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quote:Originally posted by thesupermonkey
Ok, here's mine.
While on my way through Texas, driving my truck back to my duty station (Houston to Monterey, CA) I passed a group of stranded females. I cut through the median and doubled back to check on them. There was already a tow truck there so I continued on to the next gas station. When I exited my car I noticed my driver side tires were full of cactus spines which I probably picked up in the median. It was about 50 miles between gas stations and with only one spare tire I was nervous about getting stranded. I pulled the spines, measured the tire pressure and killed an hour or so at the dinner. Afterwards, I measured the pressure again and they were both lower than they were originally. I was contemplating my next move when it dawned on me to check the passenger tires. They we're all within a few lbs of each other and it made sense that the pressure would have dropped off a bit since it was now evening. It was a huge relief and before I left I decided to grab a soda for the road. On my way in, I passed a disheveled, older gentleman, sitting on the step and holding a weather worn pup. I was in great spirits and the man/dog looked so distraught I couldn't help but ask, "Do you guys need anything?" He said, "No, I'm fine but if you have any scraps, he'll (the dog) take them". It seemed apparent to me that the man was in as much need, if not more than, his companion and his concern for his pet really moved me. I bought a soda and two cans of dog food with a $50 and dropped the remainder in the bag with the dog food. On the way out I handed him the bag and he said "Thank you sir". There I was, a 22 year old kid with a 50 plus man calling ME "sir" but I'm thankful to say the significance didn't escape me. As I got back into my truck I heard it again, "Sir". He just stood there, his hand held up and tears in his eyes. I nodded, started my car and drove away. Damn, it still makes me misty.
I come from a line of helpers. My grandfather would do anything for anybody. He got robbed and his car stolen for it one time, didn't stop him. My mom has on a couple of ocassions brought people home that have got stranded in our small town during inclement weather and the motels wer full. I once spent most of the day hauling a stranded motorist and his wife to get a water pump and install it, after working all night.
Here is my story. One morning on my way to work a few years ago I came across a little old man in a worn out blue S-10 that had just hit a deer. I pretty much live in the woods and this was on a stretch of highway that didn't have any home or anything for about 10 miles. I did a U turn and asked him if he needed any help or was hurt. It turns out he wasn't hurt but his truck was totaled. He asked if I could give him a ride and my work schedule wasn't really set so I said yes and dropped him off at the local county shop. Well, it turns out he was a pretty well know botanist an author. On my way to drop him off he asked me where I worked and we had a nice conversation about crops and that kind of thing. When I dropped him off he tried to pay me but I just said keep it. The next day he came by my work and dropped off one of his books signed and a gift certificate for nice local restaurant. Super nice guy.
Now my second story. It doesn't have such a happy ending. Another day on my way to work I came across a woman on the side of the road with a blown tire. It was slightly raining and I had my button up shirt and cakki pants so I didn't look like a killer or anything. I pulled in behind her and walked up the window and asked if she needed any help. I told her I would change her tire if she wanted me to. She would only let the window down about half an inch so she slid the key out to me and I opened the trunk and changed the tire. When I finished I was nasty and soaking wet. I walked up to her window and told her she was good to go. She didn't say thank you or anything. She just sped off. The rudest thing I've ever had done to me. It didn't stop me from helping though. I would want someone to help my friends or family out so I help others.
quote:Originally posted by Jesse1579
Now my second story. It doesn't have such a happy ending. Another day on my way to work I came across a woman on the side of the road with a blown tire. It was slightly raining and I had my button up shirt and cakki pants so I didn't look like a killer or anything. I pulled in behind her and walked up the window and asked if she needed any help. I told her I would change her tire if she wanted me to. She would only let the window down about half an inch so she slid the key out to me and I opened the trunk and changed the tire. When I finished I was nasty and soaking wet. I walked up to her window and told her she was good to go. She didn't say thank you or anything. She just sped off. The rudest thing I've ever had done to me. It didn't stop me from helping though. I would want someone to help my friends or family out so I help others.
You don't always get the thanks you deserve for lending a helping hand, so I thought I'd let you know I appreciate the help you gave my late mother-in-law.
quote:Originally posted by twototoo
quote:Originally posted by cartod
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
quote:Originally posted by kimi
I think you did great. Good for you!
