Ungreatful people

[Viva*the*Ranger]

I know right? Where's the thank you? Personally, I'd expect a Bj or two.

Psh. Stupid girls.

You wouldn't have wanted even a reach around from this chick

 

[Blackdog455]

kind of off topic but, the shmucks in maple valley has horrible customer service haha.

 

[88gt]

You wouldn't have wanted even a reach around from this chick

damn, that is bad

 

[GoodOld85BlueBalls]

Well then perhaps you had better watch your back for a few days. She could be one of them sieral killers....

 

[Hopman]

God gives each of us gifts to use. You have used your gifts well. I belive that someday, when you're in need somebody will come to your aid. This young lady will realize that you were her guardian angel, someday.

I've been on both ends of similar situations. Like you, all I want in return is a handshake and a big thank you. I try to do that when somebody helps me.

 

[LearjetMinako]

As a use to be mechanic. I made miracles happen. Thou not everyone were happy to hear the bad news or give thanks for fixing the problem(s). But every once in a while, I do get a thanks for the helping hand. Even if I'm stranger to them.

 

[Viva*the*Ranger]

kind of off topic but, the shmucks in maple valley has horrible customer service haha.

True. They suck. I went to the one up on east hill in Kent. They are a little better.

Well then perhaps you had better watch your back for a few days. She could be one of them sieral killers....

Yeah you never know. Haha. That's the good thing about being skinny...I can run faster then most people.

 

[Fast Doc]

I don't normally vent to the public, but this was lame and I thought I'd share...

So I went to my local Schuck's to pull codes on my truck just to make sure there were none. And there wasn't

So on my way to return the OBD2 reader, I saw the girl from behind the counter helping out a girl with a dead battery in the parking lot. I decided to offer some advice and a hand witch the clerk really appreciated. The ground wire was toast on both ends and needed replacement as well as her battery.

So I introduced myself to the owner of the car and told her what was going on with her wheels. She didn't make eye contact, say thanks, acknowledge I was there or anything. I figured maybe she was just pissed about having to dump $45 in to her car or something, so I didn't think much about. I got my tools out, bought the gal a new ground wire (because she only had enough for the battery) and spent my lunch break getting her car going.

I really hate seeing someone stranded and when I know I can help and have the time, I will offer my abilities and knowledge to the best I can. I don't expect a parade in my honor or a cookie for my efforts but a "thanks" would be appropriate don't ya think?

So I finished up, started her car for her and even pulled her codes just for my own satisfaction and said "Well I hope you have a great day and better luck with your car, see ya"......Again....No eye contact, no words, didn't even turn her head, just drove off.

What's with that? Even on my worst day I would have the courtesy to thank someone for their help, give them a hand shake and buy them a beer if they want. It doesn't make me not want to stop helping people in need, but it's a reminder that not everyone has manners and appreciates random acts of kindness from strangers.

Thanks for listening.

-Chris

Haha.. I just noticed I misspelled ungrateful. Sorry

I wanted to comment, although I did not read the whole thread.

I'll say Thanks on her behalf. You did a good Christian deed. God appreciates it too.

Somewhere, somehow it'll return to you. Maybe I'll drive by and help you change a flat or something someday.

Well done!

P.S. Be glad she's not your woman! That's reward enough.

 

[MrE_Powers]

a few years ago i rebuilt the battery cable of a guy who had a radio installed wrong christmas night, in 10 degree temps in a movie theater parking lot.

but then a year after that my wife was charged 10$ for a jump start when my old dodge had a bad battery. needless to say that gas station the guy worked at, is bulldozed now.

when ever i help someone i just tell them to help someone else any way they can

 

[855.0ranger]

A thank you goes a long way. and people need to realize that

 

[TheTopher]

Last winter my boss (Chuck) his son (Mike) and I were in the work truck heading back from Severna Park about two hours south of where I live.

Mike, by the way, is an extreme asshole. Whines about everything, even when he's wrong, blah blah blah. This'll be important later in the story.

We stopped at a wawa for gas and a very cute woman was having trouble with the air machine. Turns out it was broken (go wawa!) and she had just let all the air out of her tire. Well I was in my boss' truck and had no air pump, and since it was a FWD caravan, I threw the spare on the back and moved the back tire to the front where the flat was. She gave me a hug and said thanks, and we were on our way.

Not even fifteen minutes later we're on the interstate and a cop pulls us over. Chuck was driving and Mike was in the passenger seat.

The officer asked Chuck if he knew why he got pulled over, Chuck said no. The officer said it was because of burnt out license plate bulbs and asked if anybody had thrown a cigarette out the window earlier and Mike fessed up that it was him. The officer took both their drivers license's and went to his car. A few minutes later he came to Mike's window and gave him a warning for the lights to pass over to Chuck...then he gave mike a $140 ticket for littering. Apparently the cigarette hit his windshield.


Just think, if I hadn't stopped to help her Mike would've never gotten that ticket, which by the way kept me laughing the whole ride home.


Moral of the story: Sometimes good deeds come back around sooner than you might think.

 

[Roger]

when ever i help someone i just tell them to help someone else any way they can

That is exactly what I've done for years...

 

[Lil red ranger]

I am going to college right now to become an auto technician aka mechanic, and get my certs, but i just wanted to say all of your stories of help make me wanna do it more because ive been on the other side multiple times and had noone stop to help at all or even see if i was ok. i had a 93 olds and my wheel fell off in the middle of michigan state university campus and all people did was laugh. no are you oks or nothing.

So thanks to the fellow good deed doers, i wish there were more around here.

 

[OilPatch197]

Why be grateful when you have a cell phone?

 

[Nater]

I try to always be helpful when I can. I am also a firm believer of if you do something nice, it will come back to you.
One of the most memorable ones....
Got called back into work for an emergency about 2 in the morning. Now, I don't know if any of you have ever been to Germany, but towns are spread out, and have sometimes no more than 40 people (like mine) living in them. Well, on my way in, I see a young girl about 18-19 years old standing on the side of the road wearing a reflective vest. Most roads here do not have street lights until you come to a major city. So I pull my mustang off the side of the road, and turn on my hazards. I get out and ask the girl in German if she needed any help. She said no, and I asked here if she needed to use a phone to call someone...she said she was too scared to call her dad or mom to come get here, and she really needed to calm down. (it was her Dad's Mercedes C class). I asked what happened, and she said she lost control of her car, and it went into the field next to the road. So I looked to the field, and I saw the silver Mercedes's sitting in the middle of the neighbors field. So I suggested that I go grab a bigger vehicle (my tractor) and I will pull it out of there. If everything is ok, then just go home, and explain to your dad and mom what happened. The worse they can do is yell at you. So I went and got the tractor and pulled the car out. Minor scratch near the side of the front bumper where she knocked down one of the street reflector posts...other than that it was fine. Right when we got the car out, her cell rings, and it was her dad wondering where she was....well she broke down and told her dad, and told him that I had pulled her out...He asked to talk to me, and I told him what I did, and about the reflector post, and not to worry about it since my wife's uncle is the head of the street department where we live. He asked if there was something he could do, and I said no, she was just shaken and scared, but otherwise fine. Two weeks later, there was a knock on my door...It was the father, the mother, and the girl, and they handed me 200 euros and a hug. I asked them how they found me, and the girl replied that she recognized the mustang sitting in the driveway. The shock to all three was when her Dad asked where I was from because I speak German with an accent....I told him I was from the U.S. He then tells me that they go to the U.S. every winter for vacation in Florida. Naturally I ask where, and he tells me Cape Coral....Turns out, they stay in the same condo complex as my Grandparents, not 4 doors down in the same building! :O