Hello Dear Reader,
If you don't like swearing then stop reading.
You've been warned!!!!
When things happen to us or right in front of us, we can often think we were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I take the opposite point of view. Some things are not choices, we just have to do what we have to do.
I thought everyone thought the same!
I was obviously wrong!
In my lunch break, I had to pop to the cashpoint and take out some money for shopping after work. As I walked, I could see a young woman repeatedly approach people around the cashpoint. As I got closer, it became increasingly apparent that the woman had a slight learning disability. I was more concerned for her than the people she was approaching. I got close enough to hear her asking people to help her. Naively, I thought that someone would as she was obviously vulnerable in some way.
No one did.
I went straight to her and asked her if I could help. She simply wanted someone to help her to take money out of the cashpoint.
She couldn't read.
She couldn't use the machine.
It took me a few seconds to help her. I used some gently questioning and got her to do it for herself.
"Which word looks like money?" I said pointing to the machine that offered, balance, transfer, cash and so on,
"Cash" she said. I told her to push that button and try and remember that word.
We then went through the options of which amount of cash she wanted. It confused and upset her as she couldn't read numbers.
She got the right amount of money.
She was young and this pressed every mummy button I own. I made a point to taking her into the post office and showing her how to go up to the customer service and getting them to help her.
Anyone could have take her money today.
This incident left me feeling so pissed off! I was angry at the people who walked by and angry at the lack of care for this woman. I was also angry that she didn't have the basic skills to function in society. Anyone could take advantage of her.
All this by 12.35!!!!
Move the clock on to twenty past three in the afternoon and I was returning from an appointment.
I turned a corner and sitting there in the middle of the pavement, with people stepping round her and almost over her was another young woman. She may have been around twenty years old.
In the words of Led Zeppelin, she was dazed and confused.(Not obviously drunk, no smell of anything dodgy)
Again, not one person went to help her!
I helped her to her feet and found out she just wanted to get to her accommodation across the road.
Had she not lived so close then I would have called for an ambulance. She didn't want that and wanted to go home.
As she walked she was vomitting and obviously really ill.
A couple came up, I assumed as she needed help.
Instead, this is what I heard.
"Leave her love, she's a scabby fucking junkie from ******"
I didn't, I just physically steadied her and helped her get home. The staff where she lived took over from there.
The worst bit, Mr and Mrs Jeremy Kyle show berated that poor woman as I helped her across the road.
" You chatty minging bitch!"
"Fucking dirty junkie"
I just hoped they were directing that at me and not that poor young woman.
They weren't there when I came out of the building.
I just hope they fuck off and when they get there, I just hope they fuck off a bit further!
Some people are just assholes!
Sadly, it can only get worse as the most vulnerable in our society stumble around the streets, just hoping that someone helps them.
I blame the cuts.
Over to you Dear Reader, feel free to say what you like about the vile people! I on the other hand have a very heavy heart tonight. I hope they are both ok.
You're in my prayers ladies xxx
Until tomorrow,
Love Froogs xxxx
Well done to you and it doesn't surprise me at all.twenty years ago when working in London a friend went into a diabetic coma in the middle of oxford street and people just stepped over her or round her,luckily a cab driver stopped and took her to hospital.In hertforshire around the mid nineties an elderly man fell and all his shopping fell over the street and I stopped my car and crossed the road to help him and still no one else helped bloody beggers belief!!Just recently a lady in a wheelchair in a supermarket called out to at least three other customers to ask if they could get a product from the top shelf acting like they hadn't heard or she was invisible before I helped.I always think to myself what goes around comes around and one day they will get their comeuppence!!
ReplyDeleteThere's things I wouldn't cross the road to intervene in. But I just get so fed up with peoples I'm alright jack bleeding attitude. . You never know what tomorrow will bring or what life will chuck at you.