This exact same thing was on network TV a couple of weeks ago on Friday night on the What Would You Do show. I think it's on NBC.
They went to a store where the person buying food was using food stamps and they made it so the person buying the food would not have enough money to pay for their groceries. It was quite entertaining as to what all happened. They even through in a fake agitator customer who was waiting in line as well.
If I could afford to help, and it looked like she was a decent sort buying good food and not just a dozen Steel Reserves, I'd help out.
OTOH I got behind someone just this week who paid food stamps for his food (well the card, they don't give out actual stamps anymore) then buys 2 cartons of cigs for $90. Him I'd never help; in fact if I ever get behind him in line again I'm going to ask him for some money. If he says no, I'll tell him I assume he has plenty, he's buying nearly $100 of cigarettes.
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
quote:Originally posted by Jesse1579
Now my second story. It doesn't have such a happy ending. Another day on my way to work I came across a woman on the side of the road with a blown tire. It was slightly raining and I had my button up shirt and cakki pants so I didn't look like a killer or anything. I pulled in behind her and walked up the window and asked if she needed any help. I told her I would change her tire if she wanted me to. She would only let the window down about half an inch so she slid the key out to me and I opened the trunk and changed the tire. When I finished I was nasty and soaking wet. I walked up to her window and told her she was good to go. She didn't say thank you or anything. She just sped off. The rudest thing I've ever had done to me. It didn't stop me from helping though. I would want someone to help my friends or family out so I help others.
You don't always get the thanks you deserve for lending a helping hand, so I thought I'd let you know I appreciate the help you gave my late mother-in-law.
Curios, this sort of thing comes along from time to time. Have heard of a few people doing just this very same thing. A Fine thing to do, most admirable.
Closest I ever came to that was a guy walked up to me at a gas pump and asked if I could spare $5 for gas to get him and his family to El Paso. This was near Casa Grande, AZ. Gas was cheaper then, but when he pointed to the beater of a car and his wife and two little kids sitting on the curb beside it I knew that $5 would never get him to El Paso. Man those kids looked sad and forlorn.
And I really only had plastic, very little cash money, life was tight then.
So I told him I had no spare cash with my credit card I'd fill his tank and outfit them at the convenience store. Groceries, ice for their cooler, motor oil and there was a fast food place in the same parking lot.
His face just got this look on it like he was flat disgusted or something. Just turned and walked off to the next set of pumps and approached someone else.
Well this was odd as hell to me and I went from thinking I was gonna' be the good guy to wondering what the deal was.
So I got his license plate number and called the sheriff. They thought it odd too and said they'd check it out.
Never heard what became of it, but I always suspected it was a con and had I tried to fill his tank it would of been full already. So he walked off to beg from someone else rather than get caught in a lie.
To this day I can still see those kids faces though. Sure hope life got better for them.
Charity is a beautiful thing and the more direct the better. Just have to watch out for the grifters, soulless bastids just ruin everything.
quote:Originally posted by ChrisInTempe
Curios, this sort of thing comes along from time to time. Have heard of a few people doing just this very same thing. A Fine thing to do, most admirable.
Closest I ever came to that was a guy walked up to me at a gas pump and asked if I could spare $5 for gas to get him and his family to El Paso. This was near Casa Grande, AZ. Gas was cheaper then, but when he pointed to the beater of a car and his wife and two little kids sitting on the curb beside it I knew that $5 would never get him to El Paso. Man those kids looked sad and forlorn.
And I really only had plastic, very little cash money, life was tight then.
So I told him I had no spare cash with my credit card I'd fill his tank and outfit them at the convenience store. Groceries, ice for their cooler, motor oil and there was a fast food place in the same parking lot.
His face just got this look on it like he was flat disgusted or something. Just turned and walked off to the next set of pumps and approached someone else.
Well this was odd as hell to me and I went from thinking I was gonna' be the good guy to wondering what the deal was.
So I got his license plate number and called the sheriff. They thought it odd too and said they'd check it out.
Never heard what became of it, but I always suspected it was a con and had I tried to fill his tank it would of been full already. So he walked off to beg from someone else rather than get caught in a lie.
To this day I can still see those kids faces though. Sure hope life got better for them.
Charity is a beautiful thing and the more direct the better. Just have to watch out for the grifters, soulless bastids just ruin everything.
