what has happened to todays’ society??!!!
i was nearly reaching home when i saw the fallen motorcyclist. I never liked motorcyclist who sped on the roads like they owned it, and yes i do curse at those who almost got me into accidents. anyway getting back to the story. i was driving down the main road heading towards my house, when i saw a person in red sprawled on the street. his motorcycle looked battered from the fall. i recognised the red shirt he was wearing in an instant, he was a McDelivery rider. he got up, and looked shocked from the fall, limping whilst picking up his belongings on the street.
so many cars were turning out of the intersection. there was a dark coloured cefiro, and a champagne coloured lexus. each of them turned out, STOPPED and STARRED for a moment and proceeded to drive off. I pushed on the throttle a little harder and made a U-ey. Parked my car and got down. Thankfully, another malay chap in a satria pulled up just as i was parking my car, and helped him out. The kind hearted malay chap then picked up the motorcycle and pushed it to the side of the road.
ada lock tak? nak kunci motor ko.. karang kena curi he asked the McDelivery dude.
takpe takpe.. biar aja.. was the reply
The dude really looked shaken, and i don’t blame him. i’ve been in accidents before, he was groaning and limping. i scanned his body and saw that he wasn’t seriously injured or anything. thank god he was wearing a helmet.
hang ok tak? i asked
ok ok… he answered while limping.
kind hearted malay chap helped him into the satria…
nak gi mana ni? klinik? i asked the kind hearted malay chap
tak tak.. nak hantar dia pi cari kawan dia.. ko jaga motor dia eh?
i just nodded and off they went.
i sat on my car boot waiting, and my left hand clutched on to a wooden club (well yeah, gotta be ready if anything happens right? i have first hand experience being hounded by hooligan who lobbed helmets at me once). I started to wonder, what happened to people these days? how can you see a sprawled human being on the cold hard surface, in pain? while you sit in your air-conditioned luxury car. and instead of getting down to help the poor soul, you stop, stare a while and just drive off? What if he was unconscious? what if while in a daze and not realising his surrounding, the person on the road got hit by a speeding car because he was unaware of what was happening due to the state of shock he was in? the list of what if’s could go on and on… but the one act of stopping and helping him would put a halt to all the possibilities.
maybe i’m just being emo thinking about it, but i think i’m feeling disappointed instead. how would you like to be in a similar situation, and noone even bothered to lend a hand?
about 10 minutes of waiting, a motorbike with two guys showed up.. and what happened next was traumatising… one of them pulled out a knife and told me to go home.. while he stole the abandoned motorcycle… thank god i got away with it with no bodily harm.. ok that was a joke..
anyway 10 minutes of waiting, 2 guys showed up on a bike with their McD’s shirts on. I asked them how he was, and they said he was fine.. and asked me what happened and how did he get into the accident. I told them i didn’t know because i wasn’t there to witness it happening and that all i saw was him on the road. they said their thank you’s and left with the bike.
i left the scene with something to think about…
June 8th, 2008 at 11:39 am
We need more people like you.
June 10th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
it is becoz some of us was robbed or terrorized when we stopped to help those poor guys. . . .mana nak tolonglagi lepas tu bro . . . .kecut teloq terui.
For me, it depends on where and what happens . . . .will always try to help but still think of safety to meself and family . . .2 bb’s future in my hand lar.
Anyway, lu bagui . . .banyak pahala hang dapat . .
June 21st, 2008 at 11:50 am
Exactly, can’t totally blame people. The government has failed to create an atmosphere where people feel safe to help others. Snatch thefts, ambushes, car jackings, con jobs. Not only that, they say that the crime rate is actually falling. But this is based on police reports that no one bothers to make any more because they are a complete waste of time and money spent at the police station.
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:50 pm
i totally agree with CH. We do feel we want to help, afterall we are human beings. But safety issues is what we’re worried about. There’s a lot of ‘predators’ out there, purposely ‘make a scene’ to make you stop then rob you, or worse make you tekan all your money from atm machine then dump you into a river after they slit your throat. It’s horrifying.. and I guess it’s exceptional being a girl because we’re not expected to stop and help in this kind of situation eh..
June 22nd, 2008 at 7:58 pm
without a doubt i am partially in agreement with foodcrazee, CH and you.. Anne.. sure crime rate is high. and with the raising inflation, crime rates would sky rocket even more. but, when saying the government has failed to create a safe atmosphere.. i don’t think that the entire blame should be put on them. and by saying that, i’m not pro-government or anything.
June 23rd, 2008 at 8:58 am
I would agree with foodcrazee. After tolong orang, sendiri pulak yang sueh. I wouldn’t stop the car if I’m alone in it. With all the murder and robbery and rape stories that we read all too frequent and the lousy image of the police in the country, people are more for keeping themselves and their family safe. People would rather watch the drama than be the hero. Not that I condone this attitude anyway. Bukannya tak nak tolong, tapi nak jadi orang baik tu tak kondusif.
June 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
maybe u are o.O
June 25th, 2008 at 10:37 am
orang baik bukan senang nak jadi. there are also other ways to jadi orang baik. i remember i picked up someone’s handphone outside my office. and i tried to contact the owner of the phone by calling his friends etc. the he came and took back his handphone, thanking me endlessly and gave me RM10 as a token of appreciation..
June 25th, 2008 at 7:05 pm
oi, update la ni.
July 1st, 2008 at 6:19 am
Mana lu. SMS-ed you, taklak reply also *sniff, sniff*
July 7th, 2008 at 1:09 am
adry… today’s society needs more ppl like you. well done and i’m glad you blogged about this to let your readers know that there are genuine cases such as this where there are those who require help from others. too often we exercise extreme caution instead of selfless being because a few crooks have spoilt society’s conscience.
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