ReplyDeleteThis is terrible , I was a charity shop manager for twelve years and we had so many young vulnerable people who were sent by the job center on one scheme or another , i tried to help them as much as i could even at one point even getting a collection of donated food from other volunteers so one particular young girl had some food for a week , most of them had no family life , no loving family to help them , they had there money one week from benefits and never had enough to last the two weeks , no money for heating , or food , lots of them had learning difficulties or medical conditions like epilepsy that no employer would even consider , my husband has epilepsy so i no there is a stigma attached to just this one condition that prevents them getting a job so they have no choice to be on benefits all these people want is somebody like you or me to help them not label them, most of them have problems mainly because they have had no chance in there childhood , Its been three years since i did this job and dread to think how people like this are coping now and yes i do blame the cuts , While i am voicing my opinion somebody need to expose the government in the hidden unemployed that have to sign of the dole to go on a scheme of some type reducing the unemployment figures to make the government look good , there are thousands and thousands of hidden unemployed , they are still there just on another list that only the government know about.
ReplyDeleteMy mum in law works with mentally ill adults in London. These adults keep being 'forced' back to work although my mum in law says they are clearly unable to work. They don't last back at work then have to claim benefits again but it can take several weeks to sort this out. Meanwhile, they are left with no money to live on. She says that if it wasn't for the charity feeding them a daily meal and giving them bags of groceries and leftovers to take home, she doesn't know how they would survive until their benefits come through again.
DeleteI totally agree. I could cry for so many people that these stringent cuts affect.
DeleteWell done you, I always say a little understanding is better than lots of assumption. The old saying ' there but for the grace of God' certainly rings true.
ReplyDeleteKarma is a wonderful thing.
Take care
Lynda x
Thank you for being an angel of mercy, Froogs! *love* *hugs*
ReplyDeleteI would have done exactly the same as you..and felt exactly the same way .
ReplyDeleteOh Froogs, thankfully for these two young women you were there today, a genuinely caring stranger who went out of their way to help not avoiding them like they have the plague like some people do. It shames me that people react this way, I am like yourself, I would have done the same and have done numerous times in the past when others have just walked on by. I have found things have got worse over the years to the point of not wanting to watch the news it is always full of horror. I live in village so people seem to take the time out to help for the most part, I used to live in Leeds and work there in the city but on hearing how a young pregnant woman got beat up in the centre at tea time and everybody carried on walking past and ignoring her pleas for help (she lost the child) I decided enough was enough and I couldn't live there any more.
ReplyDeleteWell done for being a good Samaritan, millions wouldn't (clearly).
ReplyDeleteI'd like to say that I would help the person in need, or at least engage with them... Not sure I'd shout obscenities down the street at them - they made it clear who was the junkie there!
I brought a homeless chap lunch last week and was given abuse for it. "Don't go helping them love, can't help themselves" or something similar. I won't give people begging money but I do offer to get them a bottle of water or something to eat. I remember asking one guy if they were something I get him and all he asked for was a bar of soap. He was on cloud nine when I gave him a pack of three!
ReplyDeleteGood on you for being one of the Kind and not one of the Ignorers.
x x
In the words of Dr Seuss, a person is a person, no matter how small. I love you even more now. This is symbolic of what our world now is, tunnel visioned, me, me, me thinking. thank god for you!,
ReplyDeleteWell done. If we start by changing ourselves, the world will change. As it did for the 2 young women today. And maybe other people who observed you helping, too.
ReplyDeletewell done you. I work with adults with a learning disability and we face this every day. The current funding cuts mean that this is likely to increase which when run alongside current ' supported or independent living' leaves many individuals vulnerable. xx
ReplyDeleteYou did the right thing, well done. Sadly, we are a society that doesn't look out for one another. It's so easy to walk by and think it's someone else's problem or think that someone else will surely help, surely I don't have to get involved? I've often felt a fool for helping a homeless person or giving them money when perhaps it would be wise not to. As for those nasty bystanders, well all you can do is pray that they have a change of heart. How nasty. xx
ReplyDeleteI am often told that I should be" more careful" because I talk to strangers or give food to "gentlemen of the road" and others who have difficult lives. We have hidden women fleeing domestic violence and trawled around friends and family to collect household items for these women to set up a new home. I suspect most people would do the same if people didn't tell them they were stupid or careless or whatever. We should all ignore these mean spirited people and do what we can with as little fuss as possible. Good for you Froogs and cuss as much as you like !
