Good Samaritan!!
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I noticed much vibration as I passed j5 of the m3 north. Realised I had a flat, nursed it to fleet services. Been waiting 3 hours for the 24hr mobile tire ppl to arrive, quite cold, and the lady from the petrol station brought me a free hot chocolate! I didn't expect that! Thanks... These little things seriously improve your day, I always try to help people when I can so its nice to get some good karma back. What a star!
I remember once I was going along in my old Polo over Stainmoor, it was thrashing it down and gale force winds. Anyway I spotted a biker stood next to his tipped-over bike, in the central reservation. Turns out he was a French bloke, on his way for a job interview as a chef. He'd realised it was getting a bit dodgy, but when he went to turn the wind capsized him and he couldn't pick the bike up because of the wind. So we wheeled it into a layby, and I parked my car up as a wind break (chortle). Sat and warmed up ... having told the RAC he needed the bike transported, about an hour and a half later the guy turned up in a van full of gear, d'oh! Anyway the bloke gave me a tenner for my help, and I got a day off college, so karma can work in your favour some time!
That's nice. I've stopped and helped other people a few times before too.
And then karma repaid me one evening - my motorbike broke down, as it happens not too far from home - maybe 2 miles. I was just resigned to pushing it back, when a guy in a van stopped, and asked what the problem was.
I told him, and without a second thought, he had loaded it into his van, and drove me and the bike home. And one there, would not take any cash from me when I offered either.
I do think that there is definitely 'motorists karma' operating
And then karma repaid me one evening - my motorbike broke down, as it happens not too far from home - maybe 2 miles. I was just resigned to pushing it back, when a guy in a van stopped, and asked what the problem was.
I told him, and without a second thought, he had loaded it into his van, and drove me and the bike home. And one there, would not take any cash from me when I offered either.
I do think that there is definitely 'motorists karma' operating
Karma is a lovely thing, and it's nice to get an immediate thank you, but I never help with an expectation of thanks. I'm more of a pay-it-forward kind of person.
I've played Samaritan numerous times. Best one was to a poor girl sat in her car in tears on a dual carriageway. Everyone else getting angry/frustrated at the obstruction, all the tooting had set her off. I pulled up in front of her, and checked to see what was wrong. She'd run out of fuel - so I topped up her tank with the can in the boot of my car, and, rather than accept her cash (she offered way too much) I followed her to a nearby garage where she filled my can before filling her car. As I was leaving the forecourt, she sprinted from the shop, stopped me and handed over a box of Cadbury's Roses, before running back inside to pay for her fuel.
Was she fit? Yes, very. But then so is my wife, and she was sat in the passenger seat
I've played Samaritan numerous times. Best one was to a poor girl sat in her car in tears on a dual carriageway. Everyone else getting angry/frustrated at the obstruction, all the tooting had set her off. I pulled up in front of her, and checked to see what was wrong. She'd run out of fuel - so I topped up her tank with the can in the boot of my car, and, rather than accept her cash (she offered way too much) I followed her to a nearby garage where she filled my can before filling her car. As I was leaving the forecourt, she sprinted from the shop, stopped me and handed over a box of Cadbury's Roses, before running back inside to pay for her fuel.
Was she fit? Yes, very. But then so is my wife, and she was sat in the passenger seat
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