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writes:?I’ve had a few pretty horrible things happen to me over the past couple of weeks when I was honestly just trying to be helpful - please read and let me know if I was in the wrong in any of these situations as I will never try to help anyone again. Honestly I’ve been left so shaken and humiliated!! 1. 2 weeks ago I went to my local shop to buy some groceries- in front of me was this lady paying for her stuff when she realized she didn’t have enough money - she started shouting at the poor person behind the till complaining that the prices that had risen. She was only short by a couple of pounds, so I offered to give her the rest of the money- I had the cash in my purse so I asked the lady (customer) if she’d like me to give her the rest of the money - I wasn’t being rude or condescending and she snapped at me telling me she didn’t need charity. She left all her shopping and walked out. 2. 4 days after this incident I was walking my dog and a guy who was on a run, ran past me and his wallet fell out of his trousers. I picked it up but unfortunately couldn’t run to keep up with him and he had earphones in so didn’t hear me shout after him, so I held on to it hoping I’d see him run past me again failing that I’d take it to the police station. Fortunately after about 10 minutes he was running back towards me so I held out my hand with his wallet to get his attention and he slowed down, snatched the wallet out of my hand and continued running. No thanks or anything. As I was returning home, I saw him again - this time he was walking and he walked up to to tell me i had “disturbed his run”, I apologized saying I just wanted to hand him back his wallet and he bluntly told me that it was “distracting” and in future to hand the wallet in to the police station or leave it on the floor! 3. I was at work and a customer tripped and fell over, I immediately walked over to offer my assistance and to log it in our accident book and was yelled at by them and told to “stop fussing and leave me alone”. I honestly wasn’t fussing, I just wanted to check they were ok. 4. On Saturday I took my dog for a walk in the evening and I past by this house and saw that someone was lying under their car in their drive (I assumed they were fixing it). After i returned- which was almost 2 hours later as I had also popped in to see a friend, I noticed they were still under the car and not moving. All the lights in the house were off, so I was a little concerned as I was worried something had happened, so I walked up to them and said “excuse me is everything ok?” No reply, so I repeated myself 2 more times. I then tapped their leg gently and then the guy quickly came up from under the car, asking me “what the hell are you doing?!” I apologized and explained I was worried as he hadn’t responded to me asking if he was ok (he had no earphones in and says he heard me , so no idea why he couldn’t have just said yes). He told me he was fine and fixing his car and I needed to mind my own business.
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reader, TasteofIndia  +, writes (23 June 2023):
 You are being a good citizen. These people are being jerks. Please don't let them discourage your lovely nature. You are exactly the kind of human I would like cohabiting this planet, so please carry on.
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reader, anonymous, writes (20 June 2023): No you weren't in the wrong, you have manners. Something lot of people are lacking
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reader, mystiquek + ♥, writes (20 June 2023):
 I dont think you were in the wrong. You were just trying to be a kind and thoughtful caring person. People can be so weird! I don't know exactly what it is but people are just stupid and thoughtless and rude. There isn't anything you can do about that. I understand. I get so hurt by the way people act sometimes. All you can do is your best and if someone is unkind to you, then that's on them. The world needs people who care, not stuck in their own little worlds!
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reader, TryingToBeFree2023 +, writes (20 June 2023):
 (1) that woman was a bitch to both you and the sales clerk, neither of you deserved that.
(2) Too bad you didn't keep the wallet! I personally leave things like that lie, he should have been more attentive.
(3) I'm assuming you were following policy so that was an ungrateful customer.
(4) People and their headphones! Those should be banned in public. Not bc I want to hear trap music blasting, but bc it deprives the person of listening to them from hearing anything else. It's dangerous and stupid and also rude.
You're not wrong, people nowadays feel entitled to live in their own private bubble when in public. It's disgusting
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