ReplyDeleteGill
You're an angel froogs and I'm sure these two young women appreciated your help more than most people would.
ReplyDeleteAs for the effing assholes, let's hope they dissappear up theirs!
It is a more intolerant society than I remember in my youth or am I turning into a grumpy woman? LOL!
I just hope the woman was well taken care of at her accommodation afterwards.
When I was in nursing, we often had people come into the A&E and sometimes even the Ambulance people didn't recognise that some of these people were not drunk but, were actually ill. Thankfully, their training is so much more intense now.
Bless you Froogs!
Sandie xxx
that's what happened to a friend of mine!! She grew allergic to garlic, and after a dinner out she decided to go to the cinema..where she collapsed during the movie and started being very ill! They threw her out in the streets calling her a junkie!!! Thank god a woman (so often it's a woman..) stopped to try and talk to her and called an ambulance.
DeleteOh Froogs I loathe this. I have known so many that have been fleeced because I have always worked with the vulnerable. It takes a little time and care and condemnation does not help. So someone is a little different but they are still human and deserve to be treated with respect. I loathe that our society does little to protect those who need help. I now carry all my father's cards etc and have his power of attorney and I protect those things like a mama lion.
ReplyDeleteGod Bless and for those out there you can still see and be too blind to work a machine or not know how and stupidly we are too dependant on them now. In Australia these machines have jacks so the visually impaired can listen throughout the transaction.
So sad...bless you for helping them!
ReplyDeleteSuch a sad story, thanks for chipping in and making a difference
ReplyDeleteThank you, Froogs. My darling daughter is developmentally disabled. This could be her in a million different ways. This is why I am so protective of her. Many folks with disabilities don't have someone who takes care of them. Bless you for helping.
ReplyDeleteThank you for being so kind to those two women. It is amazing how self righteous people can be towards legitimate/obvious folks in need of some assistance. Who in the hell needs to feel superior to a junkie?! Amazing. It is to those bad apples that I say, you better hope your sorry ass never needs help because you just may not get it.
ReplyDeleteGod blessed you today. He put these people in your path for a reason we may never know. Sadly, we are a society who does not even know our neighbors. Men are scolded for being gentlemen and children scolded for being loud, women are in competition with superficial appearances. We have raised another generation who can not interact face to face. God put these people in your path knowing you would serve them and others will witness. God blessed you today and I thank you for these young women and all the others you have and will touch.
ReplyDeleteMy fiancé is long term sick and disabled and on the now thankfully rare occasions he is admitted into hospital we are mostly visits. they talk to Him either like he is 3 yrs. old or COMPLEETLY ignore him and speak to me as though he is not there. So soften in this “conversation" I have to point/look or directly say to the person concerned that "M" is capable of understanding. Still they persist.
ReplyDeleteRecently I had a fall myself I was walking down hill and went down with a crack. The road next to me was full of traffic and I’m amazed that I didn’t fall into the road. The only person who asked me if I was ok was a woman in a car who slowed down to see if I needed anything. I will be forever appreciative of that act of kindness.
Froogs, kudos to you for doing what you did, it cost NOTHING to help even briefly all we have is a moment in time they are so fleeting.
What goes around comes around Froogs, those ignorant and verbally abusive low-lifes will reap what they've sown.
ReplyDeleteBless you for being compassionate and humane toward those two ladies, at least you've given them each a reason to believe that there are good people in this world.
