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This Woman Intervenes When An Elderly Man Had An Accident In His Pants At The Store

Published on January 16, 2025

Humans have gotten so far apart throughout time that it is common for most of us to ignore someone who is in danger. It’s fine to stay out of other people’s affairs, but this doesn’t apply when we observe someone in need of assistance or struggling.

Fortunately, there are also individuals like Lisa Lemming who help us to believe in humans again.

This woman, who works as a caregiver at a senior home center in Georgia, saw an old man standing by one of the aisles as she was shopping. She gave him a grin, but she could see by the expression of agony in his eyes that something was amiss. She chose to go over and see how the man was doing to make sure he was alright.

When she asked him if he everything was fine, the senior teared up. Lisa later shared the story and started her post writing: “Just spent 2 hours with an elderly man at Kroger. It started with me just smiling at him, making eye contact. As I walked past him he looked like he needed something.”

“I went back and asked him if I could help him. Tears welled up in his eyes and he said, ‘I have colon cancer and I have had a really bad accident, if I get up out of this cart everyone will know. What should I do?’”

Lisa talked to one of the staff members and explained the situation, reassuring him that everything would be alright. Without any hesitation, the workers intervened and assisted him in getting clean.

To enable him to leave the store and return home, they even provided him with dry clothes to put on.

“The look of his dignity lost left me with a lump in my throat. From that moment on, Kroger staff quickly fetched us wipes, undergarments and discreetly took him to their employer bathroom Area where he was given clothes. He cried and apologized. He said he had to hurry his wife was at home alone,” Lisa wrote.

The man turned out to be a veteran who had fought in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars.

He began to feel that the nation had let him down over the years, but Lisa’s actions gave him hope again.

The interaction concluded with words of wisdom and a few happy tears.

“We both cried and I shared with him my own struggles and fears… He gave me words of wisdom and encouraged me that maybe after all, humanity still does care about one another,” Lisa wrote. “Today proved it. Thank you Elmer, thank you Kroger and thank you God for the lesson and reminder I received today.”

This tale is the ideal illustration of how even the tiniest deeds of kindness can have a profound impact.