Posted by RedMF40 on March 28, 2020 at 20:03:54 from (172.58.191.73):
This is a bit long but I'll try to stick to the main points, difficult as that may be for me. Over a month ago, well before the big health scare, I was cutting through a parking lot that serves the golden arches on my way to my real destination which was a barbecue joint that has good pulled pork sandwiches and even better--in my view--fresh cut fries. But I had to get through the neighbouring parking lot, this being an odd location with a lot of car traffic. As I'm creeping along, and the smoke from the BBQ joint is now coming through my open car windows, I see a stylish woman's hat lying conspicuously on the pavement. Nice hat. Not some beat up old ski cap you see discarded here and there. This was someone's hat. It was a breezy day, ok, but even if a hat like this had blown off some woman's head, she likely would have noticed. So I look around as I'm inching forward, trying to put this hat together with someone. Well, there she was--lying on the ground! In the flower bed just in front of the fast food joint, to be exact. Struggling to get up, it was obvious she needed help. I got my truck parked quickly, ran over to her. Meanwhile, the cars from the drive-through are passing right by this scenario, hat and all, oblivious to it. How could I be the ONLY one to notice this? She's right in the flower bed, for crying out loud! People like flowers, right? Maybe look at the flowers, see someone there who could use a hand up? Oblivious, everyone. The promise of a Happy Meal was maybe just too overwhelming, nothing else really mattered to them. The traffic inching through there had in fact just come from the drive-through window, so they obviously had more important things on their mind--Bic Macs, Double cheeseburgers, large drinks and so on. Oh, and avoid that hat sitting in the way. So I got to her, saw all her stylish things, much nicer than anything I own, scattered around. Big phone with all the features, designer handbag, and a nice outfit that suggested she cared about how she was put together when she went out into the world. She grabbed my hand and with some help from me managed to get herself up. I can't say she was frail, but maybe afflicted with some condition that made her very infirm and weak. She had an Uber car ride service waiting for her. The car was in fact just there--maybe twenty steps away. I am guessing, and maybe this is a stretch, but it's likely that driver is the same one who took her shopping and dropped her off. Now time to go home, wouldn't it be a good idea to check around, see where his passenger might be? No, apparently not. The driver was just sitting there at the wheel. Anyway, this is pretty anticlimactic, but I made sure at least she got to the car, was settled in, then I turned my attention to the pulled pork and fresh-cut fries at the BBQ joint. I'm not posting this to get a pat on the back or anything, since I'm sure everyone here would have helped the woman. But now I wonder with the current situation how everyone would handle it? Call an ambulance? The police? Still go ahead and help her? I still wonder at the "tunnel vision" of the many people driving by this woman and her hat.
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