I had a guy approach me outside a convenience store on Amarillo BLVD....(of Route 66 fame and now a prostitute and flophouse haven)...He asked me for two or three dollars for some tacos.
He was a clean cut looking white guy in his late 20's or early 30's.
He told me he had just gotten out of jail and had no money.
I gave him three bucks but he didn't go to the taco shack.
I suspect he was a crack head and went straight to get a fix or something.
most of my family would lend a hand to people when they could.
one story sticks in my mind, not quite a happy ending. my sister stopped at a fast food joint on her lunch break to get something to drink on her way back to work (used to go to the track and do a few laps during her break).
apparently there was a guy by the entrance asking for some change to get something to eat, and a guy had went and gotten him a taco instead of giving him some cash. dude took the taco, looked at it, yelled that he didnt want no damn taco and threw it. dont think she gave him any change after witnessing that [xx(].
quote:Originally posted by TheFonz
most of my family would lend a hand to people when they could.
one story sticks in my mind, not quite a happy ending. my sister stopped at a fast food joint on her lunch break to get something to drink on her way back to work (used to go to the track and do a few laps during her break).
apparently there was a guy by the entrance asking for some change to get something to eat, and a guy had went and gotten him a taco instead of giving him some cash. dude took the taco, looked at it, yelled that he didnt want no damn taco and threw it. dont think she gave him any change after witnessing that [xx(].
True beggars shant be choosers
Just the other day there was this old lady, I'm guessing about 70. She was one of those whose each step was only about 6 inches. She was trying to purchase a large Snickers bar but she could not remember the PIN on her debit card. She kept punching in different numbers. I just motioned to the cashier I would pay the $1.25. The cashier waved her through and even agreed to pay $0.75.
I was filling my tank late one night when a lady asked me for some gas so she could get to a town about 50 miles away. I looked over at her car and saw two kids who looked pretty worn out. She told me she had left her husband in Memphis and needed to get to her Sister's place. I asked if the kids were hungry, since they looked to be. She said they had not eaten all day. I filled her tank, gave the clerk enough to feed them all (the store had a 24 hr grill)and took off. She was crying when I pulled out. Made me feel good.
quote:Originally posted by ChrisInTempe
Curios, this sort of thing comes along from time to time. Have heard of a few people doing just this very same thing. A Fine thing to do, most admirable.
Closest I ever came to that was a guy walked up to me at a gas pump and asked if I could spare $5 for gas to get him and his family to El Paso. This was near Casa Grande, AZ. Gas was cheaper then, but when he pointed to the beater of a car and his wife and two little kids sitting on the curb beside it I knew that $5 would never get him to El Paso. Man those kids looked sad and forlorn.
And I really only had plastic, very little cash money, life was tight then.
So I told him I had no spare cash with my credit card I'd fill his tank and outfit them at the convenience store. Groceries, ice for their cooler, motor oil and there was a fast food place in the same parking lot.
His face just got this look on it like he was flat disgusted or something. Just turned and walked off to the next set of pumps and approached someone else.
Well this was odd as hell to me and I went from thinking I was gonna' be the good guy to wondering what the deal was.
So I got his license plate number and called the sheriff. They thought it odd too and said they'd check it out.
Never heard what became of it, but I always suspected it was a con and had I tried to fill his tank it would of been full already. So he walked off to beg from someone else rather than get caught in a lie.
To this day I can still see those kids faces though. Sure hope life got better for them.
Charity is a beautiful thing and the more direct the better. Just have to watch out for the grifters, soulless bastids just ruin everything.
happens all the time. they want cash to use for drugs or alcohol. have had people ask me for a few bucks for a bus ticket to get home or a few bucks for some food. when you offer to buy them the ticket or the food, but not give them cash, they arent interested.
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
quote:Originally posted by Wyatt Earp
Good for you! If there is a PD car or FD Yukon behind me in the Starbucks Krispy Kreme drive-thru, we always pay for their order.
Fixed it for you [:D] Just kidding!
We were in Galveston, TX one weekend when we lived in Houston. There was a navy transport ship docked there and they were giving tours. After our tour we went to the local seafood restaurant and saw a couple of the young men from the ship. Picked up the tab for their dinner.
