Poll - Would you help?

If you saw a woman on her own struggling to change flat tyre, would you stop & help?

  • Yes ( I am male)

    Votes: 44 81.5%

  • Yes (I am female)

    Votes: 8 14.8%

  • No (I am male)

    Votes: 2 3.7%

  • No (I am female)

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Total voters
    54
whitevanwoman said:
PS. Scampa - I'm 21, brunette, hour glass figure and a bottom like Pippa Middleton ;)
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stop it, I maybe 48,yet I still have the furtive imagination of a 15 year old,like most blokes. tis late, beddy byes is beckoning and Léon looks worried.
You are not helping......... wheres the report button...:mad1::mad1::mad1::mad1::mad2::heart::mad:
channa
 
now you've described the situation then it's a definite yes,for we have a lot in common,i also feel young,have a pint glass figure and look at pippa middleton's bum
 
:lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049::lol-049:

Thanks everyone for making me laugh out loud and restoring my faith after a long tiring stressful day.
 
channa said:
stop it, I maybe 48,yet I still have the furtive imagination of a 15 year old,like most blokes. tis late, beddy byes is beckoning and Léon looks worried.
You are not helping......... wheres the report button...:mad1::mad1::mad1::mad1::mad2::heart::mad:
channa
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Here you go me old pal!

Sweet dreams

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Yes, I have done this but I think nowadays it's easier for a female driver to stop and help another female driver....
 
maingate said:
Yes I would help.

I would explain what she needed to do in simple steps until she had finished (from inside my vehicle if it was raining).

Hey....... I did not start all this equality malarkey, it was the women who screamed for it.

Only joking.................or am I ?
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im not hence my reticence fr a change

channa
 
It's worth pointing out - just being serious for a moment - that you should never, ever, try and change a wheel on a motorway, and probably not on a dual carriageway either.

Leave it to a breakdown service and make sure you don't stay in the vehicle whilst waiting ...
 
channa said:
im not hence my reticence fr a change

channa
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I'm all for equality but it's about whether or not you'd stand by and watch someone struggle, whether they were male or female, when you knew that you could help. I helped a bloke push his caravan onto a pitch a couple of years ago, despite him saying he could manage, because it was obvious that he was struggling and an extra pair of hands would make it much easier for him (as a result, I became good friends with him and his wife, and he is one of my best friends now).

I was in the army when I was younger and was determined to prove then that I was as good as the lads, but had to accept that at 5ft 3 and eight and half stone (then, not now :( ) I was never going to be as strong or as physically able to yomp for miles, carrying the same weight as a 6ft squaddie built like a brick sh*t house, but on the other hand I was far better and clearer on the radio than a lot of the men, and was a far better shot than a lot of the lads I trained with.

I don't think equality is about having to prove that you are able to do the same as the other sex, but is about being offered the same opportunities, but not being forced to endure difficulties simply for the sake of equality. And today was all about just helping out a fellow human being. I wouldn't refuse to help a man on the grounds that he's a man and therefore he should be able to do it himself, I'd help anyone if they could use my help. I wonder what the comments would have been had I been male, had experienced the same situation and posted the same poll. Would it have been wrong to expect that a woman might have stopped to help a man?
 
Canalsman said:
It's worth pointing out - just being serious for a moment - that you should never, ever, try and change a wheel on a motorway, and probably not on a dual carriageway either.

Leave it to a breakdown service and make sure you don't stay in the vehicle whilst waiting ...
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Good point. But I'd be reluctant to get out of the vehicle on a motorway at night time and to sit waiting alone for help, especially as the stretch of the M6 that I use a lot has no lighting at night and can be pretty quiet in the wee small hours.
 
my post was a little toungue in cheek

i helped an old person (lady fwiw) alight from a train a few weeks ago, it was simply the right thing to do.

Other passenges in their haste looked at me as if i were mad.

yes i woud open a door for a woman, i dont see chivalry a crime.

irrespective I help others irrespective of label without agenda.......in my world part of being a worthwhile human being

channa
 
channa said:
my post was a little toungue in cheek

i helped an old person (lady fwiw) alight from a train a few weeks ago, it was simply the right thing to do.

Other passenges in their haste looked at me as if i were mad.

yes i woud open a door for a woman, i dont see chivalry a crime.

irrespective I help others irrespective of label without agenda.......in my world part of being a worthwhile human being

channa
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Absolutely. I hate to hear about women who call men sexist because they've held the door open for them, that's just ignorance on the woman's part. I hold the door open without thinking if there's someone behind me, regardless of age, gender etc and make a particular effort if the person is elderly, disabled or struggling with bags, pushchairs, children, mad dogs etc It's just basic manners and common courtesy and trying to make life a little easier for someone else.

Sorry I missed the tongue in cheek-ness, probably cos I'm tired, but also I do have a bad habit of believing whatever people say, it's got me into trouble so many times, and I never learn my lesson.
 
Yes. The fact that it's a woman is not relevant for me, I would help anyone regardless of gender.
 
I replied yes but am guilty of not helping when I saw a fairy queen once in a motorway service station. He was pracing around in that ' Ohhhh look at me i'm a little princess in distress' manner.He obviously had no intention of doing any dirty manly work, he was holding a wheel brace like you would hold a dead rat. Meanwhile there was a couple of Adac guys trying desperately to ingore him (they did help in the end) but only when he failed to find a knight in shining armour and tried to remove the wheel without using a jack.
This guy was wearing a business suit and was driving a Smart car and the whole episode was so comical, i'm sure the whole car park were disappointed when the Adac guys helped and ended the fun. As was closest to him the Adac guys looked at me and smirked in the way that could only say 'what a pillock this guy is eh'
 
What would your reaction have been if it was a woman prancing around in a "princess in distress" manner holding a wheel-brace like it was dead rat?
 
I would have helped without hesitation to be honest (wearing my suit of armour of course), but this was just so comical it would of been rude to help and spoil everyine elses fun. You probably had to be there to see why it was so funny really.
 
Haha, OK :lol-053:

Actually in another place where this kind of incident was being discussed it was put forward that a woman wearing heels and mini skirt may offer a sufficiently pleasant view changing the wheel that it would not be optimum to interrupt her! Not that I subscribe to this view but it shows different ways of approaching it!
 
Firefox said:
What would your reaction have been if it was a woman prancing around in a "princess in distress" manner holding a wheel-brace like it was dead rat?
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now that pisses me right off as i can't abide that sort of manipulating and would quite happily pass by and let some other mug fall for it
 
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