Good for you, I'm only surprised someone wasn't shooting the video with their camera phone! The helpless and hopeless get beat up and someone films it, someone else laughs and the powers that be turn a blind eye! But you did the right thing, we cannot change others we can only change ourselves and set an example, some will mock but maybe one other out there will change their mind. and so you pass on the real change the world needs.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful help you were to those two people today....you have a good heart, bless you. People seem so much more disinclined to help others these days. Scared that they will somehow put themselves at risk, it is sad, and how can we fix it other than each do out own little bit. thanks for bringing this to everyones attention.
ReplyDeleteyou are a good person.
ReplyDeleteMy pet hate is no one helping mums with prams and babies onto and off buses. Happens all the time round here.
Love your lack of selfishness.
That used to really naff me off - people leaving a door to swing shut on my baby's pram as I was trying to get through the door!!!!!!!
DeleteYes, it seems too many people have the attitude "fuck you mate, I'm alright" nowadays.
ReplyDeleteMy wife is a wheelchair user and we notice wheelchairs bring out the best in some people and the worst in others.
The assholes don't understand that Karma exists and that she is a bitch. At some point in their lives they will need some sort of help and when no one steps forward they will be shocked and/or hurt and wonder where all the good people are. You, on the other hand, will always be offered help. That is just the way Karma works. God bless you for helping them.
ReplyDeleteYou showed the love of Christ. Minus the swearing :)
ReplyDeleteI would have done exactly what you did and then sat in my car and cried.
thank you, Froogs, for today and all the rest of the days too.
ReplyDeleteWell done. We all need a little help at some point in our lives. Too many people ignore the plight of people in need right in front of their noses, or simply don't care.
ReplyDeletePerhaps those bystanders will remember your kindness and help someone out some time.
Thank you xx
ReplyDeleteFroogs you are amazing and also right...most people are total morons! ....what goes around comes around so one can only hope they get what they deserve. My heart goes out to people suffering from any kind of disability and who have no one to help them or support them...it only takes a moment to show kindness and compassion and yet so many people will just walk by without a care. It amazes me...
ReplyDeleteWell done to you. I have to say reading that did bring a lump to my throat. One day it may well be those people who were berating her will need help and no-one will stop!
ReplyDeleteJulie
When we lived in the city, we came across an elderly man lying in the middle of a road. No one was helping him. Ok, he did smell of drink but he clearly needed help. People advised us not to get involved, but I couldn't live with myself if I'd ignored him. His eyes were pleading for help. My own dad was a lovely man but died from alcoholism at 47. My husband and I helped the old man to his feet and he managed to walk between us and guide us to the hostel where he lived.
ReplyDeleteMy mother in law works for a charity in London where they help mentally ill adults. Many of these adults are highly intelligent and have had professional careers in the past, but have become ill. She says that some of them do behave quite oddly (eg they can become excitable in busy places) and it's very difficult trying to arrange outings for them as a group as people tend to fear them and feel uncomfortable around them.
Well done Froogs xxxx
I find it hard to judge situations sometimes. I always want to help people, and I think if we would all just look out for eachother a little more, things would be so so different for everybody. But I am also careful. Nowadays there are many conmen about who are out to rob people or take advantage. We (here in holland) get many reports of fake help requests, where people end up robbed and beaten. So helping people: YES!~, but do be careful and keep an eye out for fischy situations, and keep yourself safe at all times.
ReplyDeleteSadly things will get very much worse, programmes like benefit street and benefit britain are just inciting hatred of the poor and disabled none of whom caused the economic collapse.
ReplyDeleteGood for you froogs there are not enough people like you in the world. I will always go out of my way to help someone if I can regardless of their personal circumstances it's just common decency. Two of my boys are autistic and have learning difficulties and the thought of them being shunned the way this poor girl was is heartbreaking. Unfortunately people are scared of things they don't understand its just pure ignorance and more awareness needs to be raised. As the mother of two special needs children I thank you for taking the time to help this young lady. Much Love Claire from frugal living xxx
ReplyDeleteClaire I can sympathise - autism is on both sides of our family. My husband has aspergers which also causes depression, my sister's son has autism, ADHD and learning difficulties and will never be able to live independently, and my brother-in-law's son has aspergers. Lack of understanding often leads to people simply assuming that in the children it's just bad behaviour or being spoilt, and in adults that it's anti-social behaviour or being rude.
