Please Use a Service Manual.

72bluNblu said

Yeah, she learned that members of your generation are a bunch of dicks. Offer to help her up? Ask if she was ok? Nope, made a snide comment, crossed the street. And she's self absorbed? :realcrazy: Think maybe your "advice" would have gone further if you'd offered to help her up and acted like you cared for two seconds?

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My generation? She was the same generation as me. I dunno how old you think I am...

And last I checked a 30 year old woman who can't take her face out of her phone long enough to cross a one lane road safely is a lot more self absorbed than me. She put herself and drivers at risk just walking out into the road. Maybe you don't get that. But as the guy who on a daily basis avoids being hit by drivers texting on their phones I do enough babysitting for idiots. I'm not gunna teach another one to walk.

The world doesn't need more people coddling idiots who can't cross the street without looking at their phones. They need people who will be personally responsible for their actions and their situation. She put herself on the ground. Not me. She needs to learn from it. Not me.

Why should I act like I care? If I'm acting then I don't actually care do I? I'm not going to pretend to care so that her poor self esteem isn't hurt. She made a stupid decision. Hopefully she learned from it. That's the best outcome.

Think your "advice" would go farther if it made sense?