Sunday, March 28, 2004
Trust
I recently experienced a dying car battery. I needed to ask complete strangers for a boost. Well first of all if you have starting problems always carry booster cables and back into the parking spot.
With recent news of violence and shootings, I thought I might have trouble getting people to help. The first place was Scarborough Town Centre. With lots of shoppers, there was many to ask. I tried to ask people who were with others so they wouldn’t feel threatened. A black couple helped me out. The second place was a little more difficult. It was a long term care facility (nursing home). There were not many people in the parking lot. However, first person I waved down did stop. It was a woman by herself in the car. She may have had second thoughts after she popped her hood. Anyway, I had the hood open by the time she got out of the car. I just hooked up, got going, thanked her profusely and we were on our way. Funny how our first instinct is to help someone. Our response of distrust and suspicion are learned, fanned by the media and urban myths.
With recent news of violence and shootings, I thought I might have trouble getting people to help. The first place was Scarborough Town Centre. With lots of shoppers, there was many to ask. I tried to ask people who were with others so they wouldn’t feel threatened. A black couple helped me out. The second place was a little more difficult. It was a long term care facility (nursing home). There were not many people in the parking lot. However, first person I waved down did stop. It was a woman by herself in the car. She may have had second thoughts after she popped her hood. Anyway, I had the hood open by the time she got out of the car. I just hooked up, got going, thanked her profusely and we were on our way. Funny how our first instinct is to help someone. Our response of distrust and suspicion are learned, fanned by the media and urban myths.
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