🔗 Share this article Feeling So Sick Walking Was Impossible When a Man Essentially Lifted Me to a Bathroom. Back when I was 19 years old, my daily commute was on an express bus. The vehicle was always jammed and was consistently completely full by the time I got on. During a certain commute, I began feeling terribly ill while the vehicle rocked around every turn. I continuously reassured myself to hold on just a little longer until the bus arrived at my destination, at which point I could rush hurriedly to the closest public restroom to be sick. We were coming down the road leading to the destination as I realised I was unable to last. Suddenly, it felt as if a fog descended upon me. The world became blank and silent; as if someone turned off the audio. My mind raced, “I’m going to faint”. Thankfully, I was positioned toward the front inside the vehicle, allowing me to take a few steps toward the driver and requested that the driver to stop, telling him that I was about to vomit. He promptly opened the bus doors and I stumbled out onto the sidewalk. I was determined to avoid being sick in view of a busy multi-lane road, so I forced myself up and started trying to stumble across to the park across the road, where I thought I could at least discreetly hide behind a bush to throw up. However I must have blacked out. I was aware of my limbs, but walking was impossible or see clearly, so I started crawling towards my intended destination. “You right, love?” At that moment, someone picked me up. I sensed an arm around my waist and heard a man say, “Are you okay, dear?” I explained to this mysterious stranger that I required to get to a bathroom. Therefore, he almost carried me into an adjacent building and placed me in the ladies’ toilets. He wanted to know whether I required him to wait for me but I said no. A few minutes later, I felt better enough to sit down when from beyond the stall I heard him inquire, “Do you need anything, love? Do you need anything?” I could not to get up just then but I was able to say thank you and following a brief period recovered the use of my limbs. I made my way home and spent the next few days getting over what was later diagnosed as a severe stomach virus. I never saw that man’s face – only his legs and the big steelwork tools container he was carrying – but he helped me, at a moment I was completely helpless. Many times, life tends to make people defensive, aggressive and competitive. His was the sort of gesture that reverses that hardening of the heart. He was proof that people’s natural inclination is to be kind, a quality I adore about my fellow humans.
Back when I was 19 years old, my daily commute was on an express bus. The vehicle was always jammed and was consistently completely full by the time I got on. During a certain commute, I began feeling terribly ill while the vehicle rocked around every turn. I continuously reassured myself to hold on just a little longer until the bus arrived at my destination, at which point I could rush hurriedly to the closest public restroom to be sick. We were coming down the road leading to the destination as I realised I was unable to last. Suddenly, it felt as if a fog descended upon me. The world became blank and silent; as if someone turned off the audio. My mind raced, “I’m going to faint”. Thankfully, I was positioned toward the front inside the vehicle, allowing me to take a few steps toward the driver and requested that the driver to stop, telling him that I was about to vomit. He promptly opened the bus doors and I stumbled out onto the sidewalk. I was determined to avoid being sick in view of a busy multi-lane road, so I forced myself up and started trying to stumble across to the park across the road, where I thought I could at least discreetly hide behind a bush to throw up. However I must have blacked out. I was aware of my limbs, but walking was impossible or see clearly, so I started crawling towards my intended destination. “You right, love?” At that moment, someone picked me up. I sensed an arm around my waist and heard a man say, “Are you okay, dear?” I explained to this mysterious stranger that I required to get to a bathroom. Therefore, he almost carried me into an adjacent building and placed me in the ladies’ toilets. He wanted to know whether I required him to wait for me but I said no. A few minutes later, I felt better enough to sit down when from beyond the stall I heard him inquire, “Do you need anything, love? Do you need anything?” I could not to get up just then but I was able to say thank you and following a brief period recovered the use of my limbs. I made my way home and spent the next few days getting over what was later diagnosed as a severe stomach virus. I never saw that man’s face – only his legs and the big steelwork tools container he was carrying – but he helped me, at a moment I was completely helpless. Many times, life tends to make people defensive, aggressive and competitive. His was the sort of gesture that reverses that hardening of the heart. He was proof that people’s natural inclination is to be kind, a quality I adore about my fellow humans.