Good Samaritan
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Lone Wolf
- Joined: Wed Dec 04, 2002 10:59 pm
- Location: Orlando, FL
I consider myself a VERY good samaritan. I've been opening up doors and other stuff for people for many years. I am also extremely polite. I wouldn't really hesitate to help others with their problems even if it might be inconveniant for me. I believe that I've taught myself to be this way.
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MistyCaldwell
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2002 10:04 pm
- Location: Virginia
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In the restroom of a university stall once I found a wallet that had over 200 bucks in it. There was no phone number in there despite the numerous credit cards and all I could find was the girl's drivers license.
So since this is a college town, people are not going to be listed in the phone books, and there is no general office. Instead of calling the campus police and letting her find it, I looked up her name in the college directory, called her house (the moron had no clue she didn't have it) and told her I'd be at the lab on the 4th floor, she could come pick it up. She said she had to eat dinner first...
not alarmed or just stupid? That was a Playstation 2 right there in the wallet...or one months car payment....
An hour later I am sitting there with it beside me and she comes up snatches it and says "Thanks" in an almost bitter way (not looking for a reward here...maybe just a little less insincerity) and walks away.
But I have had nicer encounters. When I was 15 or so watching movies at my best friend's house, we heard a car wreck outside at about 2 AM. Two older women had hit a deer and wrecked, though they weren't really pysically hurt. These were the days before cel phones were trendy...so they were stunned, all alone in the night and didn't know what to do. We went out there, invited them in, called the police and stayed with them until they had someone come get them. They thanked us a bunch and gave us $10 each.
So since this is a college town, people are not going to be listed in the phone books, and there is no general office. Instead of calling the campus police and letting her find it, I looked up her name in the college directory, called her house (the moron had no clue she didn't have it) and told her I'd be at the lab on the 4th floor, she could come pick it up. She said she had to eat dinner first...
not alarmed or just stupid? That was a Playstation 2 right there in the wallet...or one months car payment....An hour later I am sitting there with it beside me and she comes up snatches it and says "Thanks" in an almost bitter way (not looking for a reward here...maybe just a little less insincerity) and walks away.
But I have had nicer encounters. When I was 15 or so watching movies at my best friend's house, we heard a car wreck outside at about 2 AM. Two older women had hit a deer and wrecked, though they weren't really pysically hurt. These were the days before cel phones were trendy...so they were stunned, all alone in the night and didn't know what to do. We went out there, invited them in, called the police and stayed with them until they had someone come get them. They thanked us a bunch and gave us $10 each.
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Evil Urchin
- Joined: Tue Aug 19, 2003 10:13 pm
- Location: ~The Land of Honey and Milk, and Afros
Wow, that girl is the epitome of a complete jackass.
On a related note, I was on the other end of this good samaritan business one night in front of a Safeway. My brother and I were stopping off for some late night snacking supplies, but unfortunatly for me I was wearing some new pants that had really poorly disigned pockets, so poorly designed in fact, that my wallet slipped out and fell to the ground while I was getting out of the car.
Of course, I didn't notice this, and I went in without even an inkling of the event. However, around 5 or so minutes into our trip through the snack aisle, 3 guys come up and hand me my wallet. I was speechless for a few moments, and then proceeded to thank them profusely.
The moral to this story? Human beings are sometimes better then one would think. Or perhaps its "never buy crappy pants". Either way, I tossed out the offending slacks a few days later.
On a related note, I was on the other end of this good samaritan business one night in front of a Safeway. My brother and I were stopping off for some late night snacking supplies, but unfortunatly for me I was wearing some new pants that had really poorly disigned pockets, so poorly designed in fact, that my wallet slipped out and fell to the ground while I was getting out of the car.
Of course, I didn't notice this, and I went in without even an inkling of the event. However, around 5 or so minutes into our trip through the snack aisle, 3 guys come up and hand me my wallet. I was speechless for a few moments, and then proceeded to thank them profusely.
The moral to this story? Human beings are sometimes better then one would think. Or perhaps its "never buy crappy pants". Either way, I tossed out the offending slacks a few days later.
Kawaita hitomi de dareka na itekure -The Real Folk Blues, Yoko Kanno
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If you wanna touch the sky, you must be prepared to die, and I hate cough syrup don't you? -Cough Syrup, Butthole Surfers
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If you wanna touch the sky, you must be prepared to die, and I hate cough syrup don't you? -Cough Syrup, Butthole Surfers