StevenAlleyn
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Went to get milk for my wife’s tea in the midsts of the nasty winter storm bearing down on Southern QC & came across a young woman stalled in the middle of the road. Cars kept just going around and driving off.
It’s hell out there, couldn’t believe so many people were just leaving this kid stranded. Did what needed doing and 1) helped this kid get a boost & 2) talked her out of driving 180km in this weather with a dead battery &/or alternator.
Careful out there folks. And please help people where you can! It’s the only way out of this mess (& I’m not just talking about the snow!)
ArcaneM37
I broke down 2 days before Christmas. I was heading to physical therapy as I am disabled. I made it to the entrance of the hospital and was stuck there. I'm grateful that everyone made it around me and no one hit me, but it would have been nice if even one person had stopped to see if I was ok in the half an hour I was waiting for my husband to arrive.
AyatollahBahloni
Good person is good
plantpr0n
EatinButtsAndBustinNuts
Back in the day my brother and I drove around and pulled people from the snow just for the fun of it. It was fun for us and cost nothing for the people who needed it. Just a truck and tow strap.
DigYourselfBaby
That's so cool! :)
PabloEscargot
When you venture out in extreme weather always make sure your vehicle is in good condition. Bring warm clothes blanket, food, and water. Tools and a jump box are a must.
Shaodyn
A few years down the line, if she thinks back to this moments, she'll definitely remember the rando who stopped and helped.
marsilies
And she'll think "was that Daniel Stern?"
tokenhooker
I am guessing that you are a man, and those who are commenting that they do this are men. Women can't do this.
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ILike2TouchButts
Going out on a limb... this person might be Canadian.
woozle
yeah, I usually stop and help people who need a jump. I've been there and appreciated the random person who does it for me. pay it forward
Dawnbooth
Thank you for being a good human!
justGeorge
I think there is a shortage right now. I'm praying it gets better.
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bmorekarlthe1st
I carry jumpers and always want to help. However I live in a region where people pose as stranded motorists to carjack good samaritans. Will never stop on an on/off ramp, sorry.
Cats2cats
When they ask how they can repay you- pay it forward.
Johnsky
This is why I carry my booster pack.
AHundredBillionBottles
I always upvote Kurt Vonnegut
bemibet
That's one of the bad things about everyone having cell phones - many people will drive by and call to report a problem instead of actually stopping. Of course, many people will drive by and not do anything.
ImAghast
... to be cruel?
StevenAlleyn
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ImAghast
https://youtu.be/FQdxGpV5aV8?si=f3YVSAMdCfV95CCy
StevenAlleyn
Ah! I was quoting Vonnegut & didn’t get your reference, apologies
doesntmattet4
Canada. They aren’t actually nice. They are just nice to your face. Like Mormons. Passive aggressive af
SnakesInBowties
It doesn't matter what other people do. What matters is what you do.
circlebreaker
Could do for a little more of them doing better TBH. Shit's been brutal since COVID and hasn't improved much at all.
YouAlreadyMutedMe
Look for the helpers. Found one in @OP!
UnitConversionBot
180km ≈ 112 miles
truthputer
Most of the US is a dystopian hellscape where nothing is walkable and you have to pay a car tax to do anything. Instead, Americans risk their lives daily just to get milk.
Imagine if the OP lived in a walkable community where it was easy to visit the local grocery store without having to drive.
StevenAlleyn
I’m Québécois. I was driving 2 minutes to a convenience store because we’re in the middle of a 40cm snowstorm and walking that would have been stupid. Your point is true of a lot of the US, & even my own town to a certain extent, but not actually applicable to this situation.
truthputer
So you're telling me that Canada is a hellscape that doesn't prioritize plowing sidewalks during a winter storm.
StevenAlleyn
I’m telling you that I’m a municipal councillor in the very town that this photo was taken & capacity is capacity. Snow has been falling at a rate not seen in many years and there’s only so much the equipment can do.
StevenAlleyn
Here’s a picture of a citizen literally blaming my “wokeness” for the same number of snowplows being able to clear the snow in the past & not today instead of acknowledging that this is an exceptional snowfall.
