I lost a girlfriend over something similar. I do not complain about such things I would understand perfectly a restaurant stalling service to aid someone in need.
One New Year’s Eve a girlfriend and I were on our way to dinner when I nearly hit a body lying in the roadway. A cyclist wearing dark clothes and sporting no lights or reflectors had been hit and left in the road way. I stopped and covered him with my car cover (it was raining) and did what I could until emergency personnel arrived. My girlfriend stayed in the car as I asked.
While waiting I could feel that he had numerous broken bones and that he had a hole in the side of his head about the size of my fist and I could see his brain. He regained consciousness and spoke slurring his speech.
After the EMTs arrived, I told them and the police what I knew and left and went to dinner. I was hungry and such things don’t really bother me (former Marine). My girl friend though I was crass, which may be right, and never saw me again after that night.
Brother, did you ever dodge a bullet.
Comforting a man possibly at death’s door and your called crass. That really takes the cake.
Crass? What an I missing? I think it was fortunate for you that that was the last time you saw her. Her priorities sound troubling to me. You did a good and decent thing.
P.S. I once had a boyfriend named Rey. He was a good man too.
Sheesh dude, you’d still have her if you’d wrung your hands and second guessed yourself for weeks afterwards, even gotten brownie points if you’d spent hours together exploring your feelings with her about it... WHAT were you thinking???
No - crass would have been to keep on driving like the person that hit the biker, and probably numerous others that had important New Year’s parties to get to.
“My girl friend though I was crass, which may be right,”
Sounds like you were well rid of her. I don’t know what you mean by crass, she was upset that you didn’t fall to pieces after seeing a man hurt like that? But, you were kind and brave and helped him. With how badly he was hurt it sounds like he could have died if you hadn’t come upon him when you did.
Crass isn’t the right word. The proper word would be stoic, stoic is good.
You done good, most women would appreciate that I’d think.
It wasn’t crass but I suspect most people couldn’t go on to enjoy a night out after that. I doubt I could myself.
Time in the Corps and as an LEO has left me unaffected by a lot of stuff.