r/SipsTea • u/CurvyChristina • 16h ago

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University of Texas at Austin student Joey Romano, broke his wrist during a skateboarding accident in 2018. He ordered an Uber because he couldn’t afford an ambulance. The driver, Beni Lukumu, refused payment & stayed with him for 6 hours, missing work, to make sure he was okay.

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u/SpadesBuff 16h ago

An ambulance for a broken wrist?

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u/P-l-Staker 11h ago

Not ideal, I guess, but if you're miles away from hospital and can't drive, what do you do? Don't forget he was a student. Possibly in a town without friends or family.

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u/SpadesBuff 10h ago

Call an Uber maybe?

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u/P-l-Staker 9h ago

Poor people exist though.

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u/SpadesBuff 9h ago

Being poor is not an excuse for using emergency services for a non emergency

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u/P-l-Staker 9h ago

So what do you propose then? Leave a human being to suffer just because they can't get treatment by themselves?

And for the record, ambulances CAN be dispatched for non-emergencies. At least where I'm from. They'll just arrive late for obvious reasons.

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u/IndianaGeoff 2h ago

Poor or rich, basic problem solving is useful.