Member ignored my plight!

Rob2CathDavies replied on 22/10/2019 12:20

Posted on 22/10/2019 12:20

I still find this hard to believe.

on Thursday 26 September, around 12.30 I slipped and broke my wrist at the entrance to the Castleton site.  I was meeting a friend in her little yellow car, she came to stay with us in our caravan for a couple of nights.

Feeling faint, I walked around her car to get into the passenger seat, the next thing I knew she was waking me up, I had fainted and fallen again on the tarmac.

while she was helping me to come round, apparently a motorvan DROVE AROUND US, glaring at us, and proceeded to reception to book in, without stopping to see if they could help!


After over 34 years membership (11 of which we were site wardens). I still can’t believe that a fellow member would do that.  Or indeed, any human being!

Catherine

Takethedogalong replied on 22/10/2019 13:49

Posted on 22/10/2019 12:43 by Rob2CathDavies

No, takethedogalong, I was flat out and unconscious ON THE TARMAC,

We were not in the car.

Amazing isn’t it...

Posted on 22/10/2019 13:49

😲 That’s very different, I didn’t realise on first reading, I would have stopped to help if safe, at least to get further help if required. 

Wishing you a safe trip to Chester.🙂

Extugger replied on 22/10/2019 14:55

Posted on 22/10/2019 14:55

Hope you're feeling better Catherine and looking forward to your next journey.

Frankly, this sort of behaviour seems commonplace in our society these days and I'm surprised that no one pulled out their smartphone and started taking a video to put on anti-social media.

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Dawn F replied on 22/10/2019 15:40

Posted on 22/10/2019 15:40

Unfortunately some people are just ignorant and rude.

Last year we were walking our dog from the site at Broadway into the town, an elderly gentleman was walking towards us with his dog, his dog pulled him to get to our dog and he slipped on the wet grass.

I immediately went to him and told him to remain on the floor so we could make sure he had not damaged himself too badly, his wife was holding their second dog and my husband was holding our dog.  

A couple walked past us staring but neither asked if we were OK or tried to grab the dogs lead who was by now close to the road.  I managed to get the dog lead and keep him safe.

Luckily no-one was hurt and we all went on our way but I was amazed at how some people can turn a blind eye to another persons distress

Thankfully there are still more nice people than strange ones

I hope you have recovered from your ordeal and are getting back to normal

DavidKlyne replied on 22/10/2019 15:45

Posted on 22/10/2019 13:17 by Rob2CathDavies

Thanks all, hopefully helping to restore my faith in human nature.  It would have been clear to the new arrivals that help was needed, they manoeuvred their van around my ‘lifeless’ body!

plaster off 4 November, booked at Chester for 8th November, hopefully for a incident free stay!

The wardens indeed helped with advice on which A&E and they completed the necessary incident report.

Posted on 22/10/2019 15:45

Just out of interest did they mention it to the wardens when they checked in? Even taking onboard Navigateur's valid point (had a friend who passed out and hit her head when her daughter cut herself, she ended up in an induced coma, she had quite a stay in hospital) it is almost beyond belief that someone would ignore someone's plight. There might be situations in some public places where you might not want to get involved but on a CMC site? I believe in France everyone has a legal duty to help at the scene of an accident even if that just involves calling the emergency services.

David

Cornersteady replied on 22/10/2019 16:31

Posted on 22/10/2019 16:31

Firstly I hope you're on the mend, I hope you were not too frightened by what happened to you.

Yes it is amazing that this happens, why I have no idea. Is it that people don't want to get involved or aren't trained to help or don't know what to do to help? I can understand that last part but the least they could have done is inform someone who can help, in this case the wardens.

I think you just came across the 0.001% of club members who wouldn't help, most would if only to run to the wardens.

JVB66 replied on 22/10/2019 16:58

Posted on 22/10/2019 16:58

Hope you are well on the mend (wrist may give some gap for a while yetfrown 

You possibly noted the downside of human nature , but am sure unless very lucky in your time as site wardens, you noted how some have only time for themselves undecided

Rob2CathDavies replied on 22/10/2019 17:01

Posted on 22/10/2019 17:01

No, they didn’t mention it to the wardens when they booked in.  I asked the Wardens the next day.  If they hadn’t wanted to help, you would think they would have at least mentioned it to the warden in reception.

Thanks for the sympathetic responses.

 

DEBSC replied on 22/10/2019 18:04

Posted on 22/10/2019 18:04

Very sadly I think the time may have had something to do with their lack of help. You say it was 12.20 - maybe they were racing to get a 'good pitch' before others arriving beat them to it and they thought if they stopped to help they would miss out. How sad if this was the case.

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