Further good deeds
Dec. 6th, 2012 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soniaBiking around town Tuesday evening, I encountered two good deeds to be done. I've been telling myself to stop interfering in situations I don't understand and mostly people are handling things just fine, so it was odd to be presented with two situations where I could actually help.
As I was locking up my bike, someone right in front of me was trying to push a car down the street. I offered to help and he eagerly agreed. I left my heavy bag attached to the bike (nervously), and helped push. A third person joined us and we quickly got the car across the intersection and out of the way. Fortunately no one stole my bag while I was doing that!
Then, biking home later that night on a usually-deserted street, a thin woman without a jacket yelled, "Help! Someone help me! Call 911!" She was milling around with a couple of other people in the parking lot of a tall building. I didn't feel safe stopping, but farther up the block I realized I could stop and call 911 on my cell phone safely, so I did. The dispatcher said someone was already on the way, to my relief. Don't know what was going on there, but I hope it got better. I'm glad I don't have to live with ignoring her direct call for help.
As I was locking up my bike, someone right in front of me was trying to push a car down the street. I offered to help and he eagerly agreed. I left my heavy bag attached to the bike (nervously), and helped push. A third person joined us and we quickly got the car across the intersection and out of the way. Fortunately no one stole my bag while I was doing that!
Then, biking home later that night on a usually-deserted street, a thin woman without a jacket yelled, "Help! Someone help me! Call 911!" She was milling around with a couple of other people in the parking lot of a tall building. I didn't feel safe stopping, but farther up the block I realized I could stop and call 911 on my cell phone safely, so I did. The dispatcher said someone was already on the way, to my relief. Don't know what was going on there, but I hope it got better. I'm glad I don't have to live with ignoring her direct call for help.
