Have you ever helped a total stranger?

Question

I think just by the way I was raised I was taught to help people in need. One time I remember it was snowing so bad in Colorado that I was on my way home and saw this care on the side of the road. The car had a flat tire and the occupant was just sitting inside the car.

I asked the occupant did they need help or was a tow truck on the way, she replied no and that she did not know how to change the tire. She had a infant in the car with her, I told her to go wait in my car while I fix the tire, it was snowing so bad that it took me almost 30 min to change the tire. Once I put the tire on and got her back on the road she was very grateful and thanked me many times. I asked her how long was she waiting before I came up, she said almost 2hrs on the side of the road.

It amazed me that nobody stopped to help her or see if anything was wrong. So have you ever helped a stranger out?

Answer 1

I have. A young man in an older model car locked his keys inside at a grocery store parking lot. He didn't have any means of getting them out and I called AAA for him. No big deal on my part but it meant a lot to him.

Also, at airports, etc. I usually pay for coffee for the person in line behind me who orders coffee. I've also picked up checks for senior citizens at local eateries. (Again, simple, yet inexpensive, gestures that can brighten someone else's day.)

It's great to read the responses and see that there are kind, giving people out there in this world! Kudos to you all!

Answer 2

Its amazing how many people will ignore people when they need help the most! Ex: A lady was stabbed in my hometown at a convenience store about 2 months ago people actually stepped around her to pay for there gas and some even taking pictures on there cell phones, its was 3 long minuets before anyone called 911, she later died at the hospital, but sometimes it is hard to help people, You never know if they'll rob you or try to harm you. I guess that's what this world is coming too.

Answer 3

Being female I was always told, if driving by myself not to stop and help someone on the side of the road. But on a family vacation my grandpa pulled over and helped someone who also had a flat tire.
This may be something little, but just a few days ago I was at the grocery store and an elderly lady was walking very slow, holding on to her car with one hand, cane and back of heavy groceries in the other, so on my way into the store I asked if I may help her I took her groceries and stuck them into her car. She thanked me and wanted to give me money but I refused. It may be a little gesture, but I was always told a little gesture goes a long way!

Answer 4

Whenever I can, I try to help people!
This one time at Walmart I came out to put the grocery's in my car, this lady and her young child came up to me & asked for a few dollars for gas to get back home, so I gave it to her!
Another time, when I pulled up to work, it was actually just the other day, this man asked me if we were hiring, b/c I work @ a mechanic shop. He said he just had been laid off, and he needed a place for his family to stay for the night, so I gave him $10, thats all I had at the time!
I look at life like, "Pay It Forward" or "What Goes Around Comes Around"
Have a nice day:-)~

Answer 5

I always extend my hand to help, whenever I can, whether it be just getting something off the top shelf at the grocery store for shorter ladies (I am 6'2) or changing a spare tire, and the favor does get returned too.I was driving my hot rod up to the car wash, shut it off, washed it, and it wouldnt start again-dead battery. some guy just happened to be listening to my pathetic attempt to get a "friend" to help me (to no avail) he asked me, and i said my cables were at home in my other car. he said no prob, and drove me to my house, and got the cables, drove me back, and gave me a jump start. there are still good people out there (very few) but there still are.

Answer 6

Bless you :) Wish you may be sent to me when I'm in my greatest trouble because it does seem that everyone else does not care about other people anymore. In the place where I live, children are actually taught to be suspicious of underlying motives of anything. People are getting more and more paranoid. Everyone just get meaner, even those you intend to help. Well, I met this old man one day who looked lost. He asked me for direction and for a little chat because he felt lonely. I stopped by for a while and chatted with him, but then he asked for my number and address, and he asked me to go to his house because I'm "18+ and it's legal". I was totally freaked out.

Answer 7

Not in that sort of way. i was like five in a parking complex at the mall with my parents. a lady locked her keys in the car. but for some reason the trunk was open. so i climed in the trunk and opened that little thing in the back of the trunk. i got a wire and fished the keys out of the front seat. then i got five bucks at the time which was nice. for a five year old thats alot of money

we also picked up a nun on the side of the road

Answer 8

many situations. I grew up in a coarse community in Miami, so i desperate it would be smart to learn a martial paintings (Qi-Dong), being that i'm a small lady. while i grew to become into youthful, there have been many situations that I had helped somebody being badgered by utilising, um, using my qualifications tochronic them away. Now that I stay in a extra 'non violent' life-sort, I help in diverse procedures....if somebody drops something, %. it up. much extra purely, be fairly affected person with all kinfolk. interior the destiny, as quickly as I (upfront) retire, i prefer to instruct in inner city colleges - because of the fact i understand what that's prefer to be there and how lots infants choose the encouragement to get out!

Answer 9

I'm not the friendliest person..at first. I wouldnt stop to help someone on the side of the road b/c I watched too many scary movies, besides I wouldnt know what to do in most cases. I'm the kind of person that waits b/c I know someone else will do it, and if no one is around, then I will offer help. Just being honest.

Answer 10

I try to help people out whenever I can. If something I can do for them will help them out of a bad situation or improve their circumstances, I feel that that is what I need to do.