Which are you ...
When the chips are down, when the crisis strikes, some of us will be heroes, some of us will put self and loved ones first, some will dance for attention and some will trample the old and the very young to get to perceived safety.Heroes tend to be very quiet about it - after heavy snow, will dig out an elderly neighbour's path: in a crisis will take food over: in a transport strike will find out who may need deliveries or help. Heroic acts can be hard to list since they are so often under the radar.
Charity begins at home - those who will make sure they and theirs (all theirs - even the not much liked) are okay before looking outside to more public acts
The attention seekers will be very vocal especially at blaming everyone they think caused the crisis, and not perhaps as useful as they think they are but think they are very useful indeed. In fairness they can be heroic - if the audience is there.
The utterly selfish are I'm alright, Jack, you can push the boat out. Right now they're the ones with the mountains of loo paper, sanitizer, and enough hoarded to last 3 months, who took everything on the shelf and shouted abuse at anyone protesting or asking for just one of what was piled to excess in their trolleys. The hated ones.
Example on a plane - Every plane's safety briefing stresses that when the masks drop down, put your own on first, THEN help even your own children. Sensible and practical. So on my plane - the heroes will leave their seats to help someone struggling with their mask and even buddy-breathe until help comes - most of us will sit tight trying to not get in the way - the attention-getters will be shouting that they'll sue the airline - and the utterly selfish won't wake the person sleeping next to them but instead take their mask since two is obviously better than one.
I may have missed some types.
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No two people are the same and we are all different in our attitudes towards others .I spent my life as a carer of others and you would be amazed at how some clients treated me. Some as the hired help others as their guardian angel
It's at times like these that you truly find out who your friends really are. I still try to be a good person by cake making and sharing [ not at the moment though unfortunately ] and being a good friend to those who need one. Hopefully I will get it back in kind should I need support but the only person you can truly rely on in life is yourself basically.
I hate being selfish but at this moment in time I really have no choice.
I am definitely a type 2, and maybe if I get the chance I will be nice enough to add in a bit of type 1 - I'd really like to think so. I do have a dollop of type 3 or I wouldn't blog. I'd be mortified to find type 4 in myself, but if things get tough that could change. I hope nothing is ever that bad
I have awe and admiration for carers, you must have a huge streak of selfless!
Stay safe...have not met anyone who is a hoarder but chuckled at 2 people discussing the 2 pack limit of loo paper per person...
It is a relative ghost town here in Vancouver...and I only go out at night for food supplies...or if I have to go to work...
I think of this self isolation is like a holiday...sleep in and check out movies on line and order pizza...lol... a kind of retreat from the rat race...
Do you know, I've never met a hoarder either. It's almost as if they don't like to admit it.
You stay safe too, Canada is looking good. Self-isolation is actually great, it's when guidelines turn into orders and shrugging them off turns into fines that it gets a lot less fun. If you'd told me 2 weeks ago that I'd be missing doing 90 minutes of Spanish verbs twice a week at my Spanish classes I'd have laughed at you
So far self isolating is being done and nò lockdown so far...I do not know if I would even miss spanish lessons...
Hopefully this will pass soon and vaccines will be available...
I'm convinced the virus hits the inactive hardest so getting from 0 to even 5 mph could help
But it got me thinking, he was taking more risk than me most likely. Craving normal.
I took a step back, discussed things as normally as I could, but I thought he hasn't accepted the new norrmal.
Corona would affect this Aussie in other ways not the virus itself.
Grab the chance while you can, too. Under lockdown, if you go into full lockdown, there is no visiting of any kind for any reason so you couldn't even deliver the shopping without risking quite a hefty fine. It is possible to get official permission to help someone but it has to be in writing, from an official, and you have to be able to produce it on request when stopped by the policia.
That feeling when you know your friends have always got your back.
I was worried when I couldn't find your blog and get an update.
We all need our friends right now
I've always thought meeting a person's friends the best barometer of the person them self.
I'm sure I'd like your friends,
And yet - because I'm me me me I do buy local when it suits me but also go into town to get fresh milk (most of Spain drinks long life milk, so the local mini supermarkets don't carry fresh, it doesn't pay them) and my dog doesn't like the dog food I can get locally and the cat won't eat the tinned cat food so I can't always. But I do support local baker, deli, mini supermarket, and fruiteria.
I can count on the fingers of one hand the people I would risk infection for, and put up, and cook for
Great Blog Viv
Hi Vivian .
Usha: I think maybe just maybe we might be entering a time when looking after ourselves and minding our own business will become more important. Family and friends will take their place and the rest of the world will have to manage too
Red, I just heard you're ALL going into lockdown - "stay upbeat and keep smiling", ye indeed
closing the blog down