it is one of the coldest nights of the year – about 25F. your significant other is coming over to visit. you hear the car pull up, hear the door lock beep. you wait. a few minutes later, she comes in the door, apologizing. apparently there is an old guy passed out in the middle of the street.do you:
a. leave him there.
b. call the cops.
c. call an ambulance.
d. go out and talk to him.

if you’re me, you choose (d). it’s too cold for anybody to be out, and he can’t stand up enough to get out of the middle of the street. plus, cops in the neighborhood like to rough people up.

so, we tried to talk to him, tried to get him home. ended up riding in the back of a frat boy truck, holding him up and on, feet dangling. he couldn’t tell us where to go, and we tried to drop him off but he just drug himself into the street and collapsed again, so we took him to the e.r. at least it was warm there, and emily knew the lady behind the counter, and maybe they just let him sober up there.

i feel terribly bad about the whole thing.