You’re probably familiar with the term “Good Samaritan,” which comes from a parable told in the Bible about a man who stopped to help a stranger when others passed by.

The fact that the man was a Samaritan, i.e. a person from Samaria, isn’t random. In the cultural context, the audience for this story would have vilified Samaritans, so the story can be read as a lesson that someone’s character comes not from their background, but their actions.

But what about the opposite? What if you’ve got lots of apparently decent people just…doing nothing? Like in this story from TikTok user @boho_mom_steph:

“Guys, I just finished choking on a piece of food here in Walmart.”

“And would you believe that nobody came and checked on me? I think they just thought I had, like, some sort of sickness or something.”

“And you know what’s crazy? I choked on a piece of sample that Walmart gave me.”

@boho_mom_steph

#fyp

♬ original sound – Steph | Boho Mom Life

There’s a term for this sort of thing:

There’s also some medical considerations:

And some indifference.

And then there’s this guy.

Imagine seeing someone in an emergency and choosing not to help because “you don’t owe them.”

Good lord, Scrooge.

If you liked that story, check out this one about a Costco customer who got their cart stolen… so she hatched a plan to get it back!