/a/Np7JN5U
jridley
I've lived in a snowy town. plowing sidewalks is something that just isn't practical in some areas. It was common for us to get 16 inches of snow at night, dig out my car for the morning, then in the morning have to dig out another 12 inches of snow that fell between 10PM and 7AM. Snow removal was half the city's budget and they could barely keep up - it required a fleet of trucks, graders, and sno-gos (7 foot by 7 foot snow blowers with 5 foot diameter impellers throwing snow 100 feet).
iggylights
I always carry jumper cables in my car in anticipation of being able to help a stranger out of a jam more than the need to jump my own car. My father was an auto mechanic and a kind man who raised me right.
kmikl
Ditto. I stick around a bit to make sure they're ok, charge their battery a bit. I keep a multimeter in the bag with the jumper cables, so I can see if they have a bad battery.
cowscowscows
I used to rotate through a group of people to jump my boss's shit car everyday, which is a wild reflection on the EMS pay scale
alcaray
They become less useful as the years roll on.
jridley
I've switched to jumper packs. They're probably safer on some of the newer cars (electronics) and also I've had situations where the cables wouldn't reach the battery in the other car (parked nose in with cars on either side, that sort of thing).
PrincessWasabi
This comment didn’t end how I thought it would
BananaForScaIe
Jumper cables, emergkit (candles, batteries, etc), and a spare scraper cause every single year someone forgot theirs or it broke or it's in the other car or whatever! I must have given out a dozen or more scrapers over the years!
IFoldlyGo
I've managed to help two people with my (15-year-old) jumper cables. Felt good both times
SodomySnake
It's good to have a father who knows about jumper cables.
iggylights
Well he did beat me with them before I put them in the trunk, so...
jtr99
Wonder how that guy is doing... :/
phtsl
I hate to be that person but in my town it is a way they get you. Girl broke down, you stop to help, guys with guns jump out and rob you. That's why I don't help ' anymore.
InablueMule
By chance talked to an elderly woman in McDonalds this morn that was carjacked a few months ago near I39 in WI, stopped on a side road for someone waving arms and asking for help. Car was taken but police were alerted and they stopped but destroyed the car within a few miles. Maybe Pitt maneuver.
StevenAlleyn
Yeah, that’s not really a thing in Quebec. Way less access to guns, way better social safety net. We still have crime but robbing a broken down college girl at gunpoint ain’t it.
chrispisme
couple weeks ago here, SK same thing...well kind of, young guy, he had no idea why his truck wouldn't start, cold as my X wife's heart. I stopped to see what's what, cleaned his battery cables and tightened the clamps, fired right up, he was a greatfull young man
InkGoat
I think you misunderstand their comment. The broken down college girl is the bait, she's part of the robbery crew.
StevenAlleyn
Oh, yeah, that happens even less
InkGoat
I'm sure it *has* happened, but outside of facebook posts that are thinly veiled racism, it doesn't seem to be very common in the US either.
toomanymemesandnotenoughmemeory
Being kind costs nothing. 😊
vincentleeprice
sometimes it does
NauseousPanda
What if I'm buying food for someone because they can't afford it ? Is it not a kindness, or is the food free of charge? I understand your sentiment, but the statement is simply not correct
veesee
Ladt time inwas kind I gave an old man the spare room in my apartment. He trashed it and smoked inside and almost got me evicted while I was away for a work trip....
PrincessWasabi
Unless people prey on your kindness. Be careful when you’re nice
WarThunderLeakedMySpecs
Damnit stop saying this! When you give someone a polite little wave it costs nothing. Bring late to work because you stopped to help like this could get someone else fired. That’s wrong, but IT HAPPENS.
Sacrificing to help others is kindness and NECESSARY FOR A SOCIETY TO FUNCTION. So tired of people on the right bitching about ‘handouts’ like they paid their mother rent in the womb, and then people in the left talking like it takes no effort to build a better world.
J4nein4ne
Sometimes it costs me my sanity, but I still try.
DartTarget13
CharlieTheUnicornTheyTookMyKidneyDotGif.
VagabondEngineer
14367
neither does being mean
BeaverOnFire
bril350
Sure it does. You have a higher chance of finding out if you wanna fuck around by being an asshole.
Maelwrath
Go be mean to the wrong person, go ahead. You wouldn't.
BananaForScaIe
It cost you points, assdumb.
ArcliteGhost
Hooray an innane number on the internet that means absolutely nothing? If you're the kind of person that needs the dopamine hit from some random point number on the internet going up, you should really go outside more often.
bamcobra
TBF, @14367 was probably speaking statistically. Recent events support their claim, even if we think it shouldn’t be like that.