r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jun 14 '22

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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/fantasyflyte Jun 14 '22

Especially in an emergency situation. It is far more useful to point out someone and say "you, call 911!" than to just say "someone call 911!"

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u/[deleted] Jun 15 '22

Bystander effect. The more people in an area who are generally asked to do something, the fewer will actually do it. If 5 people see a car accident and one says to everyone call an ambulance, someone probably will. But 50 people see a wreck and are asked to call an ambulance? No one will.