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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Comments (29)

V, personally I write a blog laugh it's the only thing we're allowed to do sigh
Z, not sure a blog-writer is a type but hope it is a good one since um me too laugh
Hi Vivian,

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 angellaugh

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.hug
Hey GS wave I completely agree that our true natures come out under stress. uh oh

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 sigh 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 uh oh

I have awe and admiration for carers, you must have a huge streak of selfless! bouquet
Eleg

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...laugh

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...laugh a kind of retreat from the rat race...

wine
Hey Lou wave

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 grin

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Eleg

So far self isolating is being done and nò lockdown so far...I do not know if I would even miss spanish lessons...laugh

Hopefully this will pass soon and vaccines will be available...wine
Merc, your chance to be a hero and set up some simple gym routines for even the most potatoey of us couch potatoes to get up and start bouncing a bit laugh

I'm convinced the virus hits the inactive hardest so getting from 0 to even 5 mph could help banana
My story for the day... At the paint shop an old boy was kind of close to me. Leaning on my trolley and asking me what I was planning to paint. Normally a very normal thing. Just making conversation.

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.
I'm like that boy I was still touchy at the gym and had to be reminded because I'm a touchy being.
Yeah if I was bale to jump through my screen I could motivate the lazy on here and that would help me keep sane laugh

Corona would affect this Aussie in other ways not the virus itself.
Don't acknowledge trash Merc conversing
Merc you are going to go into meltdown with no touching. I'm hating it. The other day shopping the cashier and a guy in the queue were telling us, at high-speed Spanish, to get BACK behind the new safety line, I very nearly tapped my friend on the shoulder, remembered just in time and ran my trolley into him instead to get his attention laugh
It's easy to help a neighbour when you know that other neighbours would have given their life for you. Doing someone's big shop is the least we could do and that's the message from a hero. You might do your duty having seen those who go above and beyond.
Pat, a 3 minute workout, exactly what I needed! applause
i don't know which one i am. i act on instinct. fight or flight. i honestly don't know.
Chesney, yes indeed shopping for someone who can't easily go is really great applause

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.
Viv, hug
What kind of person am I? Well I am the kind who thinks, when the government says 'buy takeaway to support that small business' YEAH, suits me to a Tee! Means I don't need to risk the empty supermarket shelves, don't have to dishwash or cleanup, is good for the little restaurant going down the tube. I am pragmatically good. Good for you and good for me. Costs more but hey!
I had a hero today. She picked me up from the airport at 1am, converted her art studio into an isolation unit for me with simple furniture, cooker, masks, hands sanitisers, a guitar, books, a fridge laden with fourteen home-cooked meals, as well as nice coffees, fruit, biscuits, snacks....

That feeling when you know your friends have always got your back.
I am sooooo happy for you, Jig! dancing

I was worried when I couldn't find your blog and get an update.

We all need our friends right now hug
Hey Mol - Those friends where no explanation is needed, no question asked, no judgement given.....

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,wink
Jig, I have great friends thumbs up
Fargo, yes, buy local! yay

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.
Jig that IS a hero applause wow a friend in an absolute thousand and if she fancies you in any way, a total keeper

I can count on the fingers of one hand the people I would risk infection for, and put up, and cook for wow
I don't think any of my friends or family hoarded anything. I go to the grocery store way less now and then I go when it first opens with much less crowds, usually. Of course everything is different now. I rarely turn into the news as just too much negativity for me but again friends and family keep me updated on ever changing rules.

Great Blog Viv
I don't think I want to be a hero at times like these. I am bit selfish because I will put my family first.
uh oh

Hi Vivian . wave
Fay wave you've been quiet lately stay safe and thank you

Usha: wave 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 grin

Red, I just heard you're ALL going into lockdown - "stay upbeat and keep smiling", ye indeed beer



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