[CaptainCrunch]

So I was driving home last night, and was waiting to turn into my building complex, and I saw cars turning in and doing a sharp swing around what I thought was a bundle of rags lying in the middle of the entry way. Then proceeding to their parking spots and walking into their homes. When it came time for me to turn in, I stopped and looked down and it was a guy, obviously inebriated passed out right in the entrance way.

I got out of my car to check on him and flipped on my hazard lights to make sure that nobody hit him, and I checked on him.

Whether he was loaded and been hit by a car, I don't know, his one shoe was flung off and about 6 feet away and his keys were on the ground.

He wasn't dressed well, and he was mumbling and shouting incoherently.

Then I had people behind me honking their horns at me to move. Fine I made them wait and pulled into a parking spot and then walked back and stood in the drive way to shield him while I called 9/11.

People kept going past me and parking and going into their houses, not one person came over to check in.

Long story short, the police showed up, then an ambulance, and took him away.

We snort at the American Culture that nobody wants to get involved when things happen in their neighborhood. We as Canadians take a lot of pride in how nice we are and willing to help their fellow man or neighbors or whatever.

But I can't get the image out of my head of people driving by this poor guy and going home and not getting involved.

Its pretty shameful.

I do want to shout out to the police who showed up within 5 minutes and were very professional with this person, but couldn't understand a word that he was saying. But once they were there, and they asked me a few quick questions, they told me that I could go, and I did. I also want to shout out to the 9/11 operator who was not only very professional, but kept asking me if I was safe.

I want to add that when I was talking to 9/11 they had mentioned that someone had phoned in a tip earlier about this guy lying on the road, but nobody clearly came out to check on him.

But at Christmas time, I felt a bit ashamed of my neighbors. We can't keep driving by things and ignoring things that might be disturbing or inconvenient.