Happy Sunday friends of WeekendExperiences
This weekend's topics seemed quite interesting to me, it was hard to decide on one, but the one I chose caught my attention, so here is my participation π
Would you assist someone being assaulted in the street or look the other way and walk past? Explain.
Wow, this topic is quite complex, these are situations in which we don't know how we can react and just thinking about it I know that it is not easy to risk your life to try to save someone else's, but it is not easy either to carry the feeling of guilt or frustration knowing that you did nothing to help this person who is going through that bad time, reading this option in the weekend topics I remembered an anecdote that happened to me many years ago, I'll tell you:
For many years, I worked in the public transportation sector as a taxi driver, and in that job, there's a high risk of being assaulted or witnessing assaults on the street. I always tried to be brave and not show fear in the face of the many things we face on the street. This job isn't just about driving and transporting people; it also involves dealing with drunks, people who don't want to pay, rude people, and more. So, you have to be quite brave.
One of the most unpleasant experiences I had was seeing two men assault a young man. I was in my vehicle with two passengers. It was late and dark, but with my headlights, we could see two men approaching a young man who was standing on the corner waiting for a ride. At that moment, I wanted to be brave and started to accelerate. My thought was to run them over, but it was so fast that one of the passengers tapped me on the shoulder and told me not to do it. He was carrying a gun. In a matter of seconds, I had to think quickly and desist from my intention. The only thing I could do was honk my horn very loudly and walk past, observing this unpleasant scene. One of the people with me yelled at them: "Leave him alone," and there was nothing else we could do. π
It was a very tense moment. I felt very frustrated. I just wanted to do something for that boy who was being assaulted. On the way, we kept an eye out for any police officers, but in my neighborhood, at night, this was almost impossible. The police seem to be afraid to go out at night. π€, the corner where the boy was being robbed was always quite dangerous and the only thing left for me to do was to alert all my acquaintances, I always told them what I saw and warned them not to wait on public transport there.
When faced with a situation like this, we may not know how to react. Personally, I don't tolerate injustice, and I feel so much hatred toward those who steal. I've always wondered why they choose that path? Why don't they find another way to make a living? Or is it that they find it funny to see fear in another person, or maybe they get some pleasure from hurting or killing someone?
I'm very impulsive, and maybe I don't think carefully about how to react at the moment, but whenever it's in my hands, I know I would look for a way to help the person being robbed. I've also experienced that tense moment of having a gun pointed at you and your belongings demanded, but in moments like these, the best thing is not to resist and try to reach an agreement with the aggressor. Maybe we can somehow get our material possessions back, but not our lives!
The photos shared here are my own property taken with my iPhone 11 phone, for English translation use Google Translate