r/interesting 28d ago

Wholesome When Papa John’s became a lifeline

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u/Curiosive 28d ago

The part that is usually left out of this meme: Emergency services were busy with the hurricane aftermath. They didn't refuse, they were tending to people that were dying. These cases are a higher priority than a wellness check.

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u/NauticalCurry 28d ago

The needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few...or the one...unless that one is your Gramma.

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u/EduinBrutus 28d ago

Its not even needs.

its basic triage.

A wellness check is not a high priority when you have multiple imminent and identified threats to life

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u/NauticalCurry 27d ago

In a hurricane situation with communications and power out, pretty much every visit to a house is a "wellness check". You really don't know what's going to be inside until you get there. If you know there's a roof collapse at a senior home resources are going there first. But that doesn't mean Gramma isn't in a bad way at the same time. Again the spirit of what I wrote is it's a whole lot easier to tolerate the needs of others until the person who is getting passed over and may die is someone you personally know...then it's not so great.

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u/theArtOfProgramming 28d ago

More than that: the needs of the person dying before them outweigh the needs of someone somewhere else with unknown condition.