In 2004, before I took my team on a tour to Iraq, we were doing some training in Southern California for a couple of weeks. The night before we deployed, we all went to a Chinese buffet restaurant for dinner. I guess someone sitting nearby could tell our situation from our conversation, and when it came time to leave, the waitress said that our bill was paid, along with a generous tip, by someone that had already left. For the 5 of us, that probably cost well over $120. That moment touched me deeply, and I will forever try to pay it forward. I've since retired from the Marine Corps, but I will still support those guys (and gals) deploying, no matter what service they are in.
quote:Originally posted by sohigh1
So, tonight, my wife and I were checking out at the grocery store. There was a lady in front of us checking out. I was standing directly behind her.
She tried to pay for her groceries using 2 different credit/debit cards. Neither one was accepted. They tried multiple times.
She finally told the cashier to try to put $70 on one of the cards, and that amount was accepted. That left her $14 and some odd cents to pay, and neither one of her cards would be accepted. When she checked her check book, she was fresh out of checks.
What would you do?
I stepped up, and said, "Ma'am, let me do something for you..." and I swiped my card and paid for her $14 worth of groceries.
I told her to pay it forward. I left with a smile on my face. It felt good to help.
Sounds like you are a big hearted, generous, sentimental man. Some would say that is a weakness, but I think it is a good thing. Reminds me of what I did shortly before last Christmas.
I was checking out at the grocery store and chatting with the young, female clerk. We were talking about how cold and icey it was out and I said I bet she is looking forward to getting off work and home to her nice warm apartment/house. She said that it wasn't all that warm because the apartment owner had only installed some kind of strange window unit that functioned as a heater (I have never heard of such a thing). She went on to say that it cost her $35.00 per night on such a cold night to keep her apartment warm. So she just would get into bed and cover up and try to stay warm. She also said she was going to borrow a heater from a friend after work so she could use that to keep warm without running the window unit.
Since the very grocery store where she was working sold electric heaters and since I assume she could buy one at an employee discount, but chose to borrow one, I was guessing she was like a lot of young people and didn't have the money to spare to buy her own heater.
So I went out and bought one for her and drove back to the store and gave the heater (still in the box and the box inside a shopping bag) and caught the grocery cart boy outside and gave it to him asking if he would please give it to Amanda. He said he would and I quickly drove off as I did not want anyone to know it was me. I had enclosed a Christmas Card with the heater and just signed it "Just Some Old Guy Trying to Do a Good Deed."
I felt pretty good about anonymously and hopefully helping that young girl stay warm that night. I did kinda feel like a dopey, sentimental old geezer to the point I didn't tell my wife or daughter what I had done for several days. It finally came out and both wife and daughter were happy I did it. I might do things like that more often.
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quote:Originally posted by kimi
I think you did great. Good for you!
AT
When you help someone in need, it's charity. When the gov does it, it's theft. Charity is a good thing.
+1
Be blessed today.
Ok, here's mine.
While on my way through Texas, driving my truck back to my duty station (Houston to Monterey, CA) I passed a group of stranded females. I cut through the median and doubled back to check on them. There was already a tow truck there so I continued on to the next gas station. When I exited my car I noticed my driver side tires were full of cactus spines which I probably picked up in the median. It was about 50 miles between gas stations and with only one spare tire I was nervous about getting stranded. I pulled the spines, measured the tire pressure and killed an hour or so at the dinner. Afterwards, I measured the pressure again and they were both lower than they were originally. I was contemplating my next move when it dawned on me to check the passenger tires. They we're all within a few lbs of each other and it made sense that the pressure would have dropped off a bit since it was now evening. It was a huge relief and before I left I decided to grab a soda for the road. On my way in, I passed a disheveled, older gentleman, sitting on the step and holding a weather worn pup. I was in great spirits and the man/dog looked so distraught I couldn't help but ask, "Do you guys need anything?" He said, "No, I'm fine but if you have any scraps, he'll (the dog) take them". It seemed apparent to me that the man was in as much need, if not more than, his companion and his concern for his pet really moved me. I bought a soda and two cans of dog food with a $50 and dropped the remainder in the bag with the dog food. On the way out I handed him the bag and he said "Thank you sir". There I was, a 22 year old kid with a 50 plus man calling ME "sir" but I'm thankful to say the significance didn't escape me. As I got back into my truck I heard it again, "Sir". He just stood there, his hand held up and tears in his eyes. I nodded, started my car and drove away. Damn, it still makes me misty.
