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GreatGazoo

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8. drunk guy passed out on a commuter train ?

Reply to Liberal_in_LA (Original post)

Tue Dec 15, 2015, 05:49 PM

Dec 2015

If you notify the conductor they will hold the train for 20 minutes or more.

If the man was in need of immediate help, how does this guy miss the irony of his own passively taking pictures and "waiting to see if anyone (else) was going to help the man" ?

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All but one BART rider ignore unconscious man [View all] Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 OP

"BART ended up holding the train at the station." KamaAina Dec 2015 #1

If I don't get to my station on time, I won't be able to get my Starbucks JustABozoOnThisBus Dec 2015 #12

That's about the size of it KamaAina Dec 2015 #14

Peet's? No way! zigby Dec 2015 #17

WTF happened to us is right Omaha Steve Dec 2015 #2

Xposted to California group KamaAina Dec 2015 #3

I see people passed out on BART literally every morning, though not on the floor of the train. arcane1 Dec 2015 #4

Exactly... TipTok Dec 2015 #9

Same in NYC. It�s actually an act of mercy to allow the homeless to sleep on the train lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #22

This isn't a new phenomenon Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #5

The "Genovese Syndrome" has been refuted REP Dec 2015 #11

Guess I'll have to start referencing another example of the bystander effect. Act_of_Reparation Dec 2015 #19

What would I do? closeupready Dec 2015 #6

The people thought, "if I help the guy, it will make us late for our cool (or uncool actually) jobs" winstars Dec 2015 #7

One of my employees was on a train this summer when a woman jumped on the tracks. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2015 #23

drunk guy passed out on a commuter train ? GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #8

Gotta have something to blog... TipTok Dec 2015 #10

ouch! Liberal_in_LA Dec 2015 #13

Seriously. Many people seem to think that being a cameraman and a critic equals helping GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #18

Depends on how you're built and what you can do... TipTok Dec 2015 #20

yes. for the guy on the train, if one is so inclined, step one is get close enough to smell for GreatGazoo Dec 2015 #21

Different strokes for different folks... TipTok Dec 2015 #24

Why are you trying to interrupt his twitter traffic? Prism Dec 2015 #16

Homeless people rest on BART all the time Prism Dec 2015 #15