would you speak out?

ever see the show eyespy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbaQ3qdU1fk

how do you think you'd react if you were in one of these situations?

honestly i feel like everyone in the UK is far too passive, and will just observe these things happening without ever intervening. i understand if it's a threat to your safety, but when you see someone being downright racist/abusive what are you gonna do?

i'd like to think i speak out, two situations that come to mind when i reacted when others didn't was that woman that had the stroke on the bus around this time last year (I MADE A THREAD ABOUT IT) where nobody did anything so i had to get the bus driver to stop

then another time was only last week when i was in line for a club and there were these indian guys in front of us and the bouncer goes 'sorry regulars only tonight' THEN THEY WALKED AWAY AND HE LET US IN AND WE'D NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE? we drunkenly scolded him then went to a diff club

Looks really good when is it?

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god you didnt even answer my thread question!!!!!!

i dunno it's on channel 4 i just tried to find it on demand but couldn't

That looks really interesting!

I remember tara's thread about the person having a stroke on the bus and i was actually horrified at how many people must have just ignored her.

I have told someone that they had their skirt tucked into their knickers before and she was so grateful I thought it was lovely. However I have also possibly saved Stephen Hawking's life before because he was trundling through my city on this really posh wheelchair and his blanket was trailing on the floor and kept catching in the wheel and ripping a bit and it was clear it was gonna get trapped somewhere nasty soon so I ran over and said "excuse me but your blanket is catching in your wheels- here" and picked it up and gave it back to him. He didn't even stop. Just zoomed (well, "zoomed") off without even a thank you :|

pmsl to be honest the money one id just take it all

omg empired lmfaooo

i used to be SO passive ie if someone fell, i'd ignore it, if my nephew was gonna break something i'd ignore it too. tbh ive taken action over horrible things my brother was doing and in the end it all back fired on me so i just ignore a lot of things going on and say it's not my problem but when it comes to someones life being in danger ie that woman taking a stroke, i'd definitely intervene if it seemed no-one else would, that's just a risk you have to take.
also in our casinos guys never get in if they're with females, they're told they're too drunk even if girls are clearly drunker, they will ALWAYS ALWAYS let girls in. n i wouldn't complain. i think my friends would hate me and leave me by myself if i did complain about it. if it was racism though i'd definitely say something, my mum was laughing along at this guys racist joke to 'be polite' and i was like yeah thats not funny and mum stop trying to people please a racist and they both shut up. who wants to be polite to a racist just to stay on their good side... sometimes it feels good to be the person who speaks up because then eventually everyone else will

i've never been in any sort of position to speak out i don't think so i don't really know how i'd react

i'd like to think i'd say something and do something about it but i guess it depends whats going on, if it's a personal attack on somebody i probably would

I don't really recall any moments where I was given the opportunity to speak out. If it arose, I like to believe that I would. Things like the money, I'd definitely report it and I have done in the past. I believe most people would get a lot less passive as they grow older but obviously that isn't always the case.

Ohh I do like these sorts of things, i'm sure there was an American show on a few years that was the same format. As for myself - I used to be really shy when younger and wouldn't dare say a thing, but now i'm not bothered. I've chased two people down the street before over litter/dog mess and told them off/made a show of them, and i've done other things before.

You should speak out if something is wrong, ofc.

I just watched the first episode of this show, it's very good. Going to move onto the second one now :P

I would but it really depends on the intensity of the situation like I have heard of people getting thrown in front of trains just because they were trying to stop a couple from fighting and a girl pepper spraying a man when he was actually trying to find a seat for her lol it gets crazy

but hey I would definitely not tell anyone about a bag full of money or atm flooding out cash lmao

that show looks gd

idk im pretty passive unless the situation was severe e.g. some1 having a stroke.

the number of times at work when ppl get cashback from the self checkouts and forget to pick it up is crazy and more often than not the next person will take it for themselves. just today a lady came back having forgotten her £50 cashback and some1 had taken it. i'd never do that!!!

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that show looks gd

idk im pretty passive unless the situation was severe e.g. some1 having a stroke.

the number of times at work when ppl get cashback from the self checkouts and forget to pick it up is crazy and more often than not the next person will take it for themselves. just today a lady came back having forgotten her £50 cashback and some1 had taken it. i'd never do that!!!

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IT'S HAPPENED TO ME BEFORE I LEFT A 20 IN IT! WALKED 10 STEPS AWAY TURNED AROUND AND IT WAS GONE :(

this show is rly gr8 here is ep 2 and 3 but i cant find ep1 yet. it rly does make u feel gd about the ppl in this country and restore ur faith!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB8yHCrNESg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALU8XmWnSc

the show looks great.

i speak up at times, but if i worry that i'll get myself into trouble i won't. usually there's been other people around too to try getting people to stop being rude or anything.

also i always help people pick stuff up if they drop stuff, i'd feel weird not doing it lol

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this show is rly gr8 here is ep 2 and 3 but i cant find ep1 yet. it rly does make u feel gd about the ppl in this country and restore ur faith!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB8yHCrNESg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wALU8XmWnSc

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Here is the first episode for you guys. I watched them all earlier :)

http://www.sockshare.com/file/64BD4BB8AC3E775F

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Here is the first episode for you guys. I watched them all earlier :)

http://www.sockshare.com/file/64BD4BB8AC3E775F

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thx but i just finish it al as well!

i am inspired

I never really had the chance. I'm pretty sure I'd act if I knew I had to or else somebody would get hurt. I've intervened in fights before on nights out, can't think of any other time I've had to act though.

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then another time was only last week when i was in line for a club and there were these indian guys in front of us and the bouncer goes 'sorry regulars only tonight' THEN THEY WALKED AWAY AND HE LET US IN AND WE'D NEVER BEEN THERE BEFORE? we drunkenly scolded him then went to a diff club

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You did the right thing, but it probably had more to do with that they were guys and you were girls. A lot of good clubs get the bouncers to regulate the amount of guys to girls getting in. This June I was only let into a sopposedly well known club in marbella after i got a spanish girl to go in with me.

can't really think of times i've been in any of those situations apart from just hearing people be rude and have a verbal attack on someone at school for no real reason, most of the time they're younger too so if i happen to walk past someone being victimised i do always tell them to shut up and stop being so horrible (you'd be surprised how many times ive been in such a specific situation lol)

if someone drops something i'll always be like "EXCUSE ME YOU'VE DROPPED UR ------"

i don't know why but when i watch the segments where the waiter is racist or homophobic I GET REALLY EMOTONAL AND UPSET

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i don't know why but when i watch the segments where the waiter is racist or homophobic I GET REALLY EMOTONAL AND UPSET

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the waitor bits r the best bits of the whole show. when every1 starts shouting at him and telling him wat they think omg its amazing :'(

I would like to think I speak up when I'm in such situations.

idk i think it would really depend on my mood, because sometimes i just am not in the mood for anything whatsoever. if someones dropped something or whatever i'd normally call after them so i can give it back, or even if i dunno if it's theirs i'll still ask. the one time i can think of is when i was out, my friend was having a conversation with a friend of hers and she hadn't noticed some guy was beside her trying to join in so he began calling her a **** and a ***** and all sorts of horrible things she didn't even say anything to him, i'd heard him and turned around and began telling him off, it really made my bloody boil.