That's a great story.
Now my second story. It doesn't have such a happy ending. Another day on my way to work I came across a woman on the side of the road with a blown tire. It was slightly raining and I had my button up shirt and cakki pants so I didn't look like a killer or anything. I pulled in behind her and walked up the window and asked if she needed any help. I told her I would change her tire if she wanted me to. She would only let the window down about half an inch so she slid the key out to me and I opened the trunk and changed the tire. When I finished I was nasty and soaking wet. I walked up to her window and told her she was good to go. She didn't say thank you or anything. She just sped off. The rudest thing I've ever had done to me. It didn't stop me from helping though. I would want someone to help my friends or family out so I help others.
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
quote:Originally posted by kimi
I think you did great. Good for you!
Me too.
Me two too.
ahem..
Now my second story. It doesn't have such a happy ending. Another day on my way to work I came across a woman on the side of the road with a blown tire. It was slightly raining and I had my button up shirt and cakki pants so I didn't look like a killer or anything. I pulled in behind her and walked up the window and asked if she needed any help. I told her I would change her tire if she wanted me to. She would only let the window down about half an inch so she slid the key out to me and I opened the trunk and changed the tire. When I finished I was nasty and soaking wet. I walked up to her window and told her she was good to go. She didn't say thank you or anything. She just sped off. The rudest thing I've ever had done to me. It didn't stop me from helping though. I would want someone to help my friends or family out so I help others.
You don't always get the thanks you deserve for lending a helping hand, so I thought I'd let you know I appreciate the help you gave my late mother-in-law.
quote:Originally posted by cartod
quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
quote:Originally posted by kimi
I think you did great. Good for you!
Me too.
Me two too.
ahem..
Using your name in vain!![:0][:D][:D][:D][:D]
I just hate being forced to do it with taxation when I see so damn many people who take advantage of it.
I just hate being forced to do it with taxation when I see so damn many people who take advantage of it.
When it comes by way of the government people fool themselves into thinking they're sticking it to the man.
They went to a store where the person buying food was using food stamps and they made it so the person buying the food would not have enough money to pay for their groceries. It was quite entertaining as to what all happened. They even through in a fake agitator customer who was waiting in line as well.
If I could afford to help, and it looked like she was a decent sort buying good food and not just a dozen Steel Reserves, I'd help out.
OTOH I got behind someone just this week who paid food stamps for his food (well the card, they don't give out actual stamps anymore) then buys 2 cartons of cigs for $90. Him I'd never help; in fact if I ever get behind him in line again I'm going to ask him for some money. If he says no, I'll tell him I assume he has plenty, he's buying nearly $100 of cigarettes.
I have helped before and would hope to be able to do so again.
I usually think along the lines of my mom, daughter, son, etc. being in a similar situation and would hope someone would help them.
KC
quote:Originally posted by Jesse1579
Now my second story. It doesn't have such a happy ending. Another day on my way to work I came across a woman on the side of the road with a blown tire. It was slightly raining and I had my button up shirt and cakki pants so I didn't look like a killer or anything. I pulled in behind her and walked up the window and asked if she needed any help. I told her I would change her tire if she wanted me to. She would only let the window down about half an inch so she slid the key out to me and I opened the trunk and changed the tire. When I finished I was nasty and soaking wet. I walked up to her window and told her she was good to go. She didn't say thank you or anything. She just sped off. The rudest thing I've ever had done to me. It didn't stop me from helping though. I would want someone to help my friends or family out so I help others.
You don't always get the thanks you deserve for lending a helping hand, so I thought I'd let you know I appreciate the help you gave my late mother-in-law.
LOL
I would show up to stores unannounced and proceed to make enemies...[8D]
Anyway, one day I rolled into a store in an affluent part of town and a woman in her late forties to early fifties assumed I was the store manager.
She asked me how she could go about paying for a female National Guardsman who was shopping in her cammies.
I told her I wasn't the manager but I could get him for her.
She didn't even want the woman to know who paid.
She just gave her credit card number to the manager who then approached the cashier as she finished ringing up the Guardsman's order.
