Are you a bystander? - Page 2

Snowpuppy · ‎03-09-2010

Recently a poster said she witnessed a domestic situation in a parking lot.

The quick thinking poster immediately ran into Costco and reported it to Customer Service 🙄

sugar plum · ‎07-06-2016

@aj1980

I would call 911 of course.

What would YOU do?

KathyM23 · ‎11-20-2010

I did once when I was younger and times were different. I was driving home and was going thru a bad area of the city late at night. I saw a man assulting a woman in the street and I started blowing my horn and then jumped out of my car and started yelling.

He stopped his actions and they disappeared. Don't know what happened after that. I definitely would not do that now.

PamHeet · ‎04-13-2023

That’s a hard question to answer. In many cases, how a person thinks they would respond to a situation versus how they actually respond are two different things. You can’t know for sure until the problem confronts you in real life.

hopi · ‎03-09-2010

slow afternoon on the boards

GingerHead · ‎03-10-2010

I'd absolutely like to think that I wouldn't be just a bystander but I think most everyone likes to feel they wouldn't be but experience and history shows us that a good majority of people are.

At the very least I'd always call 911 and video tape but if I had a chance to jump in without being harmed I would for a stranger or animal and I guess if it were someone I knew and loved I'd risk myself depending....

I have stood up to a stranger dog owner who was being overly harsh to their dog and told them what I thought about it, to which they promptly got in their car and left and I'm in no way confrontational but it was needed at the time.

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