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originally posted by: RonnieJersey
Today we have to be careful about dealing with anyone -
The subject came up at work one day about an elderly person who had fallen on the sidewalk.
I said that if I had seen it, I would of course have run to help them up. One of the men said that today you cannot do that - best to call local police and let them handle it.
He said that if the person had some type of injury from the fall, they could turn around and sue you, saying that you made their injury worse in helping them up.
I hadn't thought about it in those terms, but he's probably right. These are such strange times.
originally posted by: billxam
a reply to: VictorVonDoom
No. That's how false charges start. Case in point, a man was running a curio shop in Denver and had a play area set up for children of the women at the beauty shop next door. He'd keep an eye on them until mom was done.
Then one day a grandmother of one of the children caught him waving at her grandchild as they walked past, reported him. He was railroaded into court, convicted of being a pedo, served time and went back to his old store and decorated the walls with his brain. I know this because my best friend was a co-owner of that shop.
Karen's are all over and they can ruin your life over a simple wave.