I changed a tire for an elderly gentleman in the pouring rain today...

[Tom_Foolery]

and he didn't even say thank you. No wonder people don't help each other anymore.

[skygazer]

1. It was a very good deed though

In some way or another, the karma will come back and reward you. That's too bad, though - good on you for not cracking him one with the lug wrench! :toast:

[Tom_Foolery]

3. I had to use a damn screw jack...

I hate those things. It takes forever to get the car up, and twice that in the rain. Thanks for the kind words.

[Thtwudbeme]

2. I wonder if he was so upset that he either forgot

or just couldn't bring himself to say it.

It's hard for really old people not being able to do what they were able to when they were young.

I bet he is kicking himself for it now, too---probably feels way worse than you do-

[Tom_Foolery]

4. I don't know. He seemd like he was in a good mood...

We were in the parking lot of a grocery store. He went inside and shopped while I changed the tire.

[oneighty]

5. I helped a guy out

on Rt seventeen in South Carolina. His spare was flat too. I 'Loaned' him my spare. And the weeks became months until one day he stopped by my house with a brand new spare. He also thanked me again.

Hey you never know,

180

[XemaSab]

6. It was a good deed you did!

Last winter I was coming home from work in the POURING rain in the mountains and I was going up the 4-lane road near my house and there had been a small rockslide and there were some good sized rocks in the road. It was still daylight, but darkness was approaching fast. If someone hit those rocks in the dark it would have been BAD. So I turned the car around, went back, and stopped in the lane with my hazard lights on and tried to move the rocks. One of the rocks was HUGE and I had trouble moving it, and like, 20 people drove by without stopping!

I was so pissed! A female in the pouring rain trying to remove a safety hazard and people were just driving by!

Finally a dude stopped and helped me! He was very nice. So stopping and helping people is a good deed. :D

[Tom_Foolery]

13. Just think of the lives that you probably saved. Good job!!

[samplegirl]

7. Random acts of kindness

are the best. O8)

[nini]

8. How did he act while you were changing it?

Like a jerk or a nice guy? He may have forgotten if he's elderly. My mom has called me after the fact to thank me for things she forgot to do at the time.

Regardless, you did the right thing and that's what YOU have to live with.

[Tom_Foolery]

9. He didn't stay outside with me...

he went in the grocery store to shop. By the time he came back, I was finished. The only reason I did it is, both my parents are elderly; and I couldn't stand the thought that they would be stuck with changing a tire in the rain. My dad could probably do it because he is pretty fit for his age, but there is no way that my mom could do it.

This gentleman today looked like Don Knotts. There's no way he could've changed that tire.

I didn't do it for any glory or a pat on the back. I was raised to help others.

[trof]

10. I can't even imagine that.

I'd have been out there at least holding an umbrella over you.

[Rowdyboy]

11. Thanks from me....He may be a distant relative-you never know

You did a good thing

[Tom_Foolery]

16. You are welcome...

I waited all day to say that to somebody.

[Rowdyboy]

20. I know how you feel....My partner and I took a couple of close friends

out to dinner last weekend. I picked up the tab (about $100 more or less-not that much) and neither thought to even say thank you. I love them to death -they're old friends-but it would have been nice. Just a little acknowledgment.

You did this for a stranger. Thats a whole other ballgame. You get quality points for being a decent human being-something seldom seen nowadays.

[Shine]

12. What goes around, comes around...

may your kindness be returned to you, a thousand-fold.

[trof]

14. Karma is good when it kicks in.

[DS1]

15. He went in the store and shopped while you did it?

F that, I'd have left his car jacked up and he was lucky called AAA for him.

Asshole. Yeah, he's old, but that doesn't grant him immunity from common decency.

[Tom_Foolery]

18. That did bother me a little. n/t

[DS1]

21. I once gave a dude a ride across the island when I lived in Hawaii

I had NO reason to go other than to do him a favor. About halfway through the trip he pulled out a book and started reading. That pissed me off. He could have at least suffered through traffic ~with~ me. Asshole.

[LostinVA]

22. Words out of my mouth

People seem to forget that being elderly doesn't mean the person is a saint, or even some nice old man. IMO, he was rude -- he should have stayed outside and chatted, held an umbrella, etc. Being elderly does NOT excuse having common decency.

[hippywife]

17. Thank you for doing it.

He may not have thanked you but many people will. :hi:

You're not responsible for how others respond to you; only how you respond to them.

[Tom_Foolery]

19. Thank you for your kind words. n/t

[ContraBass Black]

23. It just occurred to me that I've never changed a tire alone.

Is there always a good bracing point just inboard of the wheel?

[petronius]

24. There should be...

You can usually feel a spot on the underside of the frame where the jack is supposed to be positioned. On my car there is a flat rectangular indentation that just happens (:tinfoilhat:) to be the same size as the jack.

[ContraBass Black]

26. With my luck, I'll probably end up having to lift a car without

A jack plate. What do I do then?

[Rabrrrrrr]

25. Fucking old people. Typical.

Probably went back to his home to say how he barely managed to get a tire changed in the rain while some punk gay-supporting young hooligan was trying to rape him with a blasphemous tome of rock lyrics and steal his social security check.

[Skittles]

27. awwwwwwww come on Rabrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

I returned a wallet to an elderly gentlemen and his wife baked me a pie

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. Nah, I was only being sarcastic

with just a little bit of truth...

But mostly, old people are cool. It's just the pissy complaining assholes that I don't like.

[ikojo]

28. You did a mitzvah (good deed) and it will

be rewarded in time.

Good for you! Maybe you changed that man's opinion of younger people or even of Democrats if he knew you are a Dem.

[richmwill]

30. Better person than I am...

I would have wished pneumonia on him as he was driving away

[flvegan]

31. I'll thank you for him, sir.

Good work, helping another regardless of the thanks received.

People don't help each other for different reasons than a lack of thanks. It's a lack of compassion, a lack which you seem to not have. If one helps another seeking thanks, then one helps another for one's own benefit (ego).

[Poiuyt]

32. He may have some form of dementia

Old people don't always act rationally

(I do a lot of visiting in a nursing home)

[redwitch]

33. elderly = wonderful human?

Nah. Some mean thoughtless bastards get old too. That being said, I personally think that good Samaritan types are totally wonderful and the world would be an even rougher place without people like you! So thanks for being a good guy. Plus, It's less time in purgatory!

[MrScorpio]

34. You made someone's day, anyways

The fates are saying thanks anyways

[Floogeldy]

35. So, you changed a tire expecting gratitude.

Perhaps you owed that elderly gentleman some gratitude and no "thank you" was necessary?

Hmmm?

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

36. If you did it just for the thanks

then you did it for the wrong reason.