gratitude

So, there was a motorcycle accident near our house early this morning. The rider hit the ground hard and is bleeding from his head. He may have injured his neck so the people who were there did not move him. I called for an ambulance and brought out an umbrella to, at least, shield the guy from the sun which was directly on his face. I didn't want to leave my umbrella so I decided to wait for the ambulance as well. People, probably his friends or family (a few drunk ones so I assume the rider was also drunk), were already there doing what needs to be done so I just quietly stood by the sidewalk, waiting and trying not to add to the chaos.

Suddenly, this guy came out of nowhere and started talking loudly about a man walking "wild" (yep, his exact term) dogs which "caused" the rider to fall off his bike. This guy then looked at me and said "I think it was you." (In Tagalog, of course.)

Considering the accident happened next to a speed bump (which obviously can cause accidents when you don't slow down) and with the rider thrown meters away from his bike, the weird guy was still able to come up with a very stupid story just to blame someone else for the accident. He was actually trying to pin this whole thing down to "a guy walking his dog" next to a speed bump, which, unfortunately, was supposedly me.

Wow, really? All I could do that time was raise an eyebrow and give him a smirk. I didn't even feel it was worth defending myself for. I could have easily made a fool of him but it would literally be adding insult to injury. With all the awkwardness in the air, the weird guy just stared at me accusingly the whole time until the ambulance came.

I swear this will be the last time I'll help strangers aside from calling cops or ambulances. It's just sad how this incident now makes me think twice about helping others.