Snap Judement

If the thief flashed a gun on the bus after robbing someone, the man watching would have been morally delinquent in not calling the police. At some point you have to realize that your actions (good or bad) will have an effect on others. At that point its a choice for evil or good, regardless of the outcome to others. If I call the police and the man shoots me, I may save peoples lives anyway because the man is caught and doesn’t have time to hurt others. None of us can see the future.

Geoff Blair | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Responsibility. Consequences. Bravery. Cowardice. Honor.

The thief made a choice to prey on someone weaker than himself, to take something that wasn’t his. The donut guy, when he hung up on 911, chose not to involve the police. He may also have chosen to not confront the thief, the video doesn’t show that part of the story. The thief had a responsibility, as a member of society, to protect both the woman and her property. The donut guy had the same responsibility to the woman and so far as we could see failed in his responsibility to the her. Thieves (and other criminals) have always preyed on others, but at some times and places in our society people have recognized a responsibility to deal with criminals regardless of possible personal consequences. Indeed, how can one retain any sense of honor if one does not protect other members of society? For myself, I believe the donut guy had a moral responsibility to see to the capture of the thief, by one means or another, regardless of personal risk, or of risk to others on the bus.

Rich Groot | 1 year, 9 months ago
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What would I do?

The clip was great. In fact I had to watch it twice because I read some of the comments & wanted to make sure I did not miss anything. The clip had me asking myself “What would I do?” The message of the clip was clear because I don’t think Liberty Mutual’s job is to tell people how to think but we do want them to think. Keep up the good work.

Pamela Williams | 1 year, 9 months ago
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I think the opportunity for “donut man” to do the right thing was lost as soon as he witnessed the crime and didn’t do anything immediately. The best solution I can imagine would be to inform the bus driver that a thief just stole the purse and has jumped on the bus and then call 911. Hopefully the bus driver would also do the right thing and not provide the thief with an escape route by continuing to drive on – “it takes a community.” Direct confrontation over the contents of a purse would be foolhardy, as the thief has already proved by his very act that he’s not a rational thinker. If, on the other hand, the thief were attacking the woman then the only proper response would be direct confrontation.

George | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Great message, misguided realit?

I love the idea of the pay it forward ads and what they represent from a corporate culture as well as from the personal soul.

However, I have a problem with this movie. It sends a strong message in the way that it makes us question what the “responsible” thing is.

It makes us question the cup cake man’s motivation and what his future action should be.

As a former law enforcement officer, it makes me very scared for him, as he approaches the theif. I am not sure why he would not call the police, call for help, or take some other action ~ possibly fear for safety for himself or familly. But the, after he chooses not to take any of those actions, somehow he has enough courage to walk up to and in some manner interact with the theif?

For some reason he would not take any action but the one with the greatest probability to be injured?

Perhaps we are used to the movies where the good guy wins, but in the real world when a stranger confronts a theif, for any reason, they will likely get hurt.

Becuase of this, I find myself not focused on what the responsible choice is, but how the cupcake man chose no responsible action and then chose what in most likelyhood is the least responsible.

I am not sure how I feel about that, but I am worried that while the pay it forward ads encourage a specific type of action this movie may do the same. I would not want people getting hurt after following the video’s example of what someone chose to do.

Just my thoughts.

Sean | 1 year, 9 months ago
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You know better in Texas

History can teach us some great lessons if we just look back once in a while… remember the ‘Old West’ where robbers would have to ride away on their horse as fast as possible when pulling a heist such as what this punk did? The fear of Mr. Smith and Mr. Wesson being on this bus is exactly why this punk is nervous as he rambles thru the ladies purse (especially so in Texas).

John L | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Power to the People

Todd Beamer and several other complete strangers banded together on United flight 93 just 7 short years ago and exemplified how powerful “We The People” really are when we work together to do the responsible and right thing… Yes, that was on a much larger scale but the principal remains the same – that all of us are created with the inherent desire to do the RIGHT thing in situations like this.

Look around and you will find that you have a world full of Todd Beamer’s sitting around you.

Still not convinced? Just ask business travelers that fly often why they have no fear of flying and what would happen if four ‘thugs’ stood up in the middle of a flight today…

John L | 1 year, 9 months ago
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Wait!

Why is he a hero? Here’s my take. He took a long time to do anything. He contemplated doing something many times. And, he may well have confronted the burglar at the end of the movie, but he hadn’t done anything yet. If he leaves and does nothing, he was not responsible and it would be for good reasons. If the burglar has a weapon the responsible thing to do would not neccessarily be to get shot just to return the purse. But the video certainly puts into a good context the number of outcomes that could have occured. Stopping the bus, alerting the police, calling 911 etc…

Paul | 1 year, 8 months ago
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Heros Are Only Human

I was pleased that the main character in this film finally took a stand. It is difficult when your life might be in danger to step up. I myself would have called 911 or made enough rukus to get the bus drivers attention. We all need to step up when our fellow human beings can’t.

Jackie Laney | 1 year, 8 months ago
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