No need to bring back the helping tradition

Helping others is a good thing and as humans we should try to help others when they need it, and we are capable of helping them. In the earlier days people used to be friendly, and they used to help each other even if it’s for strangers. People were simple and helping a stranger was an act for the sake of humanity. It is unfortunate to say that nowadays things are not so simple like the past days.

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Now people are quite complex, and strangers are a threat in the eyes of people. Sometimes strangers can set a trap for people by the name of needing help. There are many ways for them to make such a scheme. Let me share one of my experiences that I faced approximately 10 years ago, and I was almost trapped because I wanted to help. I don’t know if it was a trap or if I acted impulsively but somehow, I didn’t receive damage for it. Let me share about the incident.

On that day I went to a place which was close to my apartment with one of my friends. My plan was to have a good take with my friend and enjoy the sunset and it was almost done. We talked for a long time. There were a couple who also came to the place, and they were close enough for us to hear their conversation. I didn’t pay attention to their conversation because it was none of my business but still, I overheard some of their conversation, but I was not clear about it. But all of a sudden, the male started to be slap to the female and it’s something I never expected to see. I haven’t seen anyone doing such an act against female.

I went there and stopped the male person and saying what is he doing. It was an instant reaction, and I didn’t think too much. The people started to gather there for the issue and do you know what happened at the end? The female blamed me saying I was interfering in their personal matters, and her male partner was innocent. I was shocked because I never expected to be a victim in such a case. The people who came first knew the situation but the people who came later saw me in such eyes as I was a criminal. Because of the shock I didn’t know what to respond.

Fortunately, my best friend was there, and his entry was quite surprising to me. He used to be cool but never expected him to be violent when the situation demanded. He started to slap the male person hard saying “If it’s your personal matter, you should handle it in your home. How you dare to slap a female person in front of me. I don’t’ care if it’s your sister or girlfriend, you can’t slap her in public places. Let me call the police because you were harassing a female person.” His few lines with slap turned the tide and other people shifted their curiosity to the male person. At the end both of the were forced to apologize to us and then my friend let them go. That day I realized how influential my friend was as he handled the situation like a pro and controlled the situation.

From that day I think I never interfered with any kind of situation because I understood the potential risk of it. Now such a situation is a big deal for me to handle but I just feel I should not waste my precious time helping a stranger. A stranger is a potential risk. Helping them can bring risks for me and I always try to eliminate the risk as much as possible. I think that there is no need to bring back the tradition of helping strangers because no one can be trusted and people are very complex now. We can’t think the knows people are risk free, let alone the stranger.