Interesting Hypothetical dilema
So your lazing at the quiet end of the pool at an all inclusive resort. Suddenly it becomes apparent that a young girl (maybe 10yo by the look of her) has come off her inflatable and is now panicking in the water, you look for the parents but everyone including resort staff seems to be at the other end of the pool where there is loud music playing. You feel that you should wade into the pool to rescue her, especially since she is now floating face down and motionless, but you hesitate. DO YOU
Rush to the other end of the pool to alert staff or find the parents which may take say additional 30 to 60 seconds, and this kid has stopped breathing. This is the safe option but you will be criticised for not doing the heroic thing.
Wade in and grab the girl who then may then start breathing, struggling and crying. But you are aware that there is a fair chance that you could be accused of molestation by the parents of the very girl you was saving, get accused of being a paedophile, subsequently arrested and FUCKED FOR LIFE!
This happened to a friend of mine and he didn't go in the water because of the above concerns and I AGREE with his decision, even if there was a small chance the girl could have drowned here.
The girl was ok in the end. But how sad is this situation, and what would you have done?
Posted Sep 11, 2021, 8:44 AM UTC · edited
Not nearly as severe, but I was at a busy playground with my kids and there was a young (maybe 3 years old) girl crying at the top of a small slide. This section was off to the side of the main playground and seemed intended for smaller kids. I stopped and asked her name and where her parents were, she told me and I was shocked that they were sitting almost 100 yards away. I asked her if she wanted down and to go to her parents and she said yes, so I helped her down by picking her up and putting her on the ground. I looked off to the side to check on my oldest kid (wife had other two) and the little girl ran off to her parents.
I was like "oh shit, be careful kid!“ as she ran to her parents, but then I thought "fuck, I just put my hands on someone else's kid." Even though it was innocent and I was just helping a crying kid, it's so fucked up that my reaction was to just walk away from the situation and stay with my own kid rather than all of us walk to these absentee parents.
100 yards is the length of exactly 897.76 'Standard Diatonic Key of C, Blues Silver grey Harmonicas' lined up next to each other.
100 yards is 91.44 meters
100 yards is 91.44 meters