To think it's disgusting to put pictures of an injured pensioner on social media for praise

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I've just seen this in a Facebook group. A pensioner had fallen over in the road and sustained a head injury. Along comes this twit with a camera, helps him up then takes pictures to splash all over social media beckoning people to tell him how heroic he is.

The elderly I know are very proud people and wouldn't take kindly to this humiliation, nor would I be happy if it were a relative of mine and I stumbled across this online.

I've covered the man's face (who doesn't look impressed at all) but the poster didn't, and now it has reached thousands of people who are in the comments telling the poster how wonderful he is.

Disgusting. AIBU? Am I just a miserable git?

I totally get that, Jelly, but shaming and posting on somewhere else, the OP is no different, imo.

Illiterate and imbecilic. A heady combination!

At least he has done some good to the society. What have you done? What does shaming and slagging the person achieve? Made you feel better for thinking about the poor person who was saved by him? Is it better no one has helped?

I do my bit to help others but I don't post it online at the expense of those needing the help.

It's patronising and exploitative to take photographs of elderly men with head injuries and to then broadcast to thousands of people without his consent.

The lack of consent is clear from the picture because of the man's expression in the picture. He wasn't expecting it and he doesn't look happy. Would you be happy if somebody photographed your elderly relatives who had just had a nasty fall and sustained a head injury? I wouldn't.

Ditto the paramedics. What if they didn't want their identities shown online? Not too unrealistic to imagine that may be the case, especially given the hostility some NHS workers have received in recent months.

Of course it wouldn't have been better if nobody helped. What would have been better would be if he helped the man up, stayed with him until the paramedics arrived and then went on his way. There was absolutely no need to do what he did.

It's no different to the folk who buy for the homeless and then stick a camera in their face waiting for a big display of gratitude.

Also, I've had the decency to conceal the mans name and face so you can't compare me posting about this to the act itself.

Reminds me of when this shit was a thing

www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/homeless-man-knows-chat-with-student-will-be-on-facebook-within-the-hour-20171001136646

''A HOMELESS man has confirmed that the brief conversation he had with a well-meaning student will be on Facebook within the hour.

When student Mary Fisher bought rough sleeper Bill McKay a coffee and sat down to talk to him about his life, he knew the conversation would shortly become a status update earning Fisher hundreds of ‘Likes’.

McKay said: “Good on her for buying us a hot drink. Though I did get the sense she was mentally drafting her status update when we were speaking.”

Fisher posted later that day: “Just met the coolest guy ever. And guess what, he was homeless.

“I see old Phil sat by my local Tesco everyday but only today did I think, ‘I need to talk to this guy’.

“He’s so inspiring and has bright sparkly eyes.”

McKay added: “I’d actually like to read what she said about me.

“I tried to add her Facebook but she might not recognise me, as my picture was taken before the government took away the support network that was helping me to keep my head above water.

“And I didn’t have the beard either.”

It's even more horrible to post a slagging off thread of someone who did a good deed. Your decency is not real.
I am not saying that the person has done the right thing by posting it. Just saying you are no better.

I agree with you OP. Extremely poor taste to have even taken those photos, let alone posted them.

How thick can you be to not be able to spell ambulance when its written on them 😂 what an attention seeking vile twat. I have loads of family members like this guy so quick to congratulate themselves on social media for the smallest thing but in real life they are horrible to everyone they meet

It's even more horrible to post a slagging off thread of someone who did a good deed

Is it really? Worse than taking pictures of an injured pensioner during a time of vulnerability and splashing it all over the internet reaching thousands of people, without consent?

Your decency is not real

I haven't claimed to be "decent"?

You are no better

Ok, that's your opinion and you are entitled to it

How thick can you be, to pick up on someone's spelling rather than good deed he did and laugh at them.

I have loads of family members like this guy so quick to congratulate themselves on social media for the smallest thing but in real life they are horrible to everyone they meet

The worst person I've ever known, a truly horrible bastard, does things exactly like this so I know exactly what you mean!

Awful (and his written English is horrendous too).

I haven't claimed to be "decent"?

"Also, I've had the decency to conceal the mans name and face so you can't compare me posting about this to the act itself."

Great we have agreed. Carry on with what you think is the right thing. I will with my own.

I've had the decency to conceal their faces for the purpose of the post. I never claimed to be a decent person.

Have a lovely evening.

You too.

I'm chuckling, because I knew exactly what sort of a chap would do this and post it online for likes. Right down to the total lack of grammar. So ignorant!! YANBU!

There is a family/man in our village like him. Most of the family are in and out of jail for having committed the most heinous of crimes (arson, attempted murder, drug related offences, intimidating witnesses etc). Every single one of their FB posts proclaim them to be The Good Samaritan, even though we all know that, if they have indeed ever stopped to help someone, it's just so that they can pick their pockets afterwards. You'd also think that the guy was a contender for Father of The Year if you read their posts. Multiple babies by different women/over lapping relationships etc. There really is a subset of society who operate in their own bubble of morality.