DeleteBless you for your acts of kindness Froogs. I just got home - having encountered a major hold up at traffic lights - a young woman's car had broken down in the middle lane,and she was holding everybody up. She was clearly anxious about the situation. Nobody helped - but once I crossed the lights, I pulled into the garage opposite and told the guys there. They immediately went to push her car to a safer place. Why could none of the drivers in front of me have done that? or the cursing lorry drivers got down out of their cabs to help her. Well done staff at Braunstone Crossroads Motors for being Good Samaritans.
ReplyDeleteWhilst keeping yourself safe is important, sometimes we are all called to take a little risk to help others.
You did exactly the right thing, unfortunately knowing the area, I am not surprised at the reception you got, and I am catching a coach there in a few weeks and not looking forward to a) the poor souls who need help but b) and more importantly the abusive people that hang around there.
ReplyDeleteI read this quickly last night but didn't have the time to properly comment. This has really upset me. How has our society got to the point where we ignore people in distress? I understand that due to a minority of fraudsters we have become cautious and fear may stop us from helping. But to stand and hurl abuse at someone is just unforgiveable. People drink and take drugs for a reason. People have unseen medical conditions that may cause a collapse. Who are we to judge if someone is 'worthy' of our help? Help first and find out later.
ReplyDeleteThank you for ranting about this. We need to remember that without small acts of kindness life is the poorer for it
Well done, what more can I say, that may have been my daughter, granddaughter, cousin niece or just a friend, at least there is someone out there willing to help
ReplyDeleteSuch a difficult one. When I was younger I would have helped. These days I put my own safety first. So many con artists on the street, ready to hurt you, should you refuse them what they want. Fortunatley for you and the 2 ladies that you helped, you were all genuine.
ReplyDeleteSociety didn't used to be the way it is now. A lot of folks just don't want to get involved, and some are afraid of the situations you describe. Too many news stories, I suppose, about Good Samaritans getting scammed, hurt or even killed. I'm so glad you were there for those young ladies! As for the two people making very nasty comments on the street... shame on them!
ReplyDeleteYou have a good heart. I went to see my friend's son in his school play last night. It's a Special Need's school and it was a wonderfully humbling experience, When I got home I couldn't help but wonder what life had is store for the children. Hopfully they will always have good people looking out for them.
ReplyDeleteFroogs, I am 55 years old and I can definitely say that during my lifetime peoples hearts have steadily grown colder. Here in the US people are being attacked and beaten to a pulp on the streets while passersby all pull out their smartphones and record the event and post it on youtube! Our society is becoming sicker and more evil as time goes on.
ReplyDeleteI am a Registered Nurse and I once gave a patient's family member a ride home from the hospital because she did not have a ride and her boyfriend put a shotgun in my face as I pulled out of the driveway!
You did the right thing Froogs and God bless you for it!
Our world is so SAD. Some days I cannot believe the inhumanity that is growing in our species. While I have stopped and helped others whenever I can, I will also admit a bit more FEAR at the thought of doing so in today's society. Is it a ruse? Am I going to be mugged? Am I going to be hurt just for the "pleasure" of hurting me? While it will not change my actions, it is SAD that we have to question the validity of everything we see. My first reaction is to feel anger toward all of those who did not help, but then I wonder if they, too, feel the same fears that I do when interacting with total strangers. As the previous poster said, people here in the US are being beaten to a pulp for absolutely no reason, shot dead for the fun of it. While I can understand the hesitance of people who see others in need, the sickies with the phones posting it on Youtube?!?!? They deserve a level of hell all their own!
