I try to stop every now and then..

if I feel I can help and have the time I will, usually once every few months. been less and less lately since I usually have a kid with me. I live at the top of a small hill and that bit of an incline seems to make an tank that was on E go below and stall out, a mere 1/4 mile from the gas station, I have handed out my fair share of gas to people who ran out right in front of my driveway

hell, one night around 11pm a guy blew his engine on the side street, water leaking everywhere smoke and steam pouring out and as much as I tried to tell him adding water aint gonna make it start I still hooked up the hose and let em take as much water as he felt he needed, let em know if he needed to call for a tow he could use my phone and just knock.

but there are a lot of people out there just getting by, i've been there quite a few times where that last $5 i have is just enough to get me to work and back before i get paid again.. less costs more now a days.


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Around the small community I live in I will usually will stop and try to help if the hoods up or a flat tire. If it's young men I chances are I won't stop, normally just the elderly or women. It kind of matters where they are also.

 

Here a few years ago, I was headed back to town and there was a truck/trailer on the side of the road. Stopped to see what was up, and they had a flat on the trailer. They didn't have quite the right iron to break the nuts loose, so I grabbed my 4 way, and it somehow had the right size end. I tell ya what, they were might thankful when I dug it out .

Stuff like that, makes a person feel good inside.

 

You never know where angels tread.

 

i see your point, and im not arguing with anybody...family comes first, but people know they have to work the next day, they know on the way home, damn im gettin low on fuel...i 20 and 30 my tank like crazy, but i know when to stop and throw a couple gallon in...you can never trust that light...i used to work in a pawn shop and people would bring stuff in there, like a ragged a$$ window a/c unit...pawn it for 4 or 5 bucks, just to go get a pack of cigs, when their kids are runnin around starvin and nasty and cold...its that kinda crap that pisses me off...thats why i said some people should not be able to reproduce...my kids come first

 

I dont stop much anymore. In my little home town I would but not so much up here unless it is an old person or a girl. I got a gimp leg now and couldnt defend myself if I had to.

 

I'm in the same position as you.

 

Me too. I always feel bad, but I have a family to provide for too. Can't afford to loose my job.

 

Not all fuel gauges work correctly or even at all. Some vehicles get shared by more than one driver. Fuel is expensive. Nobody knows exactly what that person's situation might be.

Just a few things to consider.

 

No kidding my uncle took one of his friends trucks to the coast for him. Well for some reason when the truck says 1/2 a tank its empty.