I went to pick up my wife's prescription yesterday. Normally I just hit the drive thru because this particular establishment is in a shopping center with quite possibly the worst parking lot/situation in the county! It is far too small, so it is always packed, it has angled parking with 1 one aisles (that just barely fit the width of 1 vehicle), you can't tell just by looking down the aisles if there are open spots so you have to drive up and down every aisle if you want a spot. The lot is always packed so it is unlikely you will find a spot on the first aisle you pick.
So if you don't get the picture this lot sucks and I avoid it like the plague.

But anyway I decided to run inside and get my 2 oldest boys some sort of treat while grabbing my wife's prescription as the 2 little dudes have been so awesome with their new baby bro since he arrived home Friday.

I finally see an open spot and notice the SUV next to the spot had it's hood up and the hatch open with a fella sitting in the back looking glum. So I pull in the spot and ask if he needs a jump or anything. Says sure do already had the cables out and ready to ask whoever pulled in the spot. Even if he was not ready I carry a jumpbox and cables so it would have been all good.
Jumped him with no issue. He thanked me kindly and said he had been waiting 20 MINUTES for someone to pull in that spot but no one ever did.

There is no way with as busy as that lot was no one tried to park there in 20 minutes. I see no reason for the dude to lie about how long he was waiting.
Only thing I can figure is people saw the hood up and skipped the spot not to have to interact with the fella.

What was wheel nice of you, Black.

Every once in a while, we get to wait 20 minutes for someone to come along and help. If people would stop harming others with theft and danger, they'd be more inclined to stop and help.

When a significant portion of the membership here is evidently afraid to let their grown children walk the streets by themselves, I am not surprised that most people don’t want to interact with strangers in a situation like that.

But good on you for your kind deed.

In a busy parking lot, I'd have no problem helping. On the side of a country road, no way in heck.

I think the owner's manual for my Chevy warns against hooking my car to another for a jump start, saying there's a possibility of damage to my electrical system. I'll have to look.

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I think the owner's manual for my Chevy warns against hooking my car to another for a jump start, saying there's a possibility of damage to my electrical system. I'll have to look.

This. My BMW says don't jump start. Doesn't mean I can't help (ask someone else etc.).

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Originally posted by kz1000:

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Originally posted by newtoSig765:
I think the owner's manual for my Chevy warns against hooking my car to another for a jump start, saying there's a possibility of damage to my electrical system. I'll have to look.

This. My BMW says don't jump start.

There’s just no stopping the march of progress, is there?

The answer to your question is yes. With all the scammers and fake bums only needing $20 for gas to get home as they were stranded while visiting a sick relative - most people will actively avoid any situation like that. Fortunately there are still some who will at least check to see what is really going on.

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Originally posted by sigfreund:
When a significant portion of the membership here is evidently afraid to let their grown children walk the streets by themselves, I am not surprised that most people don’t want to interact with strangers in a situation like that.

But good on you for your kind deed.

??

This was before 1900 done successfully by community churches. They understood who was real and who wasn't.

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There’s just no stopping the march of progress, is there?

All this reliability and better mileage we get now, comes at the cost of complication and astronomical prices. I still miss the 1974 Fiat I paid $3,100 for, brand new, and I could jump start my neighbor's car in the winter with it. Of course, the Fiat was the most fun-to-drive car I ever owned, and I had a real pretty and friendly neighbor!

Nice that you jumped on that problem.

I help when I can. I'm better equipped than most. I have an aluminum "racing jack", A Snap On 18V electric impact with 17, 19, 21 and 7/8ths sockets, and a jump pack in my CRV. If you catch me at the to right time I may also have my Snap On Modus Ultra scanner too.

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Originally posted by Orguss:
What was wheel nice of you, Black.

(Giggle, giggle...)

At such a hub of commerce, to stop and help a fellow out earns you a tip of the rim of my hat...

Yes, Orguss, I see what you did there...

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Originally posted by MooneyP226:

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Originally posted by Orguss:
What was wheel nice of you, Black.

(Giggle, giggle...)

At such a hub of commerce, to stop and help a fellow out earns you a tip of the rim of my hat...

Yes, Orguss, I see what you did there...

I'm glad you spoke up.

Me, I waited patiently with no problems to use the ATM today for an elderly lady and a caregiver (perhaps a daughter) while they used the coin counting machine at the grocery store. She was obviously at the same age or older as my mother. And genuine. I smiled at them after they'd finished and they actually seemed a bit embarrassed. 30 years from now I could be that elderly person. She had $70 worth of coins; that should help a bit.

It varies. The last time I was in a situation where we had to pull over due to vehicle problems, two strangers stopped and asked if we needed help in the first 5 minutes, and they weren't the only ones.

Good on you for helping.

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Originally posted by CPTKILLER:
This was before 1900 done successfully by community churches. They understood who was real and who wasn't.

So you're saying that in the 1800s, churches were responsible for jump-starting people's cars?

Interesting.



"I say, good sir! Do you know of any local chapels wherein I might inquire about the availability of electrical assistance for my newfangled horseless carriage that seems to have been rendered inoperable?"

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So you're saying that in the 1800s, churches were going around jump-starting people's cars?

Interesting.

Some of us started the July 4th holiday early I think.