ReplyDeleteThere's a young girl who sits in the subway at our local station and is a drug abuse victim. She does ask for money as you pass by. Many ignore her but I feel as you Froogs - I'm a mum of a 24 year old daughter - and likewise this young girl is someone's daughter. I always get her a drink and something to eat when I see her. It breaks my heart that so many vulnerable people are ignored as they have no voice. Well done for helping those two young women. x
ReplyDeleteGod bless you Froogs,
ReplyDeleteI see the same and my heart so grieves many a day. Just last weekend we passed a young man needing money, we quickly were checked in the heart to help this young man out, what will it hurt for pity's sake. Hubs went to him, conversed with him a little, gave him a little money to get him going for the day, encouraged him to look to the Father above, we left the young man with a beautiful huge toothy grin I could see from yards away. I don't get people so many times, just so cold it seems....what does a little help hurt.
May we be Jesus with skin on to others as you have done. Beautiful.
I so hear your heart here.
Know exactly how you feel, i helped a mother whose son was having a fit find her other baby in a kids ball pit centre. While the staff and other parents who were sat nearer to her just completely ignored the situation! I was fuming!!
ReplyDeleteThis is horrendous and thank God you were there to be the angel for these women.
ReplyDeleteI also blame the current government's cuts and their influencing (brainwashing) of people's attitudes, it started with Thatcher ,this concern for self, self, self........
I think the only answer is for us to start to publicise widely the good acts, the random acts of kindness which do happen and that by doing so we may hopefully inspire others to share them as well. And shame the evil in our society which if unchecked will only grow. Would you allow me to share this post on my blog?
No problem, I hope your readers are not offended with my swearing xxx
DeleteI'm so glad you were there and able to help. So many go ignored these days and they are always the ones who need the most help. It takes nothing but a little time and a lot of compassion to be a good Samaritan and there are far too few of them around these days.
ReplyDeleteShame on the people who berated the girl you were helping back to her accommodation. I only hope that when they need help it will jog a memory, but somehow I doubt it.
Well done, you! Do you think the smart phone, I Pad, telly in kid's bedrooms, jump from centrally heated home to car to shopping mall society has a lot to do with attitudes and lack of compassion? People are not used to speaking to their neighbours any more, let alone strangers. Try to smile or speak to someone you don't know every day!
ReplyDeletethank you for what you did..I have sometimes found myself in the first situation you described, and have done what seemed normal to me, but people didn't seem to care at all about the person's struggle. It confuses me. I once met to a girl my age living on the street with her boyfriend, and I bought them some food at the store, few days later I met them again (they seemed very nice to me) and I gave them a coin I had in my pocket, and my sister asked me all suspicious "since when are you giving Money to beggars, I'm not even sure she was asking for it" well..I always have, I can, why should I not? I try not to give it to people that look like they have addictions, I give those food instead...I don't run around looking for them, but a human that crosses my way has the same worth than any other! I'm so happy my boyfriend recognizes peoples struggles and doesn't judge so much, the ways I hear men react sometimes in those situations breaks my heart.
ReplyDeleteIt is so heartening to hear of your kindness, but a sadly rare thing in today's society.
ReplyDeleteI have been a male to female transwoman, living full time as a woman since July 2012. The amount of abuse, looks and sneers I have had since then (and before) is shocking. I am also a carer for my disabled partner and often push a wheelchair around Taunton town and interestingly this brings even more negative attention. I often find myself in your situation because despite the fact that being in the background is best for me, I just can't do it and will help anyone that needs it.
I really hope that the negative attention you got would not put you off helping again, and I'm sure it wont.
I wouldn't have hesitated to do what you did. Thank God you did, you were at the right place at the right time and were meant to be there!
