a young mother broke my heart today
 

i'm walking skufty downtown and this young mom with a baby in her arms and and 3-4 year old in tow comes up and asks to pet skufty. they play with him for a bit - she looks tired - not wacked out at all - just tired so i ask her where she's going - she says she's been walking for over 10 hours from the other side if the city and still has many hours to go to get to her home on the other side and her husband canceled her bank card. I didn't get into reasons why - but i felt sorry for her so i offer her a ride - she says she can't take it cause her young daughter won't get into a stranger's car, smart kid. So i pull out $40 and hand it to her saying this should cover cab fair. She looks shocked - totally shocked. She didn't ask me for anything but i could tell she needed a ride bad - she was very tired. She thanked me repeatidly and went on her way. I think she made my day more than I made hers.

Good for you man. I wish I could help more people like that.

Very nice of you, some people would have run the other way.

Scotty's desperate to rack up some good karma to fend off the "death" prediction from the crazy girl! :winkwink:

I'm the same way, total sucker for a good story. For me its "wounded veterans", even when it's blatantly bullshit I always give them twenties.

awesome scott. very nice! I bet you made her and her families day. Hopefully all is well with her and her family.

bahhh - i turned the spell back on that witch

actually if you knew me you'd know i do stuff like that all the time. ask around on here if you need any proof

You sir, are a very kind person.
God bless.

That is just soooo you Scott! NICE!!!! :thumbsup

do you want a medal?

you are supposed to do nice things for people because it is the nice thing to do, you arent supposed to go around telling people about how great a person you are just because you did the right thing. :2 cents:

badass

helping out the needy rocks

You're a big softy, I'm not one of your haters S. :thumbsup

that wasn't the point, obviously you missed it completely

if i posted every time i did something like that i'd make several posts a day about that kind of thing

I like to hear stuff like that.

My GF had a similar experience a few weeks ago at a McDonalds. A homeless couple was trying to buy a small hamburger and fries with a debit card and it was being declined and the cashier was being all snotty and short with them. My GF gave the cashier 20 bucks and told told her to give them all the food they want. They were very gratefull and surprised.

Where is NoCarrier, I want him to photoshop a homeless chick getting a "fake punch" from Scotty with $40 in his hand and post it lol...

*Lurkers, not "hating" here, I think it's commendable. Even if it's intrinsicly motivated out of gratification, giving money to anyone in need is extremely noble. But it doesn't mean we can't have a little fun... :upsidedow

Awesome, its good to know everybody around here isn't a complete asshole! :) (j/k, but honestly, some peeps...)

i apologize for directing that post at you, kind of made my point useless on this occasion i admit.

good to do things for people out of kindess, and if it comes naturally then all the better.

i retract my post.

thats totallly something you would do :) you are a nice guy !!

that's nice of you having children i know what it is like to walk five mins with so i wouldn't want to walk that far with them

One of the reason why this world aint doomed yet.

how big of a city do you live in that it takes 10 hours of walking to get across town?

Is your self esteem really so low that you need to hear people tell you that you're a good person for doing this? I suppose in the end, it doesn't really matter what your motivation was for doing it. Whether you did it out of the kindness of your heart, or to get a pat on the back, the woman still got to where she was going a lot easier, and that is a good think.

Maybe it's naive of me, but i just wish people would do things because it is the right thing to do, and not because they're looking to be congratulated for being such a wonderful human being.

good stuff dude

Yep he does stuff like that all the time, probably one of the most generous and kind hearted perverts I know :)

DH

Thats a very nice thing to do. Maybe you're not such a idiot after all...

You're such a gentleman!
Nice to think we still have those around. :thumbsup

ever tried walking a mile with a toddler?

Compassion feels really good. Expecting nothing in return feels very liberating.

you just made me cry dude... that's a very touching scene...

lol, i was thinking the same thing!!


actually, it takes 20 hours to walk across town, she had been walking for 10, and still had another 10hrs left to go

:upsidedow

I've always liked you.

Very nice of you, helping people does feel good.

nice to hear something good come out of this fucking place sometimes
good job man

good on ya :thumbsup

you are a good man

that's nicest thing to do. i am happy for you SD 'coz you made the right move. Good Samaritans are hard to find nowadays.

the right thing to do :

ummm, yeah

Great thing for you to do Sleazy and better watch it or i'll have to have Eric change your name from SleazyDream to NiceGuyDream:)

Thumbs up for you :thumbsup

Feels great helping people out. :) Two thumbs up.

That's really nice of you Scott :)
WG

Nice thing you did there SleazyDream

random acts of kindness rock.

We should all try to be more kind to people in need, one day it might be you in need of a friend or something else.

Thats awesome man!

wow who cares

That was really nice of you :) However... anyone with half a brain would NEVER walk for 10hrs with a 3-4. Never.

She could have called the police and they would have driven her home. Then they prolly would have told her to leave the fucking asshole she was with so maybe thats why she didn't use them.

A couple people are giving Sleazy crap because he was a nice guy and mentioned it. Leave the man alone. You know what he should mention this and there is nothing wrong with it. He's probably not looking for any type of recognition but he's sharing an account of how he's helping to make the world a better place. Chances are that $40 for a cab ride was the greatest thing that's happened to her in a long time.
She'll probably remember it for a long time to come.

Go Sleazy, good job man.

nice done sleazy

Sounds like an excellent con game to me - better than panhandling :)