He told the woman that another customer wanted to buy her groceries for her.
That was a good day.
Closest I ever came to that was a guy walked up to me at a gas pump and asked if I could spare $5 for gas to get him and his family to El Paso. This was near Casa Grande, AZ. Gas was cheaper then, but when he pointed to the beater of a car and his wife and two little kids sitting on the curb beside it I knew that $5 would never get him to El Paso. Man those kids looked sad and forlorn.
And I really only had plastic, very little cash money, life was tight then.
So I told him I had no spare cash with my credit card I'd fill his tank and outfit them at the convenience store. Groceries, ice for their cooler, motor oil and there was a fast food place in the same parking lot.
His face just got this look on it like he was flat disgusted or something. Just turned and walked off to the next set of pumps and approached someone else.
Well this was odd as hell to me and I went from thinking I was gonna' be the good guy to wondering what the deal was.
So I got his license plate number and called the sheriff. They thought it odd too and said they'd check it out.
Never heard what became of it, but I always suspected it was a con and had I tried to fill his tank it would of been full already. So he walked off to beg from someone else rather than get caught in a lie.
To this day I can still see those kids faces though. Sure hope life got better for them.
Charity is a beautiful thing and the more direct the better. Just have to watch out for the grifters, soulless bastids just ruin everything.
Curios, this sort of thing comes along from time to time. Have heard of a few people doing just this very same thing. A Fine thing to do, most admirable.
Closest I ever came to that was a guy walked up to me at a gas pump and asked if I could spare $5 for gas to get him and his family to El Paso. This was near Casa Grande, AZ. Gas was cheaper then, but when he pointed to the beater of a car and his wife and two little kids sitting on the curb beside it I knew that $5 would never get him to El Paso. Man those kids looked sad and forlorn.
And I really only had plastic, very little cash money, life was tight then.
So I told him I had no spare cash with my credit card I'd fill his tank and outfit them at the convenience store. Groceries, ice for their cooler, motor oil and there was a fast food place in the same parking lot.
His face just got this look on it like he was flat disgusted or something. Just turned and walked off to the next set of pumps and approached someone else.
Well this was odd as hell to me and I went from thinking I was gonna' be the good guy to wondering what the deal was.
So I got his license plate number and called the sheriff. They thought it odd too and said they'd check it out.
Never heard what became of it, but I always suspected it was a con and had I tried to fill his tank it would of been full already. So he walked off to beg from someone else rather than get caught in a lie.
To this day I can still see those kids faces though. Sure hope life got better for them.
Charity is a beautiful thing and the more direct the better. Just have to watch out for the grifters, soulless bastids just ruin everything.
I had a guy approach me outside a convenience store on Amarillo BLVD....(of Route 66 fame and now a prostitute and flophouse haven)...He asked me for two or three dollars for some tacos.
He was a clean cut looking white guy in his late 20's or early 30's.
He told me he had just gotten out of jail and had no money.
I gave him three bucks but he didn't go to the taco shack.
I suspect he was a crack head and went straight to get a fix or something.
one story sticks in my mind, not quite a happy ending. my sister stopped at a fast food joint on her lunch break to get something to drink on her way back to work (used to go to the track and do a few laps during her break).
apparently there was a guy by the entrance asking for some change to get something to eat, and a guy had went and gotten him a taco instead of giving him some cash. dude took the taco, looked at it, yelled that he didnt want no damn taco and threw it. dont think she gave him any change after witnessing that [xx(].
most of my family would lend a hand to people when they could.
one story sticks in my mind, not quite a happy ending. my sister stopped at a fast food joint on her lunch break to get something to drink on her way back to work (used to go to the track and do a few laps during her break).
apparently there was a guy by the entrance asking for some change to get something to eat, and a guy had went and gotten him a taco instead of giving him some cash. dude took the taco, looked at it, yelled that he didnt want no damn taco and threw it. dont think she gave him any change after witnessing that [xx(].
True beggars shant be choosers
Opened a locked house in a snow storm a few weeks back. Older man that I've known for some time. He tried to pay me $50, but I wouldn't take it.
Next day I was killing some time while my truck was being worked on, and bought a lottery ticket. Won $50.
I've found that the good I do for others, actually does more good for me.
Keep up the good work!
