People are frustrating. A story.
We stopped for some diesel at a large fuel station today. I walked in to pay and wound my way through a small crowd of people waiting for coffees or pies or whatever to get to the counter. Also passed a young Muslim bloke (wearing a taqiyah) kneeling on the floor near the front windows. Unusual, but maybe he was praying (it was raining)?
I paid, turned around, and realised that he was shaking. Not unusual now, concerning.
I knelt down beside him and asked him if I could help. He told me he was scared he was going to have a stroke because his heart was racing. He was suffering from arrhythmia and, due to burgeoning anxiety, was unable to get a handle on it. I rested a hand on his shoulder, talked him through controlling his breathing to control his heart (I have suffered from SVT + ectopic beats all of my life), and chatted quietly with him. He was so damned scared. Scared he was going to stroke out or die, alone on the floor.
I (an atheist) told him his god had a plan for him, and it wasn't (waving my hand around) this. Asked if I could check his pulse after a few minutes and found his heart calm and strong. All good. Left him feeling much better and, I hope, much more able to deal next time.
The frustration?
ππ©πΊ π΅π©π¦ ππππ π₯πͺπ₯ π―π°π£π°π₯πΊ π¦ππ΄π¦ π©π¦ππ±? Why the HELL was everyone just standing there like he didn't exist? Customers and staff, all just interested in the minutiae of purchasing something at the espense of a human being literally on the floor in front of them.
People are frustrating.
#Humanity #HelpingHand #CareForEachOther #SilentBigotry
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