How far would You go with a Good Deed?

red_ice wrote:

he stole the purse and took 50 out of it to give back to her so he wouldnt feel to guilty!

Boo urns, that was what i wanted to say.

Helped an American chap that got mugged after drinking one night and has his wallet and passport taken I was on my way back from the train station and he stopped me and asked me for directions to the American Embassy, I gave him about 4.50 in change and told him which direction to go to get a bus there. He shook my hand twice and thanked me over and over, he mentioned a son he had being the same age as me, he asked my age and i told him I was 17 and he was shocked ! Just before he walked away he said "Everytime I think of Ireland, I'll remember your face" As cheesy as it sounded it felt great to hear someone say that to you.

T-Boner wrote:

Sorry but I wouldn't give a junkie a second of my time. Lower than a dying rat in the gutter IMO.

It doesnt help that some people are born or forced into the gutter and it isnt their fault mate.

Pyr0 wrote:

Helped an American chap that got mugged after drinking one night and has his wallet and passport taken I was on my way back from the train station and he stopped me and asked me for directions to the American Embassy, I gave him about 4.50 in change and told him which direction to go to get a bus there. He shook my hand twice and thanked me over and over, he mentioned a son he had being the same age as me, he asked my age and i told him I was 17 and he was shocked ! Just before he walked away he said "Everytime I think of Ireland, I'll remember your face" As cheesy as it sounded it felt great to hear someone say that to you.

Sorry about that, looks like I owe you €4.50...

"bears are no longer my friends"


i hope i get killed by a bear!!

Wacker wrote:

It's not like I prepared the needle for him or anything. I'm not even sure it was heroin that he was on; I'm no expert on drug culture. But that is beside the point. When your fellow man is lying on the ground and in a bad state, you set aside your opinions and you help him. To do otherwise is inexcusable.

Imagine this scenario: a guy (henceforth to be called Mr. A) who does not drink encounters a bloke on the side of the road who is passed out drunk (Mr. . Mr B is unable to move, and has vomited all over the place, and lying with his face in it. There is an entirely decent possibility that he is about to drown on it. Could the fact that Mr A is against drinking possibly excuse him if he were not to assist Mr B? I certainly don't think so.

I don’t know if you were ever in a situation like mine, but if you weren’t, I’d imagine you would have done the same as me anyway. If you would not have done so, please spare me your opinions; they are of no use to me as I won't have my actions judged by someone that superior..

Em, yeah. Drinking is a socially accepted idea and not everyone that drinks will knife you. Where as someone in a such a state on the ground will likely rob your ass if they come around.

maple wrote:

Only about 8pm in the evening and everyone just walked past including a bunch of lads? I'm female and I still stepped in.

Because you female you can get away with it and it is self defense. A fella steps in no matter the situation, then it is always the fella fault and he gets done in court for assault and battery. It was done to a fella in my home town in similar situation.

If these women are vicious enough to beat anyone at random or in this case, an easy target, they are capable of getting you convicted in Court, because no one else wants to get involved. It is best to take a photo and pass it on anonymously to the Gardai, with as much details as possible, who, where and when.

I learnt along time ago, to never gets in between or stop b**** from fighting. They are absolutely vicious temper. Hit, push or anything physical to women/girls and you will be known as a female abuser and get continously done for it.
They (Vicious) Women are far worst than any male thugs beating the pulp from you. That is why you will never see many males (Even the toughest) stepping in, when women are fighting.

I love how people think they have to do something physical for someone or else they're not helping. For petes sake, there are so many people out there for whom a smile, just the acknowledgement that they exist, makes a huge difference.

People walk around with dead faces unless they're with friends. You smile at a stranger, and the majority of them will think you're a complete freak! Yet I'll never forget a particular Saturday in Dublin city centre. I'd been working on Talbot St. in the morning, and we finished around 1.30/2 pm. I headed over to Henry St. for some retail therapy. Walking at the base of Bertie's pr!ck I slipped on the metal rings around the base and landed on my arse, mortified. Every time I tried to get up, I slipped again, until I was puce with embarrassment. Finally, two passing Italian students helped me up and I was never more grateful in my life. Plenty of people had just blindly wandered past me, and I was livid, as I obviously needed help and nobody wanted to give it until those teenagers passed by.

I thanked them, and headed off to Boots. I was absolutely fuming and felt like a complete tit. Boots on Henry St. is tiny, and there's very little room for people to pass eachother out on the aisles. As I was heading down one of the aisles, a few other people were coming up in the opposite direction, so I stood in the corner to let them pass. I automatically smiled at them, despite feeling slightly homocidal. They completely ignored me, didn't even smile back or mumble a thanks (manners?) and I got a wee bit thicker. I headed off to get what I was looking for. A short while later, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I was pretty much in the mood to bite the head off anyone who looked at me crooked, but I was really surprised when I turned around to see the old guy who had been one of the people I'd let pass by me a few minutes earlier there. He'd come back to thank me for smiling at him. He said it'd been over a year since anyone had smiled at him and he wondered if people even saw him anymore. Now maybe I'm a bit backwards, I don't always understand the urban way of dealing with things, but I still think that for something like that to happen is disgraceful. He felt so alone that he actually thanked me for smiling at him. I was gobsmacked, hadn't a clue what to say to him. I still wouldn't know what to say if the situation arose again.

So even if you're not willing to help someone up if they fall or do CPR on a dying person, a smile makes a difference. It costs nothing, it doesn't even take up any extra time, but it sure as hell makes a difference. Regardless of who or what anyone is, they still deserve acknowledgement as a human being.

The smiling thing doesn't work so great if you're a guy!

The best I can offer is once walking into college an old couple were having trouble changing a tire so I offered to help. I also learned that the nuts on car tires can be very very tight and that whole keeping your back straight isn't a myth.

bronte wrote:

Have to say I agree with blush..It really makes such a huge difference if you smile.

Bloody Barney generation, if I ever see another false smile it'll be too soon.