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re: I Can't Do That, Boss': Texas FedEx Driver Refuses to Help Fallen 89-Year-Old
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:04 pm to TDsngumbo
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:04 pm to TDsngumbo
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Absolutely. The least he could have done was call 911 and remain with the man until paramedics arrived.
Delay his route and possibly jeopardize his job. The same people on this board clamoring he should have stayed, are the same ones complaining about their deliveries being late.
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Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:14 pm to theunknownknight
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blame lawyers
I don't give a shite. Aint no way I could walk off from a human being in need like that. I would have helped that man and lived with any consequences that would have come from it. Let's just say he did help that guy and Fed Ex fired him. That guy would have multiple job offers and a ton of money in a Go Fund Me account by the end of the week. But that isn't why you help the man. You help him because its the right thing to do.
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:16 pm to Ponchy Tiger
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But that isn't why you help the man. You help him because its the right thing to do.
You... You're like... The Lone Ranger or something...
This post was edited on 7/22/20 at 7:19 pm
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:21 pm to LoneStar23
Father with dementia and likely frequent falls. Let’s blame the fedex guy.
If she put 1/10th of the effort into hiring a sitter that she put into posting the video, he would not have fallen.
If she put 1/10th of the effort into hiring a sitter that she put into posting the video, he would not have fallen.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:25 pm to LoneStar23
Let’s say he helps the guy up with the broken hip and the guy falls again on the same hip, or has a broken neck. FedEx gets sued for dropping the guy or moving a guy with a broken neck. Should call 911, but daughter is more to blame than random fedex guy.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 5:28 pm to Ric Flair
Daughter gets him a ring doorbell but not an “I’ve fallen and can’t get up” lifealert button to wear around his neck? Again I say, shitty daughtering.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:18 pm to LoneStar23
Can't blame him, I personally don't help women I don't know personally because there's been several sexual harrassment charges by women against men who helped them.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:22 pm to theunknownknight
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blame lawyers
Not gonna argue that, but what would a phone call to 911 cost FedEx or driver?
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:32 pm to Spankum
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This is a bunch of bullshite...I’ve always been told if you are trained in first aid you render help in good faith, you can’t be held liable....?
How many fed ex drivers are trained in first aid?
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:47 pm to PrivatePublic
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How many fed ex drivers are trained in first aid?
Helping someone up is first aid now? Call me Trapper fricking John, I guess.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 6:54 pm to LoneStar23
Doug Heffernan would have never let this happen.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:15 pm to LoneStar23
No, I can't go for that, no (no) no can do
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:28 pm to USMEagles
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Helping someone up is first aid now? Call me Trapper fricking John, I guess.
To be fair, it’s not crazy for someone to pause before just picking up an old person who has fallen. If they have broken bones, you can potentially cause further injury by moving them if you don’t know what you’re doing. Old people are fragile. So if you see an old man you’ve never met who has fallen and can’t get up, calling 911 and letting the paramedics handle it is a perfectly reasonable response.
Problem is that in this case, the FedEx driver apparently didn’t even do that.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:36 pm to lostinbr
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To be fair, it’s not crazy for someone to pause before just picking up an old person who has fallen.
That's true. Realistically, there are people on the ground I'd help up, and people I wouldn't feel safe helping up.
What I would not do is shout out "sorry, can't help you, champ" from 50 feet away... and if I did, it would have absolutely nothing to do with some crummy job.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:41 pm to USMEagles
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Helping someone up is first aid now?
What if he had a broken hip?
When my Grandpa fell I made him lay all the way down & slowly move his legs
Gave him a minute to make sure nothing was hurting him before helping him up
There is no reason for someone that age who is home alone to not have a medical alert device
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:42 pm to Rza32
At some point you have to start doing the right thing.. It's a bitch move to leave the old guy laying on the porch.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:47 pm to EZE Tiger Fan
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blame people who love trial lawyers like Democrats
What an articulate observation.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:49 pm to LoneStar23
“Boss” is a pejorative term used for whites by some minorities who evidently think of themselves as truly inferior. I’ve been called “boss” by blacks, whites, and Arabs, the joke is on their dumb asses, however. 
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:49 pm to LSUJML
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When my Grandpa fell I made him lay all the way down & slowly move his legs
Gave him a minute to make sure nothing was hurting him before helping him up
I don't think that plan is incompatible with being a FedEx driver, and I don't think you have to be some kind of trained expert to use it. It just seems like good sense to me.
People are going to have to start using their heads and their hearts again, instead of acting like giant raging pussies, if we're ever going to dig ourselves out of the incredibly shitty situation we're collectively in right now.
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:51 pm to ShoeBang
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Dude knew he might lose his job
Chance I would have taken
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lawyers pray for this exact thing to happen every day
Agreed.
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