Finnish hospitality

My first day not working. The sun decided to show up this morning so I packed my photo gear and jumped in the first tram heading east. Then the sun got a bit shy and went behind the clouds.

Well, I was in Kallio wondering what to do next. It was freezing and I was starting to get cold. Then I saw this 56 years old man weighting 92kg. He was sitting on the pavement trying to get up. This man was one of these people that we often call alcoholics. Few minutes later I also heard a new term ' losers who should drink less next time'.
Anyway few WOMEN were trying to help him get up and after a while he was back on his feet. The women left as I watched the man fall down again. He was totally out of strength as I soon came to find out.
Next a WOMAN stopped to help him get up again. At this point I went to help her. We got the man on his feet. The woman smiled, thanked me and left as I stayed and was a bit suspicious of the mans ability to walk. As expected, he collapsed again on the pavement.

Next I helped him up on my own, put his hat on an hoped for the best. He was able to walk few meters before crashing down head first. This time it looked bad. The man's face hit the ground really hard and the gravel asphalt combination did the damage. Now he was bleeding quite heavily and there was a clear cut in his face. I called the emergency number and told them to send some help.






After that there wasn't that much I could do and the man didn't really feel like talking. I decided to continue my photo session. 4 minutes later I took this photo of a dog shit with the flag on it in the park near the man. After the photo I felt like a piece of dog shit wearing a colorful beanie.

I went back to make sure the ambulance would come. At that point there were already medics helping him. They showed up from the government building next to the place of the accident. Five minutes later the police came and saw that the situation was under control.

I was cold, took the metro and headed south.

Now some of you might think it's wrong to take photos of a drunk man who is bleeding. Somehow a photo is still able make things a bit more concrete for some of you %#%# who turn the head the other way when something bad happens. There's something seriously wrong with this nation and I don't meant the alcoholics.