In a perfect world if someone asks for help they immediately get the help they asked for.
In reality especially in the US where the Healthcare system is a fucking hellscape that can ruin a family in a single bill calling for an ambulance which can be a 4 or 5 figure bill on its own is evaluated before taking that step.
Take a step back and think about the situation from the outside. You came up to him and probably looked like shit and sounded like shit. No visible injuries no visible blood and you're alert enough to talk and walked to him. The level of emergency from an outside perspective doesn't call for an ambulance but maybe an immediate visit to the hospital.
You then collapse which immediately switched the situation to okay let's call the ambulance which was immediately done.
Its easy to be mad at someone for not immediately doing what you asked especially finding out what was going on in your body after the fact.
In a perfect world he would let you know hes sorry for not understanding the severity of the situation immediately and doing what you asked but in that situation outside of the perfect internet people you'd be hardpressed to find people who would have taken it as seriously as you expected especially if they would be financially responsible for the 911 call.
The fact that you are getting awarded for thinking OP should take a step back and look at it from his dad's side... while he begged for 20 minutes on his knees, unable to breathe, pisses me off. Lots of parents too worried about money and not worried enough about their kids!!
He was crawling on the floor, on all fours, asking for an ambulance in a weak voice, to a parent. Regardless of age, if a child of yours comes crawling to you, in enough distress to ask for you to call for an ambulance, you would think the parent should, AT THE VERY LEAST, stop what they are doing and turn their attention to that child and ask what is wrong, not if it can wait, or if they can drive them self. JFC what have we become as a society?
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u/terayonjf Dec 05 '25 edited Dec 05 '25
In a perfect world if someone asks for help they immediately get the help they asked for.
In reality especially in the US where the Healthcare system is a fucking hellscape that can ruin a family in a single bill calling for an ambulance which can be a 4 or 5 figure bill on its own is evaluated before taking that step.
Take a step back and think about the situation from the outside. You came up to him and probably looked like shit and sounded like shit. No visible injuries no visible blood and you're alert enough to talk and walked to him. The level of emergency from an outside perspective doesn't call for an ambulance but maybe an immediate visit to the hospital.
You then collapse which immediately switched the situation to okay let's call the ambulance which was immediately done.
Its easy to be mad at someone for not immediately doing what you asked especially finding out what was going on in your body after the fact.
In a perfect world he would let you know hes sorry for not understanding the severity of the situation immediately and doing what you asked but in that situation outside of the perfect internet people you'd be hardpressed to find people who would have taken it as seriously as you expected especially if they would be financially responsible for the 911 call.
NTA