I was going to initially take today and blog about my favorite USA TV shows. But as I started to check my twitter and email and the ignorance I see on my time line has to be addressed. One news story I stumbled upon was life guard from Florida who was fired after saving a drowning mans life. Tomas Lopez who was in charge of one section of the beach left and when beach goer alerted him that someone was drowning. Lopez ran to the swimmers aide where he was rescued and currently in the intensive care unit. Lopez was fired because he left his post to help save someone. Supposedly company's policy states the they are suppose to adhere to the rules and not leave there
post. As I was reading some of the remarks towards what Lopez did, I got the feeling that people do not have moral obligations any more. How can you fire someone for saving someone else life?
Yes I agree he broke the rules but the rules being broken in this case could have possibly saved the company a law suit for not letting that man drown. Jeff Ellis Management who hired Lopez has offered his job back but he declined. In which I think he should. I would not want to work for a company who's first hand obligation is follow the rules even though someone could possibly die, do not stop to help them. The mix comments that I have read just showed that people do not care enough to help anyone any more. In a sense it is a much heavier bystander effect, do not get in involved because it is not your responsibility.If you can lend a hand why not? The Babbling Bees do not approve of the Jeff Ellis Management decision in firing Lopez.
post. As I was reading some of the remarks towards what Lopez did, I got the feeling that people do not have moral obligations any more. How can you fire someone for saving someone else life?
Yes I agree he broke the rules but the rules being broken in this case could have possibly saved the company a law suit for not letting that man drown. Jeff Ellis Management who hired Lopez has offered his job back but he declined. In which I think he should. I would not want to work for a company who's first hand obligation is follow the rules even though someone could possibly die, do not stop to help them. The mix comments that I have read just showed that people do not care enough to help anyone any more. In a sense it is a much heavier bystander effect, do not get in involved because it is not your responsibility.If you can lend a hand why not? The Babbling Bees do not approve of the Jeff Ellis Management decision in firing Lopez.
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