209: Kevin did CPR on the golf course

What Was That Like - True Stories. Real People.

Scott Johnson & Glassbox Media

True Crime, Personal Journals, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 14 March 2025

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Imagine you’re out in public, just going about your day. Let’s say you’re in the grocery store. And as you’re pushing your shopping cart down the aisle, you notice a tall man, maybe 10 feet ahead of you, looking at the items on the shelf. And suddenly, that man collapses to the floor. What would you do? Most people don’t really know what they would do, until a situation like that actually comes up. Some people just freeze. If it happens in a busy place, some people will just keep walking. There’s this interesting psychological effect called diffusion of responsibility – that just means that everyone who sees something like this happen just assumes someone else will help. But the end result is that no one takes action. But then there’s another type of reaction. There’s the person who sees an emergency like that, and their first thought is “what can I do to help that person?”. My guest in this episode is Kevin, and that was his reaction. He was just finishing up a round of golf and was walking back to the clubhouse. And he saw that someone was on the ground. This is a Flashback episode. Kevin told this story on the podcast 5 years ago. So afterward, you’ll hear what he’s been up to since then. Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/209 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Head to http://Lumen.me/WWTL for 20% off your purchase. Go to bluenile.com to shop Blue Nile, the original online jeweler since 1999! Follow “MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark and Mysterious Stories” on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/WHATWAS and get on your way to being your best self. To get 15% off your next gift, go to UNCOMMONGOODS.com/WHATWAS Sign up today at https://www.butcherbox.com/whatwas and use code whatwas to get chicken breast, salmon or ground beef FREE in every order for a year, plus $20 off your first order. Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/WHAT Go to Quince.com/whatwas for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code [WHATWAS] at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Imagine you're out in public, just going about your day.
0:05.1	Let's say you're in the grocery store.
0:07.7	And as you're pushing your shopping cart down the aisle,
0:11.4	you notice a tall man, maybe 10 feet ahead of you,
0:15.5	looking at the items on the shelf.
0:18.5	And suddenly, that man collapses to the floor what would you do most people
0:28.6	don't really know what they would do until a situation like that actually comes up some
0:34.3	people just freeze if it happens in a place, some people will just keep walking by.
0:41.5	There's this interesting psychological effect called diffusion of responsibility.
0:47.9	That just means that everyone who sees something like this happen just assumes that someone else will help.
0:55.3	But the end result is that no one takes action.
1:01.4	But then there's another type of reaction.
1:04.2	There's the person who sees an emergency like that and their first thought is, what can
1:10.0	I do to help that person?
1:14.4	My guest in this episode is Kevin, and that was his reaction.
1:19.7	He was just finishing up a round of golf and was walking back to the clubhouse, and he saw
1:25.6	that someone was on the ground.
1:30.3	This is a flashback episode.
1:32.3	Kevin told the story on the podcast five years ago, so afterward you'll hear what he's been up to since then.
1:43.3	Real people in unreal situations.
1:48.0	The eerie silence when I walked in, and he's just staring at me.
1:53.5	I was like, hello, like, are you okay?
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