My friend, a gym rat and golfer, slipped in a Camarillo market when her rubber soled shoe caught on the polished floor.
It might have been worse if she hadn’t collided into a paper towel display.
Many people, including store employees, walked by without offering assistance. Finally, a young man with a wife and two children came to her aide.
My friend’s shoulder was fractured.
What kind of society have we become when a fallen senior receives stares and no help? Pam Ferris Newbury Park