I was a good samaritan this morning…

Well…when I was out doing the grocery run this morning, I pulled into daily deals parking lot and in the corner was and old Ford Ranger pickup truck with it’s hood open and a sign saying “jump” stuck in the front of the engine bay…so after I got what I needed at DD, I wheeled over to the truck to see if there was anyone in it and there was, so I told him I could give him a jump if he had cables and he did, so I backed the Miata up to the front of his truck since the battery in it is in the trunk and he hooked his truck up to my car with some homemade jumper cables that were pretty thin and I sat there for a few minutes with my car running to get a little charge in his battery and his truck started right up…after talking to him a bit, I found out he had spent the night in that parking lot since he is basically homeless so I reached in my pocket and gave him the 9 bucks I had in it since I can afford it…the thing is, I’ve been in that situation before and could feel for the guy sitting there in the cold and rain…not homeless but stranded and broke with a dead car…and I can’t figure out why no one else stopped to help him…I guess people aren’t as nice as they used to be….I think I’ll buy a set of jumper cables to keep in the car just in case someone else needs help….

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