Irrationally annoyed by a Facebook post

[irritatedgrumpyarse]

Namechanged as this one definitely has the potential to out me.

Friend on Facebook posted this today - why on earth is is irritating me so much? If it had been written by an observer of the event I would get it.... but to write this sort of gushing crap about yourself I find, simply, weird.

Had an eventful start to the day, heading home from dropping DD in school I noticed a large group of children and a girl on the floor, I pulled over to find out what had happened as other adults turned up, we sent the group of children to school to get a teacher one adult rang her mum and an ambulance (as she had banged her head and hurt her arm).

I went into first aider mode, we got coats and blankets from some of the neighbours, a big umbrella from ours and I took my help for Hero's hoody off and gently placed it under her head and injured hand. (That's community spirit when you need it) :)

The girl was visibly distressed so kneeling in a puddle I calmed her by getting her to concentrate on slowing her breathing and spoke calmly and stroked the side of her forehead, she calmed down, the Paramedics eventually arrived and whisked her off to hospital.

Hope the girl is OK and on the mend soon, now for me it is back to the normality of everyday life, according to DS though I am a hero (he saw me looking after her as he got on the bus :)

A lovely thing to do, wasn't it? If that was one of my DC I'd be relieved and grateful that someone had stopped and taken care of them.

It's the way it's written I think, so bloody humble and worthy. Was there any need for telling the world your hoodie is a Help for Heroes one? Kneeling in a puddle? Seriously?!!

I know IAprobablyBU, it's Facebook, yada yada. But it keeps appearing in my feed and really annoying me. Seriously thinking about blocking her to stop it! She's a really nice girl usually. Am I being awful?

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This thread is hilarious - poor DH trying to sleep through my snorting.

If I'm being honest, if that had happened to me I would probably put something on FB too simply because my life is so boring it would make a change to report an actual event. But I'd do it in a breezy, straightforward way e.g. "Got to play Florence Nightingale to someone who fell over in the street today. Fortunately nothing serious and they seemed okay. Bit of excitement to liven up the day (though they probably wouldn't see it that way)!" or similar.

at Pictish - tubi grip!

Love that story OP - so glad it wasn't one of my friends or I would still be wiping vomit from the computer.

She sounds sooo lovely!

this has made me laugh.

could we have sweatshirt emoticom for when we are being smug please.

obviously not feeling so clever now for spelling emoticon wrong.

Send her a horn, with a note..."To The Hero!!! As reward.... because we all know how much you enjoy blowing your own horn! xxx"

Imagine if a doctor posted the same update every time they saw a bumped noggin

Her actions are great but to put all of that on Facebook is just ridiculous. I'm sure people in society could wax lyrical about how they help others. I can imagine my ds''s sensei would say a true hero is a humble hero but still acted in the face of danger! He likes to say lots of inspirational quotes on FB lol!

Urgh, that makes my skin crawl

I saved a child from running out into a busy road, I grabbed the wee imp by the collar of his coat, my FB status was "just saved a kid from being run over, I didn't do it to be a hero, I did it because I was wearing new suede boots, and the mess would ruin them"

There is nothing wrong with posting about stuff you've done, but hers reads like a self proclaiming heroic vomit inducing pile of wank

I am really laughing at the type of person who wears tubigrip, reading the post as Alan partridge and the shaven headed man's Ross Kemp adventures.

I am also astounded that someone emails people her Facebook statuses. How on earth can someone be so self involved..

I am not on Facebook and am tempted to sign up again to read inane crap like this.

God that would make me vom. My cousin once posted that she felt 'she was sent from above to do good works'. FFS...

LOVE this thread!
Laughing aloud at Bellini and JohnSnow.
YANOTBU.

Looking for someone on FB once had a look at someone with same name's profile. Latest status was:

Lasagne ate. Time for a brew.

I was new to FB and honestly had no idea people did this kind of thing. People are very weird.

HairyGrotter that is very funny.

Bleuchh, YANBU! It's the second paragraph, when she starts congratulating herself for how gentle and calm she was. And the bizarre community spirit comment... the hoody/puddle detail is exquisite.

YANBU - she did a good thing, but the way it's written... ugh...

You can get a massive adrenalin kick if you have to deal with an emergency & might need to tell someone to process what happened, but that really doesn't sound like the result of either of those things. It reads more like "please bring this to the attention of the Pope so we can get my beatification process kick-started & then to the Queen so she will give me a spot in the Honours List & in the meantime you may all fawn over me kthanxbai".

The first time I met my friend R she managed to lob her (Innovate) hoody so it landed under my head as I hit the floor at the start of a seizure. Far more impressive hoody useage. And when my sister was still a Guide she helped a woman who went over the handlebars of her bike in front of her & sustained a big old compound break. And when I say "helped", I mean she managed the incident. And didn't kneel in any puddles.

Maybe it's because I seem to attract so many opportunities to use my First Aid skills, but I think it's weird to go all humble-brag over a hurt arm & bumped head. And I don't imagine the severity of the injury is downplayed, either, given the rest of the post!

Anyone who's been prompted to think of doing a First Aid course because they wouldn't know what to do in a similar situation, please PLEASE do. Because it's not just about selflessly kneeling in puddles, it can mean saving someone's life. (Please also make sure you keep your knowledge up to date & can apply it properly. Looking at you, "First Aider" who my Scout & Guide friends had to physically restrain to prevent her from trying to start CPR when I was still breathing and very much possessed of a pulse...)

Any update OP?

How is the saintly figure today? Does she talk of 'sore and lightly bruised knees' as a result of puddle kneeling? Or 'a slightly raised pulse and not unpleasant blush to my cheeks' from yesterday's shock?

hahahaaa! I cant leave this thread alone

It's the Help For Heroes top that does it for me...

Come on irritated, we want more! Make it up if nothing's happened!

I think she must be polishing her halo/practising her speech for the medal-giving ceremony/getting measured for a new superhero cape, no updates today! This thread has had me creased, I particularly love the Alan Partridge voice and the emailing status updates, genius idea. Will keep checking and report back.

[Disappointed]. Thanks for the update.

bit of an essay for fb.

She did a good thing but writing it as though she'd cured all known diseases while spinning a plate on her backside a d singing La Traviata is odd. It's asking for praise, and cringeworthy.

People who do first aid genuinely do need to talk about what they experience, but this Facebook status is just so needy.

Only caught this thread because of the update, I have actual tears from laughing. I desperately want to hear updates on the shaven headed man too, pictish.