I myself (like probably many people out there) were in two frames of mind about. One said "No way, that's too extreme to be real" and the other said "Hmmm, well actually I have thought about that many times in my own office, so it might not be that far fetched". lol!joliet_jane wrote:Even though a lot of people were fooled, I think everyone thought at least something about it was fishy.Cubase [b]Jun 04, 2008 1:08 am[/b] wrote: But seriously, it should've taken less then 20 seconds to crash tackle this moron. That's what I would've done.
I actually thought I was an staged office joke put online for fun.
-Cub. =o)
Most people in this situation in real life do nothing. There was a famous true story about a woman called Kitty Genovese. I learned about it in psychology at uni years ago.
This woman called Kitty Genovese was attacked outside a block of flats somewhere in the States. She screamed for help and the lights in loads of the nearby flats came on and the attacker naturally ran away, leaving her stabbed and helpless in the streets below.
But everyone in each of the flats did nothing, each of them thinking that someone else had called the cops. So an hour later, the killer came back and finished her off. He was never caught because no one called the cops - they all thought someone else had already called for help.
The same goes for this kind of scene - everyone else thinks that someone else would be the hero. It's a natural thing to do. But unless you know this lesson and decide to act, most people will do nothing.
It's humanity - it's like that psychology test where they gave imaginary people shocks, seeing how far people would go when pushed - and most people ended up 'killing' their test subjects, when told to keep going by the people in charge, and again most people when they see an accident do nothing.
It's not a criticism, it's just a sad fact of life. I'm not sure there's a moral to the story, but having watched it, I was thinking of taking charge just after he hit the woman in the cubicle next to him. I didn't think at any time of grabbing his legs until the security guard did it, which I then thought was actually a really good idea. Not sure what everyone else here was thinking when they watched this for the first time - at what point were you genuinely (and the first time round) think you'd take charge? And what would you have done?
Personally I'd have got someone to distract him when he picked up the lamp on the table nearby and gone in when someone else had his attention. It might not have been the right thing, but that's probably what I'd have done.
This woman called Kitty Genovese was attacked outside a block of flats somewhere in the States. She screamed for help and the lights in loads of the nearby flats came on and the attacker naturally ran away, leaving her stabbed and helpless in the streets below.
But everyone in each of the flats did nothing, each of them thinking that someone else had called the cops. So an hour later, the killer came back and finished her off. He was never caught because no one called the cops - they all thought someone else had already called for help.
The same goes for this kind of scene - everyone else thinks that someone else would be the hero. It's a natural thing to do. But unless you know this lesson and decide to act, most people will do nothing.
It's humanity - it's like that psychology test where they gave imaginary people shocks, seeing how far people would go when pushed - and most people ended up 'killing' their test subjects, when told to keep going by the people in charge, and again most people when they see an accident do nothing.
It's not a criticism, it's just a sad fact of life. I'm not sure there's a moral to the story, but having watched it, I was thinking of taking charge just after he hit the woman in the cubicle next to him. I didn't think at any time of grabbing his legs until the security guard did it, which I then thought was actually a really good idea. Not sure what everyone else here was thinking when they watched this for the first time - at what point were you genuinely (and the first time round) think you'd take charge? And what would you have done?
Personally I'd have got someone to distract him when he picked up the lamp on the table nearby and gone in when someone else had his attention. It might not have been the right thing, but that's probably what I'd have done.
David