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redStateBlueHeart

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24. I don't really think you were in the wrong

Reply to WillParkinson (Original post)

Sun Nov 18, 2012, 07:19 PM

Nov 2012

This might be me speaking as a woman, but if I was driving late at night and saw a guy waiting for a ride I don't think I would stop - not because I didn't want to help, but because I'd feel it was in my best interest to err on the side of caution. This is especially true if I was alone. If the guy was elderly, it might make a difference.

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Am I wrong in this belief? [View all] WillParkinson Nov 2012 OP

Hard to say, but sometimes it's best to err on the side of caution. Drunken Irishman Nov 2012 #1

It is tough to decide sometimes. I think in a case like this you just Live and Learn Nov 2012 #2

No. You aren't wrong. pugetres Nov 2012 #3

Maybe he was waiting for his ride, babylonsister Nov 2012 #4

Help - That's What I Would Have Done WiffenPoof Nov 2012 #5

+1 nt Live and Learn Nov 2012 #6

You are oldbanjo Nov 2012 #10

Well, if you're a religious man ReRe Nov 2012 #7

As a woman, I think yours is the best answer: ask him if he's waiting for a ride, if not offer to Squinch Nov 2012 #19

I have never regretted stopping to assist someone or picking up a hitchhiker cali Nov 2012 #8

Same here. n/t FSogol Nov 2012 #11

Same here. Phentex Nov 2012 #16

I have been a good Samaritan many times... in my younger years ReRe Nov 2012 #23

It's an odd choice Shankapotomus Nov 2012 #9

I am shocked at the comments that I have read oldbanjo Nov 2012 #12

I just don't feel that way. cali Nov 2012 #13

I think everyone's answer here is dependent on their location. Rural, urban, people driving by or Squinch Nov 2012 #20

Most of the time it's a trip to the train station... Phentex Nov 2012 #17

90% reggaehead Nov 2012 #14

Thirty-eight is not that cold Android3.14 Nov 2012 #15

This Californain would disagree with you. Le Taz Hot Nov 2012 #21

I try to use good judgement... Phentex Nov 2012 #18

Mexican heroin Protalker Nov 2012 #22

I don't really think you were in the wrong redStateBlueHeart Nov 2012 #24

short story but true GETTINGTIRED Nov 2012 #27

What makes you think he needed help? Maybe he was waiting for his ride. Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #25

I would not have stopped bigwillq Nov 2012 #26

my husband was almost mugged last week liberal_at_heart Nov 2012 #28

I drive a beat up truck and usually have a few dogs with me Kali Nov 2012 #29

If you had an extra sweater in the car, roody Nov 2012 #30

Question of judgment in context, not right or wrong. DirkGently Nov 2012 #31

I don't think there's really a right or wrong here fishwax Nov 2012 #32

You should have offered the info that buses have stopped running JaneyVee Nov 2012 #33

The question isn't H2O Man Nov 2012 #34