background
Wednesday, February 15, 2012
The Problem with our Society
Do you want to know what the problem with our society is? If you don't want to know you better stop reading now. The problem is that in public we are forced to turn a blind eye to things-let me use an incident that took place on a bus this evening to illustrate this point...A guy gets on the bus with a grocery sack full of close to 20pill bottles. They appeared to be some sort of pain reliever. He moves to the back of the bus and proceeds to pop pills as though they are candy. I was very uncomfortable with this so I pulled the string to get off at the first stop on the bus route. As I'm getting off I tell the bus driver there is a guy popping pills at the back of the bus. Of course he walks back there, but the reality...on public tansportation they can do nothing in a case like this until the guy overdoses and either has to be life flighted to the ER to have his stomach pumped or until the guy takes his life. I ended up having to wait for another hour for the next bus-turning my two hour commute into four. I have never wanted a car more than I do tonight!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
2 comments:
you have a great history of standing up for things, you did a very compassionate thing, but youre right that it is silly how we arn't allowed to legally help people till they are in the hostpital, I guess freedoms come in all types.
Thanks. Freedoms do come in all forms, I just think it is really sad that we can't do more to help people who really need it.
Post a Comment