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My grandpa taught me the value of helping others, going beyond what is expected to make a difference in the lives of random people if he had the chance. He showed me how helping others can make me feel good about myself, that I might have made a big impact on someone with a small gesture.
One time when I was young, my grandpa picked up 2 subs for lunch and was on his way to visit me and my mom and dad. On his way he passed a guy who, as he put it, looked like he needed help. Long story short, my grandpa picked him up in mid-Pennsylvania and drove him down across the Maryland state line because the guy was apparently trying to get to his family. My grandpa also gave him both subs we were supposed to have for lunch but my grandpa said the guy looked like he needed them more than we did haha.
This story and others like it shaped who I am - the desire to help people when I can, be it stopping to help someone change a flat tire or picking up a hitchhiker.
I've probably picked up 5-6 people over the years who looked like they needed a ride... here are a few of the stories in brief:
-One guy just wanted a ride to the bowling alley (he had his bowling ball with him)
-I was with my girlfriend, and when we passed the guy with his thumb out I asked her "Should we pick him up?" and she said "No" but I started grinning and pulled over. He was holding a cup of Starbucks and a hand full of dollar bills. He said he needed to get to a bank so he could withdraw money because he was on his way to 'save the environment' but "they" don't want him to. He kept referring to "they" and how "they" wanted to stop him, haha. Before he got out of the car he thanked us, blew us a kiss, and said he would remember us because we were wearing "very natural clothes". Weird, but funny.
-In college my roommate and I were driving to get food late at night when we passed two girls who were dressed more like hitch-hookers than hitch-hikers, so obviously we stopped to pick them up... sadly they just wanted a ride to a party and were not interested in getting food with us.
-Most recently, I was with my dad, when I pulled over to pick up a guy who looked frantic. Turns out he missed the city bus and just wanted to get to McDonalds before they stopped serving breakfast hahaha.
So, I'm curious, does anyone have any good stories of picking up hitch hikers or hitch hiking themselves?
One time when I was young, my grandpa picked up 2 subs for lunch and was on his way to visit me and my mom and dad. On his way he passed a guy who, as he put it, looked like he needed help. Long story short, my grandpa picked him up in mid-Pennsylvania and drove him down across the Maryland state line because the guy was apparently trying to get to his family. My grandpa also gave him both subs we were supposed to have for lunch but my grandpa said the guy looked like he needed them more than we did haha.
This story and others like it shaped who I am - the desire to help people when I can, be it stopping to help someone change a flat tire or picking up a hitchhiker.
I've probably picked up 5-6 people over the years who looked like they needed a ride... here are a few of the stories in brief:
-One guy just wanted a ride to the bowling alley (he had his bowling ball with him)
-I was with my girlfriend, and when we passed the guy with his thumb out I asked her "Should we pick him up?" and she said "No" but I started grinning and pulled over. He was holding a cup of Starbucks and a hand full of dollar bills. He said he needed to get to a bank so he could withdraw money because he was on his way to 'save the environment' but "they" don't want him to. He kept referring to "they" and how "they" wanted to stop him, haha. Before he got out of the car he thanked us, blew us a kiss, and said he would remember us because we were wearing "very natural clothes". Weird, but funny.
-In college my roommate and I were driving to get food late at night when we passed two girls who were dressed more like hitch-hookers than hitch-hikers, so obviously we stopped to pick them up... sadly they just wanted a ride to a party and were not interested in getting food with us.
-Most recently, I was with my dad, when I pulled over to pick up a guy who looked frantic. Turns out he missed the city bus and just wanted to get to McDonalds before they stopped serving breakfast hahaha.
So, I'm curious, does anyone have any good stories of picking up hitch hikers or hitch hiking themselves?
Don’t you know m*therfuckers are crazy out there?
When I see a hitchhiker I step on the gas harder.
But if they are vegan, and push that stuff down my throat, they will sleep with the fish... That’s a no-go topic, can’t deal
But like 7 Minute Abs, hitch hikers seldom get a second glance from me. I'll stick with saving the animals.
The Shop
On another note they did a test by putting a fake turtle on the line on edge of road and were saddened by the amount of people that purposely hit it. Then they moved it 5 feet off the side and lost all faith in humanity because of the number of people who went out of their way to hit it. Humans suck.
My mate picked up 2 local chicks (in his van ) back when he was about 18. They shouted him bongs at their pad but he didn't get his end wet.
would not do it with my family in the car,
Always stop to help with a broken down car/flat but at least once a month we go out to eat and while sitting there I like to scope out the other folks eating with us.
I'll pick out a Family or couple and pay for their meal on the way out.
I never seen their reaction for what a complete stranger has just done for them but I get a pretty good feeling that it has to be a good.
A few years ago I was headed home on weekend leave, Was sometime in the winter, I remember it was actively snowing a decent amount. I usually take back roads, and came across this girl, she was about 18-20, all alone, had a jacket on, but her footwear and pants weren't really good for the weather. Picked her up, she had been walking 20 minutes, and was headed to the same town as me... I still had about 90 minutes of driving to do. I made sure she was going somewhere safe and that she didn't need help. She said she was just headed to her boyfriends and neither had a vehicle. Gave her a lift obviously.
Pit Row
Turns out the farmhouse was an old abandoned homestead where a bunch of the local boys were allowed to spend the summer drinking and smoking dope. No electric or running water. The parents only had one rule...be on that tractor by 7 am or your ass is back home.
I woke up before daybreak. Everybody else was still passed out laying all around the place. I stood at the kitchen door listening to the birds and critters waking up...that magic time. All of a sudden, the most ungodly blast of noise shattered right behind me. They had an alarm rigged to a train whistle bolted to an old ice box. Scared the crap out of me.
After they got done laughing at me they took me back to town, fed me breakfast, packed me a lunch and drove me most of the way back to base. There's good people out there fellas...I hope times haven't changed them.
Nowadays, you would have to hold me at gunpoint to pick up hitcher! Things have certainly changed over the years.
Last weekend after leaving a restaurant with my family a guy with a family asked me to give him a jump start. I said sure no problem. We we're in my wife's car and it had a crappy pair of cables that were part of an emergency kit. Well the cables didn't work so I told the guy I would go home get my truck and good cables. He was extremely greatful. I return about 20 or 30 minutes later and the jump works. The guy was really greatful and offered to pay what he could but of course I turned it down. It's the drunks or bums on the street asking for money that I won't help.
If you've ever been there, you know, it's in the middle of nowhere.
Standing on the 2 lane road that goes past the track, one realizes how straight, and long that road is. I mean, it disappears into the horizon. And we had to get to Baltimore.
After about an hour, just as the sun was setting, a guy, his wife and kid, pulling a travel trailer, stopped and said sure, get in the trailer and we will drop u off at Rt 3 and 695, which was in walking distance of home.
And they did.
It was weird. Standing there, making eye contact with people as they went by. Some avoided looking at you, others
you could tell, wanted to but didn't. A few kinda grinned like, what, are you guys crazy.
Made me think of this one, by Leon, back in 1972.......... https://youtu.be/UeB6o7Ej2Es
LA County, Nope.
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