[:)]sohigh1[:)], you are a saint!
Lol, thanks. Some others here are not so convinced....
Curios, this sort of thing comes along from time to time. Have heard of a few people doing just this very same thing. A Fine thing to do, most admirable.
Closest I ever came to that was a guy walked up to me at a gas pump and asked if I could spare $5 for gas to get him and his family to El Paso. This was near Casa Grande, AZ. Gas was cheaper then, but when he pointed to the beater of a car and his wife and two little kids sitting on the curb beside it I knew that $5 would never get him to El Paso. Man those kids looked sad and forlorn.
And I really only had plastic, very little cash money, life was tight then.
So I told him I had no spare cash with my credit card I'd fill his tank and outfit them at the convenience store. Groceries, ice for their cooler, motor oil and there was a fast food place in the same parking lot.
His face just got this look on it like he was flat disgusted or something. Just turned and walked off to the next set of pumps and approached someone else.
Well this was odd as hell to me and I went from thinking I was gonna' be the good guy to wondering what the deal was.
So I got his license plate number and called the sheriff. They thought it odd too and said they'd check it out.
Never heard what became of it, but I always suspected it was a con and had I tried to fill his tank it would of been full already. So he walked off to beg from someone else rather than get caught in a lie.
To this day I can still see those kids faces though. Sure hope life got better for them.
Charity is a beautiful thing and the more direct the better. Just have to watch out for the grifters, soulless bastids just ruin everything.
happens all the time. they want cash to use for drugs or alcohol. have had people ask me for a few bucks for a bus ticket to get home or a few bucks for some food. when you offer to buy them the ticket or the food, but not give them cash, they arent interested.
Good for you! If there is a PD car or FD Yukon behind me in the Starbucks Krispy Kreme drive-thru, we always pay for their order.
Fixed it for you [:D] Just kidding!
We were in Galveston, TX one weekend when we lived in Houston. There was a navy transport ship docked there and they were giving tours. After our tour we went to the local seafood restaurant and saw a couple of the young men from the ship. Picked up the tab for their dinner.
Who says society is doomed, there are still a lot of good people out there who do good deeds just because.
So, tonight, my wife and I were checking out at the grocery store. There was a lady in front of us checking out. I was standing directly behind her.
She tried to pay for her groceries using 2 different credit/debit cards. Neither one was accepted. They tried multiple times.
She finally told the cashier to try to put $70 on one of the cards, and that amount was accepted. That left her $14 and some odd cents to pay, and neither one of her cards would be accepted. When she checked her check book, she was fresh out of checks.
What would you do?
I stepped up, and said, "Ma'am, let me do something for you..." and I swiped my card and paid for her $14 worth of groceries.
I told her to pay it forward. I left with a smile on my face. It felt good to help.
Sounds like you are a big hearted, generous, sentimental man. Some would say that is a weakness, but I think it is a good thing. Reminds me of what I did shortly before last Christmas.
I was checking out at the grocery store and chatting with the young, female clerk. We were talking about how cold and icey it was out and I said I bet she is looking forward to getting off work and home to her nice warm apartment/house. She said that it wasn't all that warm because the apartment owner had only installed some kind of strange window unit that functioned as a heater (I have never heard of such a thing). She went on to say that it cost her $35.00 per night on such a cold night to keep her apartment warm. So she just would get into bed and cover up and try to stay warm. She also said she was going to borrow a heater from a friend after work so she could use that to keep warm without running the window unit.
Since the very grocery store where she was working sold electric heaters and since I assume she could buy one at an employee discount, but chose to borrow one, I was guessing she was like a lot of young people and didn't have the money to spare to buy her own heater.
So I went out and bought one for her and drove back to the store and gave the heater (still in the box and the box inside a shopping bag) and caught the grocery cart boy outside and gave it to him asking if he would please give it to Amanda. He said he would and I quickly drove off as I did not want anyone to know it was me. I had enclosed a Christmas Card with the heater and just signed it "Just Some Old Guy Trying to Do a Good Deed."
I felt pretty good about anonymously and hopefully helping that young girl stay warm that night. I did kinda feel like a dopey, sentimental old geezer to the point I didn't tell my wife or daughter what I had done for several days. It finally came out and both wife and daughter were happy I did it. I might do things like that more often.