Lift... By chance
By Sheali
@Sheali (7461)
India
January 18, 2019 10:04am CST
Today, my cousin sister and I were coming via car. We had gone on a long drive in the afternoon and had to cross a high way and she had to give lift to 2 people, who, BY CHANCE, happened to be her school mates whom she had not met for many years..
Her friend's car got punctured and I don't know they (she and her husband) couldn't get any help.. Anyways, we gave them a lift and we had a nice time chatting about childhood days.. I was in the same school as theirs' but different grade/class...
Will you ever give a lift to a stranger on a highway?
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12 responses
@allknowing (130067)
• India
18 Jan 19
I do not drive and so the question does not arise.
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@GardenGerty (157486)
• United States
18 Jan 19
It depends on what my "gut instinct" says about them. We help sometimes. We have had people help us.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60293)
• Perth, Australia
24 Jan 19
@Sheali This is a tough question. Like I would love to help them but I'm a little cautious with people I don't know. I would never ignore because I don't want to help but I do worry about who is out there. I've just had a history of people hurting me who I did know so I'm alert with people I don't know.
It's a tough thing to do when helping strangers because you never know if they truly need help or looking for something else.
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@Sheali (7461)
• India
24 Jan 19
What is said if exactly what I think..
Sometimes, not while giving a lift, it has happened that people took help simply because they were too idle to do that themselves and didn't actually need help.. I got to know later from others..
So there are many tricky situations where you don't know if people actually need help or they are taking advantage of your helping nature..
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@MALUSE (69416)
• Germany
18 Jan 19
I think everybody who ever hitch-hiked will do this. --- You may like to read this post:
My hitch-hiking days were in the 1960s, a time when most of the members weren´t born yet. Was it a safe way of travelling then or at least safer than today? I...
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@Happy2BeMe (99399)
• Canada
18 Jan 19
I guess it would depend. If they were broke down I probably would.
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