely panicked and bawling her eyes out and when I asked what happened, she told me she was trying to get to Milwaukee because her grandma was dying in the hospital but she just ran out of gas in the middle of the road. I saw her tank was absolutely empty, and she didn't have any money for gas, so I gave her $20 and luckily was we right by a gas station and got her car to idle over to it. She thanked me and actually got out and gave me a giant hug and I just told her she was welcome and wished luck for her grandma, who I found out her name was Rose. I got back home and told my dad about it and he was certain the lady conned me. And you know, it's a possibility. But the human side of me says that it was good of me to at least care enough to help someone, whether they took advantage of it or not. Needless to say, that was kinda my good deed of the day, haha! And I'd do it all over again.
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