onemorecupofcoffeefortheroad Fri 02-Mar-18 17:47:46

I don't understand why someone would dump a colleague at a train station in the snow, expecting colleague to wait for a train that likely will be cancelled.



I'm with you on this Toby and am surprised at the responses on this thread - I grew up at a time and in a community where people looked out for one another - and no that doesn't mean dumping someone at the train station and clearing off without checking first to see if they could actually get a train home. That's what I'd call an 'I'm alright Jack' mentality - where one is unconcerned about any difficulties friends, colleagues or neighbours might have. It's basic humanity - making sure your mates are okay in adverse conditions - it would have been pretty obvious that the trains might not have been running and yet Mrs 4x4 clears off knowing that she was probably leaving her pal stranded. You stick around until your mates are out of trouble - you don't bugger off after doing the bare minimum.



I've driven miles out of my way to help friends out before now, given beds for the night and longer to stranded pals - and my friends have done the same for me. It's called mateship in Australia - I'm not Australian - but grew up in a part of the UK where everyone helped each other out. You'd have been given a hard time for pulling this trick.