What would you do?

[charlotte49er]

No, WWJD, thought it could be.

I'm coming out of the Target out on Albemarle Road, near my new Casa.

I transfer into my driver's seat from my wheelchair, Do the usuall stuff. Seatbalt, take the parking brake off, etc.

Before I pull out, the young girl (20ish) walks in front of my van talking on her cell phone. She's crying her eyes out! There's an empty space between my van and the car next to me. She sit down on the parking lot still talking on the phone and crying.

At this point, what do you do? I can put the van in gear and drive away. Leaving her sitting on the ground, bak against the passenger side door and crying her eyes out.

Or do I offer her some sort of comfort. If I do offer her some comfort, is going to think, I'm some sort of letcherous old man? (okay, so I am. You can get away with a lot when you're in a wheelchar. LOL)

As she sits there talking, and crying, I observe the people walking past her. They look at her, a few shake their heads, one woman comments somthing to her husband, but yet keep on walking.

In the mean time, I'll I can hear in my mind is Shinedown's "Second Chance."

Tell my mother,

Tell my father

I've done the best I can

To make them realise

This is my life

I hope they understand

I'm not angry, I'm just saying...

Sometimes goodbye

Is a second chance

It's this damned "White Knight Syndrome" that I have. It makes me want to come to the rescue of a woman in need. Especially one that is crying.

So she ends the conversation on the phone, and sits there trying to wipe the tears away.

So, I rolled the window down, turned the engine off. I asked her if there was anything I could do for her. She said no. I told her that I have VERY broad shoulders and a sympathetic ear if she needed someone to talk to. I told her that I would come out and sit beside her and she could tell me what's wrong. She assured me that she was OK. I told her to take care of herself. She thanked me, and I drove home.

I didn't listen to her conversation, so I don't know why she was crying. To be successful in sales or Real Estate, you have to learn how to "read" people. It's almost like watching "Criminal Minds" when they profile a person. You want to watch their body language, their facial expressions, How they react to what you are saying.

When I was working for Dell Computer at Carolina Place Mall. There were a couple of us working the kiosk. we watched as a older and probably married man, was breaking things off with a much younger woman/girl who worked in one of the stores. He did this out in the mall itself. (He probably figured that if he did it there, she wouldn't make a big scene.) Was he wrong! She was not going "Gently into that good night!"

Tonight got to me. All those people walking by and not one person came over to her and asked if they could help.

I should know better than to ask a serious question, but here goes.

So what would you do?

[jasonluckydog]

She probably was bat poo crazy and talking on a phone that had no service just waiting for that one sucker to ask if she needed anything and then jam a hiv infected needle in their eyeball and steal their wallet.

That's what I would have thought and drove away quickly.

[Mr. Scot]

I'd have asked if I could help.

[Purity-Control]

Pointed laughed and drove away.

[88 Bronco]

Demanded a sammich

[Jackofalltrades]

Referred her to Saltman.

[Jangler]

Suggest open mic night.

[Matt Foley]

I would have said "Can I see your boobs before you kill yourself? Dead women's boobs creep me out."

[Doyle]

I would have asked her to help me load a couch into the back of my van.

[Darth Biscuit]

Depends, was she hot?

[Johnny Rockets]

Before I pull out, the young girl (20ish) ?

Congrats!

[Darth Urious]

I would have rolled the window down and said "boo fuggin hoo, bitch!" and sped off...

[Johnny Rockets]

I usually mind my own business in situations like this but that is just my nature. Then I would have driven off and thought about if I should have said something or not.

If she were my daughter I would happy that someone would have asked if she was allright. Then again if she were my daughter and told me the story about some stranger in a van offering his VERY broad shoulders shoulders for support, good intentions or not...I probably would not be happy.

[Hawk]

everyone in the world is too busy to take a minute to help their fellow man!!!

I would have at least waited to offer assistance, what does that take, perhaps 5 seconds? If she doesn't choose to accept, then you don't have any argument to insist and you need to leave it at that.

I truly wish though that people would start to care a little more about each other!

original answer was going to be.....for a klondike bar