The other day around 7:00 at night, I was walking into a grocery store downtown and as I approached the entrance, I noticed a man standing near it. He looked kindoff sketchy and a little scary. He didn't look homeless he was wearing a backpack, jeans, baseball cap, had a pot belly, fairly clean but something was awry.
I approach the entrance and we make eye contact. He says, "I need you to call 911 for me! I'm having a medical condition." I was a bit surprised, I didn't see anything necessarily wrong and what if he was crazy or something. So I said, "don't you have a cell phone?" to which he replied, "No, I don't have a cell phone!" Granted, it may have been a dumb question, but what if he was crazy and just needed reminding. Anyway, I wasn't sure what to do but decided I'd better call just in case.
911- What is the problem mam?
Me- I was walking into the grocery store and a gentleman outside said he needed me to call 911 for him.
911- What is his condition?
Me to Guy- What's wrong?
Guy- I took too much acid! I'm just being honest
Me (inner dialogue- Oh my goodness he's on acid!
Me to 911- He took too much acid.
911- Is he conscious and aware?
Me- Yes
911- Is he violent?
Me (inner dialogue)- Oh my goodness is he going to get violent?!
Me to 911- No he's not
911- Medical personnel will be there in a couple minutes. Make sure he doesn't eat or drink anything.
Me- O.k.
Off the phone with 911
Me- Do you need to sit down? I know the ground is kindoff dirty but maybe you should sit down.
Guy- oh, man, I'm hallucinating!
Me (inner dialogue)- Oh my goodness! He's hallucinating what if he thinks I'm a monster and attacks me!
Guy- I need some water
Me- Well you can't have any. You can't have anything until the EMT's get here
Guy (stumbles towards me with his arms outstretched)
Me (inner dialogue)- AAAAAAAA Get away from me!
Guy- Seriously thank you so much.
Me- Oh, no, no, you don't have to hug me, I'm really not a touchy feely person.
pause
Me- You see, you shouldn't take drugs! They're bad for you!
Guy- (stares at me blankly)
waiting
EMT's arrive
EMT's- Hello sir, have you taken anything else?
Guy- Well just the mushrooms and some cocaine.
Me (inner dialogue)- AAAAAA he had cocaine too!
EMT's- How long ago?
Guy- yesterday.
Me (inner dialogue)- AAAAAA he had acid & cocaine too!
EMT's do their thing
Me- Can I leave?
EMT's- Yes, thank you mam.
I go inside the store, buy some gum and leave.
HOLY COW!
Thank goodness he didn't get violent, I did a good deed for the day, and I was reminded how bad drugs are!
3 comments:
You're nice for taking care of this guy. i would have gone and grabbed the store manager and made it his problem.
Incredible story! All for a pack of gum! You're a good person my dear....and I love the internal dialogue!
P.S. I am doing the "tag" thing on our site....I love stuff like that!
Annie
oh goodness, I love your inner dialogue, I was laughing at my computer screen. It was amazing he was so calm and so aware of what was going on. Good deed for the day or the week or the month, I think you're covered
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