Woke up at 4am this morning to the sound of a woman sobbing hysterically and saying things like "you can't do this to me" "don't leave me here"
So as not to drip feed: I live in a block of four flats on a council estate and the downstairs 'hallway' is open so works as a path between two roads. I'm on the first floor but any noise in the hallway echos straight up.
I woke DH and asked him to come to the front door while I checked on the crying lady.
She was downstairs, on her side, with part of the contents of her bag strewn around (no sign of a phone or wallet, but several prescription meds- this is relevant later) and her hair over her face. I thought at first she'd fallen down the stairs or been attacked.
I approached her and started talking like it was a first aid thing "can you hear me love? Does it hurt anywhere?" She was still sobbing but managed to reply. She said her work mates had left her there 
She was going to get the bus home, didn't know what town she was in, didn't smell of alcohol and got defensive when I asked where she lived.
She told me her first name and assured me she'd call me when she got home and that she loved the staff at [named but completely unknown] care home and we (i.e. me!) do a great job 
She hugged me and left. The whole thing took about 15minutes. I went upstairs and rang the police. She was a tiny, mid twenties woman who was wandering alone at night confused and disoriented.
We could still hear her crying down the road when the police arrived. They picked her up and I assume took her home/ station.
If it was a night out with colleagues who then dumped her, she's going to be furious when she wakes up at the police station and will think I've been an interfering biddy.
I know the police are not a taxi service. My mum has severe MH issues and so many times people have assumed she's drunk when actually she's having an episode.
Surely it was the right thing to do, and not let a sobbing, disoriented woman wander around alone in the early hours of the morning?