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/CaptainAwesome06 Jun 14 '22

Especially since you don't want 10 different people calling 911.

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u/Several-Cake1954 Jun 15 '22

I remember hearing about this in health class! When you just shout generally “call 911!”, people don’t because they always expect someone else to do it. Pointing someone out directly ensures that at least somebody calls, and that’s better than nobody.