When you were younger...

[Anonymous]

When I was in my 20's pre-kids, during the summer I used to work at a resort. I met a lot of people and one day a girl I worked with hurt her nose and asked me to take her to the ER after work. I did not think twice and of course took her.

Do you think this was too nice of me back then? Or about right for someone in their 20's. Did you do these type of random things for others in your younger years? I feel as an older parent now, I'm a bit more guarded.

[Anonymous]

That doesn’t even seem very nice to me. Like a 4/10

[Anonymous]

You wouldn’t give a coworker a ride to the hospital these days? Ouch.

[Anonymous]

Huh

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was in my 20's pre-kids, during the summer I used to work at a resort. I met a lot of people and one day a girl I worked with hurt her nose and asked me to take her to the ER after work. I did not think twice and of course took her.

Do you think this was too nice of me back then? Or about right for someone in their 20's. Did you do these type of random things for others in your younger years? I feel as an older parent now, I'm a bit more guarded.

You have some serious problems if you think just taking someone to the ER makes you Mother Theresa.

[Anonymous]

This is about as random as DCUM gets.

It was not too nice OP. Being kind and helping people when you are able is basically what everyone should be aiming for.

[Anonymous]

Why are you asking? Do you now feel like you were taken advantage of in some way? Do you believe that you wouldn’t do the same now? I’m just trying to figure out what you’re trying to understand.

[Anonymous]

I would definitely still do this today. Do you think that you wouldn’t give your coworker a ride now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When I was in my 20's pre-kids, during the summer I used to work at a resort. I met a lot of people and one day a girl I worked with hurt her nose and asked me to take her to the ER after work. I did not think twice and of course took her.

Do you think this was too nice of me back then? Or about right for someone in their 20's. Did you do these type of random things for others in your younger years? I feel as an older parent now, I'm a bit more guarded.

I certainly did and still do “these type of random things for others”. I wouldn’t even consider that to be especially “nice”, but would expect the same from anyone. Unless there’s more to this story?

[Anonymous]

OMG when I was in my 30s, I left in the middle of the day to take a co-worker to the ER. What is wrong with you?

[Anonymous]

That's not being nice that's being a decent human being. I'm 52 and if anyone asked me to do that for them now I would without hesitation. I can't imagine someone with a broken nose needing a ride and saying no, for no good reason. Dang OP, you sound like a hardened person.

[Anonymous]

What? Of course you take people to the ER! We have a rule at work that one of us is always on call if a coworker is pregnant or has a health condition that we will drop everything to take them to the ER. We’ve had people have heart attacks at work, everything - but someone always is willing to jump in.

[Anonymous]

Guarded? Like the coworker today might be pulling a fast one on you and aiming to get a ride so she could carjack you and kidnap you for ransom? Why is your guard up so high that you'd consider NOT taking a colleague to the hospital?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What? Of course you take people to the ER! We have a rule at work that one of us is always on call if a coworker is pregnant or has a health condition that we will drop everything to take them to the ER. We’ve had people have heart attacks at work, everything - but someone always is willing to jump in.

100% we have a who will get who if there is an emergency/ need to evacuate agreement.

[Anonymous]

The only reason I might not do something like that these days is if I didn’t have anyone else available to pick up my kids.

But I’d rearrange if I could, and I know my husband would rearrange to pick up the kids so I could take the coworker, if at all possible. It’s what you do.