ReplyDeleteWell done Froogs! As you can see from the positive posts you haven't bothered any of us by swearing. It just shows how upset and angry you are at these ignorant people who are happy to let someone else sort it out. There are 'givers and takers' in life and you my friend, are definitely the former and thank God for that as those poor vulnerable people had to rely on the help of a passing stranger. Sadly not many people would stop to offer help these days so you are one in an ever decreasing number.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it takes just one person`s small actions to change another person`s life. Small actions don`t cost the earth and will make our society a more caring world. Well done for your small actions!
ReplyDeleteThose were noble acts FQ! Would also do the same. But one must assess how genuine was the case. This could be done through asking questions as you did! Ignoring was not the answer!
ReplyDeleteHank
Your day sounds like it was the pits. However, thank goodness you were there to assist both those girls. For everyone else : Bastards.
ReplyDeleteMy mum has vestibular ataxia. What this means is she essentially has lost her balance abilities. It began with tinnitus and progressed through Meniere's and has settled into this. For many people, if mum gets an attack, she would appear drunk, although she doesn't slur her words.
Having a stroke can look like being drunk.
It saddens me that society has become so much less caring; people can be so horrible. Just look at the governments you and I have to endure at the moment. The only winners seem to be their friends in big business. Pity the under employed, unemployed, pensioners and disabled. Thank goodness for people like you.
I hope your two vulnerables are better off today.
Well done Froogs, you did the right thing ~ twice in one day (((hugs)))
ReplyDeleteMany years back, hubby and I were walking around our town's market one busy Saturday when we saw a little girl of about 9 or 10, obviously lost and very distressed. People were simply ignoring the poor child which I found absolutely flabbergasting! I asked her if she was okay and she told me that she had lost her Dad and sister. I told her that hubby and I would stand there with her until her Dad found her, as he would soon realise that she wasn't with him. She was just so relieved and immediately calmed down. All we did was just stand with her, in full public view, until Dad came out of the shop we were more or less standing in front of. What was so hard about that, for goodness sake! It still makes me cross to think about it, even all these years later. Anything could have happened to that child, some weirdo could even have seized the opportunity to take her! People just don't want to "get involved" even if a child is in distress :-(
People are so quick to judge. Well done to you for responding in just the right way to both of these situations.
ReplyDeleteThe welfare cuts have tipped so many vulnerable people into a place where no one is paid to help them. So much for the Big Society if they get nothing but abuse when they need help.
I takes hardly any time to hep someone out of their depths, but an awful lot of willingness.
ReplyDeleteYou’re a kind soul.
Froogs I would have done exactly the same as you, bless you for caring. Those girls you helped are someones daughters, the people shouting abuse, are ignorant, shits. I believe in karma what you give out, you get back. Think of the good you did and try to forget the morons, who stood by and did nothing
ReplyDeleteTwiggy x
OH DEAR GOD, what have we all become?
ReplyDeleteWe need more like you.
ReplyDeleteAnd we need to Be like you.
Thanks for reminding us.
=)
I hope you slept well with the knowledge that you helped your fellow (wo)man. Those others probably didn't.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Susan above!
Cheers - Joolz xx
It seems most of your comments come from readers in Britain, but this is a problem the world over...
ReplyDeleteBoth these girls are someone's daughter, or sister, or aunt but most all they are human beings whether a drug addict, mentally handicapped or just unable to read.
Thank goodness for kind souls like you and I hope that there are more of such compassionate ones out there to step in when someone needs a hand...
Susan
What can I say? I came over from Cait O' Connor's blog and found a truly beautiful human being here (in the broadest sense of the word). What you did is what we need more of in this world: kindness. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
I have just read this on your blog and it makes me feel really upset. My daughter is 12 years old and autistic. I am frugal so that I can save for her future because she is the light of our lives, and I fear for the future when my husband and I are no longer here. I do not want her to live in a home where she is going to be vulnerable; we are doing our hardest to make sure she never has to, but anecdotal stuff like this makes me so angry for all those people who live in a world where they are not understood. So thank you Froogs for caring.
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