Taxi Driver Online

Ok putting the father bit to one side.....as I would have done the same ( he was a twot), I have to say that I would as an individual made sure he was alright ( just like a cabbage I do have a heart). Having said that, that is me, a real softy who will wait and see a young/not so young woman open the front door and go home, in the circumstances I would have done the same for that guy.

The bottom line is that the NHS is not showing compassion/care that they should i.e people doing a job....now f%ck off.

Going back a couple of months ago I was on my way home after a 12 hour shift and I was flagged by a woman in her night clothes - I stopped and found out she had no money to get to where she was going.........so I said sorry cannot do. This was something like 6.30 in the morning and she took my refusal very well.....which made me feel not good about myself. I drew back up alongside her and inquired as to what had happened i.e was it domestic violence blah - no I had been to the hospital as I suffer from depression and I need to get home

Okay for most it would have been - thank you,but no thank you. As I said I was on my way home so I asked as to where she was going, she was literally going to about 2 miles before where I live ,so no problem get in. On the way home I was stopped by a Police car who had a report of this lady walking in her night clothes ! they checked out her story and the hospital had released her - but no transport was "Apparently" available......so they let her go! On the surface perhaps they have to if the person concerned says....LET ME OUT!

So going back to the original story - I feel that it is up to the individual, but penultimately it is the hospital that has the total duty of care as we are not medical care personnel.

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Not excusing NHS ( which by the way I think is generally wonderful) action or inactions in this case.

But two wrongs don't make a right.

Surely we all have a moral responsibility to other less able individuals and to leave a blind man outside his front door in his pjs at 4 am falls short in my opinion.

And the 'just earning a living, guv ' doesn't cut it for me.
Just IMO - as a taxi driver in a customer service industry there is also a duty to earn your crust responsibly.

That's a fair point Cabhappy, watch this video...1/2/3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcvSNg0HZwk

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