Thank you :)

paulineb_2

One of my kitchen taps came off yesterday when I turned it off and gallons of water started pouring onto my kitchen floor and water started going downstairs to my neighbours, when I got to their door to ask them to help me, which they did, I was hysterical with sheer panic. When you are in the middle of a stressful situation you arent always going to say, please excuse me can I use your phone, its just panic that takes over.
I cant imagine what it must be like to have your child collapse and not have a phone to call an ambulance with.

Surely the person being asked to call the ambulance could see that the child had collapsed and if not, she could get the jist of what had happened?

moromir

In all fairness, it could just as easily have been a hoax, because the type of people doing this sort of thing have no scruples when it comes to involving the kids in the scams.

I've seen plenty of those crime shows where the kids distract the staff so mum can shoplift etc.

Ps hope your flats ok!

bluebeary

its not like she had to give the phone to them, if it were me i would have happily, well not happily as the child was ill, made the phone call on my phone for them

its not like it would cost me anything anyway, i might even have gone full out and bought you both a coffee while you waited for the ambulance too, depending on how close to payday it was

hope the child makes a full recovery

its sad that one selfish person can ruin your whole day but you have to remember that most people arent like that

Hermia

As someone who has lived in rough areas where there were scams that involved soneone pretending to be hurt I wouldn't have got my phone out there. I would have told them that I was going to walk to a nearby shop etc and make the call from inside.

moromir

bluebeary wrote:

its not like she had to give the phone to them, if it were me i would have happily, well not happily as the child was ill, made the phone call on my phone for them

Right cos muggers often politely ask to be given the phone rather than snatch them out of the hands of people distracted while making a call...

lostinrates

moromir wrote: »

As a single woman, if I'd been approached by two people and I was on my own (and with no other people in the vicinity) I too would have been concerned by two strangers who essentially were asking me to get a valuable item out of my bag and blocking me from safety (i.e. my car/destination).
Y.

I have a really cheap phone. For pretty much the same reason my car is not the best I could afford. These sort of things are vulnerable and we put them out there in public vulnerable to theft or damage and .....I don't care enough about them or status to mind if people think those things of mine are cruddy.

I'd move away and call an ambulance.

moromir

lostinrates wrote:

I have a really cheap phone. For pretty much the same reason my car is not the best I could afford. These sort of things are vulnerable and we put them out there in public vulnerable to theft or damage and .....I don't care enough about them or status to mind if people think those things of mine are cruddy.

I'd move away and call an ambulance.

I do appreciate the sensibilities in using a cheaper phone and I personally do (mostly because I'm clumsy)

BUT if someone chooses to have an expensive phone they are also perfectly entitled not to 'put them out there in public vulnerable to theft or damage' by not getting it out at the request of two strangers in an abandoned carpark...

This is of course assuming the woman involved even had a mobile.

lostinrates

moromir wrote: »

I do appreciate the sensibilities in using a cheaper phone and I personally do (mostly because I'm clumsy)

BUT if someone chooses to have an expensive phone they are also perfectly entitled not to 'put them out there in public vulnerable to theft or damage' by not getting it out at the request of two strangers in an abandoned carpark...

This is of course assuming the woman involved even had a mobile.

You are right, she was within her rights. I'm glad I make different choices, And that other people who make different choices than I are prepared to put more at risk than I.

Maybe we need a Good Samaritan law like the French.

Hope the child makes a full recovery swiftly OP.

geri1965_2

GlasweJen wrote: »

Your friend sounds like a nutter, who screams at someone for not getting a valuable item out of their bag?

Er, someone whose child has collapsed and is in a panic and desperate for help, perhaps?

paulineb_2

GlasweJen wrote: »

Your friend sounds like a nutter, who screams at someone for not getting a valuable item out of their bag? To be honest if 2 people came towards me and asked for me to get a valuable item (phone, ask for cash for something etc) I'd keep waking too. Unless the sick child is physically in front of my and mum doing what mums do with collapsed kids (putting kid in recovery position and monitoring breathing - anything but swearing like a looney really) I might consider it but there are so many weirdos out there I would t feel comfortable stopping away from a main thoroughfare, particularly if I'm outnumbered.

Nutter? Because her kid has taken ill? And who says the phone has to be valuable, it could be 20 quid.

The OP has already said the child is very ill, I sincerely hope she recovers ok.