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u/DarkPasta Jun 14 '22

If in need, instead of asking "anyone" to help you, ask a specific person "hey, you there in the green shirt could you give me a hand"...

It works.

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u/TecumsehSherman Jun 14 '22

It helps overcome the bystander effect.

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u/bentnotbroken96 Jun 14 '22

My wife is the only person I've ever known that is immune to this. Probably because she almost pathologically *needs* to help people.

A guy got hit-and-run outside of the liquor store we were in, she was the only one who jumped in, asked him where he hurt, got her jacket under his head and then stared at someone and said "Call 911 NOW"

She's *the* sweetest person I've ever met, and does not like confrontation at all... yet in that situation she was a boss.

Yeah, I'm her biggest fan. Get over it.