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(Message started by: jonnycab on Dec 11^th, 2006, 1:18am)

Title: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by jonnycab on Dec 11^th, 2006, 1:18am

Whilst waiting in the queue at the local Co-Op today, an old woman didn't have enough money to pay for her items.
She had a few coupons & was emptying her purse for the rest of the money.....but was a couple of quid short.

The manager was called & he suggested taking out the cat food, but she said that she had to feed her cat. Then he suggested taking out the packet of mini rolls, but she said her grandchildren would like them, as they are coming 'round tomorrow.
It broke my heart to see this happen, so I butted in (jumping the queue) & asked the manager how much she owed....£1.91.....so I paid it & told her to have a very merry Christmas....
It made me realise that some pensioners really do live on the poverty line & have to count every penny they get from their pension.
Everyone else in that queue in front of me couldn't give a d**n & were annoyed when they thought I was jumping the queue......F**k 'em ;)

A few years ago, (before mobile phones) I was driving down Stock Road in Billericay when I noticed a woman lying on her back in a bus lay-by obviously having a fit.....So I pulled up & tried to help her.
She was foaming at the mouth & obviously having an epileptic fit....

I tried to flag down any cars going past, but no joy :P

So I ran to the nearest house & knocked on the door & asked them to call an ambulance.......the guy told me to get off his property ???
Went to the house next door & they were slightly more alarmed by my sense of urgency & so called an ambulance.

I ran back to the girl having a fit with the guy from the second house & he new exactly what to do (turns out he was a lifeguard).
By the time the ambulance turned up she was off the road & sitting on the pavement.

She was epileptic & had suffered from it all her life....so chances are...left to it, she would probably have been okay.

What gets my gaul is the fact that no other cars stopped to help & the nearest house was owned by a pompous idiot who obviously was more concerned about me being on his property than saving someones life ???

Anyone else got any tales of good ?

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by cossieguy on Dec 11^th, 2006, 8:09am

You're a star Jonnycab :)
Was coming down the A1(3 lane stretch just south of York) in an LDV with 7 other RAF lads going back to base in Beds. I drew the short straw and was driving, the Rover in front of us started weaving a little and assumed he was on the phone etc. Next thing i know hes going slowly from the middle lane to the outside , however he didn't stop there and smashed into central reservation and rebounded into middle lane :o Right in front of me :-X Managed to avoid him god knows how didn't realise LDV's were quite that manoverable at 70mph. Came to a stop, and ran back up to the Rover expecting to find the worst. The couple inside were in their 70's. There was fluids everywhere and the car was several feet shorter than when it started. The old boy driving was semi conscious and his wife was fully awake, AMAZING. Me and my mates got the driver to the side and carried out first aid(Luckily were all trained to do this and one of us was advanced trained). We rang for emergency services and controlled traffic around the scene until they arrived. When ambulance arrived with the police we handed over to them. Several weeks later our C.O got a letter from the wife saying that the hubby had a minor heart attack hence the swerving. He was recovering well and she thanked us all for our help. Nice of her to let us know.
Right place at the right time ;)
Guy.

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by mr._floppy on Dec 11^th, 2006, 10:58am

Top marks guys.

Although my job is dealing with Safety Critical situations, on a personal level I'm next to usless at dealing with emergency situations.
I remember standing at a pedestrian crossing and I heard a sigh and the elderly gent next to me collapsed to the ground, luckily a young guy half my age took control, he called for an ambulance, made sure the gent was comfortable, talked to him, reassured him that help was on its way while I stood by like the proverbial spare doo-dah at a wedding :-/

People always put themselves down when they say " I did what anyone else would've done " not true, unfortunately these days a lot of people tend to turn a blind eye and would prefer not to get involved at all.

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by Spannerdemon on Dec 11^th, 2006, 2:37pm

Well Done buddy!!! All credit to you for being a Gentleman!! :D

Years ago I fell in front of my house, on sheet ice. Damaged 3 vertebrae, and suffered slipped discs.
Several people walked past and just looked at me as though I was a drunk or something!!

Fortunately somebody DID realise that I was injured and called an ambulance. Hospital for 5 weeks.

Years ago in Salcombe Devon, I spotted a man who everybody thought was waving to someone on the beach. I used to dive commercially for a living, and realised that he was, in fact drowning. Swam out and rescued him, and managed to get him back to the beach where I managed to get him breathing again.
Close call for him.

I'm very aware of old people. My Mum will be 90 in February, and it makes my blood boil when people treat the elderly like so much pooh! We ALL get old, and I try to give them any help I can, including, like you, a few quid here and there as and when I can afford to. ;)

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by taliban on Dec 11^th, 2006, 10:26pm

good to hear there are still people willing to help, unfortunately we often hear of the other type of person like the scum i read about in the summer who stole a bikers phone and wallet after he'd been knocked off his bike and was injured in the road...

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by julie_quaife on Dec 11^th, 2006, 10:55pm

gets my goat the way some people treat elderly people, will do all i can to help anyone in distress, although have been in a couple of situations with the kids in the car when i thought it best not to get out to help people but i have always called the emergency services and kept an eye out until they arrive. my proudest moment was driving down a road seeing a young girl of about five on her pushbike not near to any houses, my attention was drawn to a car opposite her which had a bloke in it looking-let me say- worked up, as i drove past him i felt really uneasy about the scene and turned back, he had started to pull up the road after her, i pulled up and went to the girl taking down his details and escorted her home, knocked on her front door and explained the situation, her grateful dad took her in and we called the police, it turned out she had escaped through the back gate to ride outside! the police had picked the bloke up. i later discovered he was a known paedo. was i pleased i had acted on that one!

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by Spannerdemon on Dec 11^th, 2006, 11:39pm

THOSE Paedophile Vermin should be exterminated!! >:(

Title: Re: Tales of chivalry & heroism
Post by jonnycab on Dec 12^th, 2006, 10:21am

Well done cossieguy for saving the old couple's lives & Spanners for saving that guys life & julie for stopping that sicko from traumatising that little girl for probably the rest of her life.

A similar case springs to mind. It was front page news in the local rag & even made the nationals & local TV news.

A couple of months back a fellow taxi driver was driving down Ongar Road in Brentwood at about 9pm.

He glanced out of the corner of his eye what looked like a young couple having an arguement, on looking for a second time he realised the guy had is arm around the womans neck & was trying to drag her into a small industrial estate.

He turned the car around & pulled into the industrial estate. The guy saw him & legged it. The woman was distraught & said the guy had just jumped out & grabbed her around the neck & said he was going to rape her :o

Within minutes there were poilce cars & a helicoptor flying around, but as far as I know, they never caught him >:(.
He was described as white, late teens/early twenties approx 5/10 to 6ft tall & wearing a dark hoodie.....a good description of half the youth in Brentwood ::)

But full marks to Andy the Brentwood cabbie for being in the right place at the right time & preventing that girl from being raped by that evil monster. :)