Proof there are still good people in the world
STAFF and management at Australia Post Talbragar Street witnessed the best in people recently and felt compelled to share their story with Dubbo Photo News readers.
Mainly, it is to say ‘thank you’ to all the people who showed selfless efforts of care and compassion when their customers were suddenly in need of assistance.
On one occasion an elderly woman collapsed in front of the post office, apparently due to heat exhaustion.
“People reacted just straight away, asked if she was okay. It was right near the front door and lots of people were coming in, some staying out of the way, some asking if there was anything they could do, if an ambulance had been rung,” Australia Post manager Virginia Brown said.
“Her name is Mrs Sharp and she had walked around from the doctors on that really hot day we had recently. She walked all the way around from Bultje Street.
“We saw it on the CCTV, and you can see she sits down outside for about five minutes. You can see she’s rather distressed, and everyone’s coming up and asking, ‘Are you okay?’
“She got up to come inside but she goes back out and sits back out the front for about eight minutes, and then she faints, bang, her head on the footpath.
“There were people everywhere. There was a lady who’s a young doctor and you can see her hand her boyfriend a package and straight away she’s beside Mrs Sharp. This lasted about 45 minutes. Every person that walked past didn’t ignore the situation. This young doctor, she stayed there, another young lady came over. She was a nurse,” Mrs Brown said.
“The thing is, every person was either asking ‘what can I do?’, or even were going up to our staff to ask if they were alright. It was wonderful.”
The experience also struck home to the Australia Post team that, with summer approaching, the chances of feeling overcome by heat will probably increase too.
“We want to let Dubbo know that if they’re ever on Talbragar Street during the summer and they’re feeling the heat, to just come in. We’ve got the air-conditioning on, it’ll be cool and people can take the time to recover,” Mrs Brown said.
Staff at Australia Post Talbragar Street invite anyone shopping on Talbragar Street this summer who feels overwhelmed by the heat, to take advantage of their cool air conditioning and recover with some water. Australia Post team member Nancy Pascoe is pictured with customer David Laycock.